Singapore Composers Festival
The Singapore Composers Festival is a celebration of Singaporean and Singapore-based composers and regional new music. Consisting of a vivid line-up of workshops and performances, the festivals bring together diverse composers of all ages, personalities and styles. Each festival premieres works by young composers from our flagship mentorship programme, the CSS Young Composers Forum, while other concert components draw together members of our society often collaborating with overseas composers collectives. Through our festivals, we highlight the colourful diversity of local new music, foster cultural exchange, and provide a platform for contemporary composers to showcase their work, connect with other composers, and engage new audiences.
Upcoming Edition
Singapore Composers Festival 2026 (2nd Edition)
The Singapore Composers Festival returns on 7 June 2026! Come to the world premiere of 15 new musical compositions expressed through exciting percussive and choral interpretations.
The opening concert this year will feature an international collaboration between Singaporean composers from the Composers Society of Singapore (CSS) and Korean composers from composer collective, Space for Sound. The closing concert will premiere works by young composers and their mentors from the CSS Young Composers Forum, our flagship mentorship programme.
There will also be two roundtable chats where the audience can get a behind-the-scenes peek at how the composers and performers collaborate, creating musical works from imagination and inspiration to full-fledged performances.
Past Editions
2024 Edition
Taking place in 2024, the inaugural Singapore Composers Festival featured two concerts and two composer talks, Exploring Alternative Compositional Approaches Through the Lens of Games and How Do You Make Software Sing? The opening concert premiered works from the 2023 edition of the Young Composers Forum, while the closing concert featured a collaboration with the Malaysian Composers Collective.
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This year's Festival will feature an international collaboration between the composers from the Composers Society of Singapore and South Korean composers collective Space for Sound as well as exciting new works by young composers from the CSS Young Composers Forum....
Final open rehearsals for the 3rd edition of the Young Composers Forum concluded on 8 April 2026. Led by Cultural Medallion recipient and SYC Ensemble Singers Artistic Director, Jennifer Tham, the singers performed a score reading and rehearsed four choral works by...
Organised by Composers Society of Singapore, Singapore Composers Festival 2026 is happening on 7th June 2026. We are pleased to announce a Call for Scores for the Opening Concert of the Singapore Composers Festival. Selected works will be premiered by the acclaimed...
We are pleased to share of the success of our Singapore Composers Festival, which had been reviewed by Dr Chang Tou Liang from the Straits Times. The review can be read HERE.
CSS is proud to share about its recently organized Singapore Composers Festival that took place on the 23rd of March. The Festival featured talks by two of our very own CSS members, two concerts showcasing works by our very own local talents, and a cross-country...
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This year's Festival will feature an international collaboration between the composers from the Composers Society of Singapore and South Korean...
Final open rehearsals for the 3rd edition of the Young Composers Forum concluded on 8 April 2026. Led by Cultural Medallion recipient and SYC...
Join us for our final Young Composers Forum open rehearsal! The session will consist of a score reading of four choral works by young composers of...
Organised by Composers Society of Singapore, Singapore Composers Festival 2026 is happening on 7th June 2026. We are pleased to announce a Call for...
The first open rehearsals for the 3rd edition of the Young Composers Forum took place on 7 January 2026. Rehearsals were led by Cultural Medallion...
Congratulations to Singapore composer, Syafiqah ’Adha Sallehin, on winning the NAC Young Artist Award! Established in 1992, the Young Artist Award...
Join us for our first Young Composers Forum open rehearsal! The session will consist of a score reading of four choral works by young composers of...
"Jaunty and imaginative, Chinese yet Western, contemporary yet emotionally accessible" — We are thrilled to announce the winner of the Giam-Lim...
We are delighted and honoured to welcome John Sharpley to the CSS team as Chief Editor! Bringing with him a wealth of expertise as a composer and...
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