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)

The stairs on this fogbound floor of the Menagerie converges like a tuning fork that rings 1337hz. A levitating glass sign greets you: PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. You are likely to encounter(but not limited to): husky bits of nonplussed orchestrations, unfinished works; unfinished works doomed to be forever unfinished; unfinished works doomed to be unfinished this lifetime but may be picked up again when I reincarnate.

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. 