As a Germany-Fan living in Singapore who is also interested in classical music, I was of course very excited to know that a Wagnerian opera was going to be staged in Singapore for the first time. On Thursday (27th October) in Victoria Concert Hall, I was lucky enough to be one who witnessed…
So learning to count is just the beginning of appreciating what is finite and what is infinite: all understanding is impossible without the ability to construct functions. “Functions are the sole thing that makes thinking possible.” This may be exaggerated, but when it comes to set theory, it’s true….
Mathematics, the study of numbers and shapes, is generally considered profound, but it originated from acts as simple as counting and generalising. In ancient Greece, some people were intrigued by the patterns that pebbles gave: three pebbles formed a triangle, four pebbles, a square; six,…
This is a home-grown Singaporean orchestra… Not an orchestra that I join, but really a dream team for me. As a young market on the global cultural scene, Singapore faces challenges in defining its own identity, especially when it comes to classical music, which has…
“Euclid, what the hell are you doing?!” As a 14-year-old student struggling with my geometry problem sets in secondary school, I was staring at the heavy white brick in front of me, scattered with crazy shapes in ink that only became crazier as I scanned through…