Summer Place ( 23/06/09 )

A medley of teresa teng's classic hits composed by Phang Kok Jun:

Don't pluck the wild flowers by the road 路边的野花不要采
Small town stories 小城故事
Wishing we last forever 但愿人长久
Night jasmine 夜来香
The moon represents my heart 月亮代表我的心

Teresa Teng Medley 邓丽君联奏 (23/02/13)

Hokkien Medley - 风真透、一支小雨伞、欢喜就好 (23/02/13)

Ban Jin Ba Liang 半斤八两(23/02/13)

Live recording of a small medley of two songs 爱情恰恰恰 and 爱拼才会赢 during our performance at the esplanade concourse for Huayi Festival 2015 on 20th February 2015

Love Cha Cha Cha & Fight to Win 爱情恰恰恰&爱拼才会赢 (20/02/15)

A medley of four familiar Chinese New Year songs (恭喜发财、贺新年、迎春花、大地回春) written by local composer Wang Chen Wei. 

Chinese New Year Medley 新年联奏 (20/02/15)

Live recording of a medley of 5 Chinese oldies - 上海滩、夜上海、玫瑰玫瑰我爱你、不了情、夜来香 during our performance at the esplanade concourse for Huayi Festival 2015 on 20th February 2015

Arranged by Yeo Chow Shern

Medley of 5 Chinese oldies - 上海滩、夜上海、玫瑰玫瑰我爱你、不了情、夜来香 (20/02/2015)

Stringanza Studio Challenge 2:

2 hours rehearsal session only followed by a 1.5 hour recording session.
This piece is a lot harder than it looks!
Pardon us for any mistakes! Hope you enjoy!

Final Fantasy X - Suteki Da Ne 素敵だね (01/05/2015)

A medley of Singapore National Day Theme Songs from year 1998 to 2003, consisting Home, Together, Shine on Me, Where I Belong, We Will Get There and One United People. 

Recording from our live performance at the Esplanade Concourse on 2nd August 2015. 

Arranged by Kwuan Boon and Weilin 

1998 -2003 SG NDP Theme Songs Medley (02/08/2015)

Live recording of our rendition of 2008 NDP theme song "Shine", sung by Joi Chua 蔡淳佳 and Hady Mirza. 

Arr. by Wang Chen Wei for Chinese ensemble
Rearr. by Phang Kok Jun for vocal and Chinese string quartet
Further Rearr. by Lim Kwuan Boon for Chinese string quartet

Shine - 2008 NDP Theme Song (02/08/2015)

Our rendition of the popular hit song 不值得 Not Worthy by local trio band Dreamz FM 梦 · 飞船. 

Live recorded during our performance at the Esplanade Concourse on 2nd August 2015. 

 

不值得 Not Worthy - 梦 · 飞船 Dreamz FM  (02/08/2015)

The quartet's take on this famous and popular Chinese folk tune 瑶族舞曲 Dance Of Yao Tribe.

Live recorded during our performance for Huayi Festival held at Esplanade Concourse on 20th February 2015. 

瑶族舞曲 Dance Of Yao Tribe (20/02/2015)

Demo track recorded by Kwuan Boon using a cello backing track to hear how the piece sounds like. 



烟花易冷 - 周杰伦 Jay Chou (19/12/2015)

A collaboration project with the Quintet from the Pipa Society of Singapore 

月光爱人 (A Love Before Time) is the theme song to the movie - 卧虎藏龙 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. 
This version is the instrumental version as opposed to the vocal version sung by Coco Lee 李玟

Composed by Tan Dun 
Arranged by Fang Jian for Sheng Solo and String Quartet
Rearranged for String Quartet and Pipa Quintet by Kwuan Boon

Live recording from our performance at Esplanade Concourse (Commune: Strings Connect) on 17 December 2015

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Andrew Chan
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun 

月光爱人 A Love Before Time - Stringanza with Pipa Quintet (17/12/2015)

Stringanza Studio Challenge 4!

Bringing to you a medley of battle music from the ancient Final Fantasy Legend II played on the Gameboy!

Final Fantasy Legend II was originally released in Japan as Sa・Ga2: Hihō Densetsu (Sa・Ga2 秘宝伝説)

Erhu : Lim Kwuan Boon
Zhonghu 1 : Ng Rui Jun
Zhonghu 2 : Leaw Weilin
Cello: Andrew Chan

Final Fantasy Legend II (SaGa 2  秘宝伝説) Battle Medley (06/02/2016)

The quartet's take on this popular Chinese Pop piece by Taiwanese Band  F.I.R. 

Recorded during our trip to Toronto, Canada

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Ng Rui Jun
Cello (大提琴): Vincent Luo
Zhonghu (中胡): Leaw Weilin

月牙湾 Yue Ya Wan by F.I.R. 飞儿乐团 (29/04/2016)

A cover of the Popular piece by Joe hisaishi from the movie "My Neighbor Totoro" 

Arranged for Chinese String Quartet by Lim Kwuan Boon

Performed at Esplanade Concourse (In Youthful Company) on 10 June 2016

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Andrew Chan
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun

My Neighbor Totoro となりのトトロ - Joe Hisaishi 久石譲 (10/06/2016)

A very random decision during a rehearsal to record this fabulous Joe Hisaishi piece. Hope you enjoy and pardon us for any inaccuracies! orz

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Vincent Luo
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun

Carrying You 君を乗せて - Laputa: Castle in the Sky 天空の城ラピュタ (14/07/2016)

Another spontaneous decision during a rehearsal to record this Joe Hisaishi piece. Hope you enjoy and pardon us for any inaccuracies! orz

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Vincent Luo
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun

Name Of Life いのちの名前 - Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し (13/08/2016)

Watch the video on youtube: https://youtu.be/r9rkAPaZjLA

Stringanza takes its own twist to these 3 popular Disney pieces by stringing them up! 

Mulan - I'll Make a Man Out of You
Frozen - Do You Want to Build a Snowman
The Little Mermaid - Under the Sea

Adapted from Matthew Jose Tung
Arranged by Lim Kwuan Boon

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Vincent Luo
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun

Disney Medley - Mulan, Frozen & The Little Mermaid (19/08/2016)

Yet another spontaneous decision during a rehearsal to record this fabulous Joe Hisaishi piece. Hope you enjoy and pardon us for any inaccuracies! orz

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Andrew Chan
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun

Howl's Moving Castle ハウルの動く城 - World's Promise & Merry-go-round of Life (12/09/2016)

Continuation of our spontaneous rehearsal recording session, this time covering this fabulous Joe Hisaishi piece. Hope you enjoy and pardon us for any inaccuracies! orz

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Andrew Chan
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun

Princess Mononoke もののけ姫 (17/10/2016)

Stringanza embraces the arrival of Christmas with this classic piece by Sakamoto Ryuichi 坂本 龍一. 

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Andrew Chan
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence 戦場のメリークリスマス (18/12/2016)

Presenting to you our final Studio Ghibli cover for 2016: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, by Joe Hisaishi! 

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Andrew Chan
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun

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Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea 崖の上のポニョ (18/12/2016)

An exciting piece that is reminiscent of the popular Senbonzakura! This is a lot tougher than it looks!

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Andrew Chan
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun

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Touhou - Bad Apple!! 東方 - 傷林果 (18/02/2017)

Our humble attempt at recreating this epic piece by Michiko Naruke from a very old Playstation 1 game, Wild ARMs.

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Leaw Weilin
Cello (大提琴): Andrew Chan
Zhonghu (中胡): Ng Rui Jun

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Into The Wilderness - Wild ARMs (25/03/2017)

The latest English Pop ear worm featuring Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello. Here's our humble cover of this awesome tune!  

Gaohu (高胡): Lim Kwuan Boon
Erhu (二胡): Ng Rui Jun
Cello (大提琴): Andrew Chan
Zhonghu (中胡): Leaw Weilin

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Señorita - Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello (28/07/2019)

Envisioning a Chinese String Quartet in Singapore, Stringanza was spontaneously formed by four friends, Kwuan Boon, Weilin, Kok Jun and Vincent in 2009. It showcases the Chinese two-stringed fiddle, erhu and its variations, gaohu and zhonghu, playing alongside a western cello. Each fiddle varies in their tone quality and pitch resulting in an eclectic blend of sonority and timbre unique to the quartet. 

Simply for the love of playing together, Stringanza works towards making the arts accessible to the community. Since then, Stringanza has taken on different platforms to engage different audiences locally. Always keen to explore new platforms and performance concepts, Stringanza's outreach efforts included, performances at the Esplanade Concourse, National University of Singapore (NUS), Ulu Pandan Community Club, St. John's Home for the elderly, Asian Civilisations Museum and more... 

Stringanza was recently featured on Straits' Times Life in an article on Chinese chamber ensembles in Singapore. Stringanza is enthusiastic about novel collaborations and the community arts. 

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