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)

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)

Riding on the crazy Pokemon GO wave, we decided to do a cover of the Map theme song! 

ポケモンGOを遊んでる皆様へ、私たちはマップ画面BGM演奏の動画を作成しました。楽しんでいただければ、うれしいです！:D

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

Pokemon GO Map Theme (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. 

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

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