Recent & Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Sept 11 Louis on Nostalgia
9.30pm, Sing Jazz Club @ 101 Jalan Sultan, Singapore, 199002.
Louis Soliano is back at Sing Jazz and this time he will be performing with young jazzers Karen de Silva (violin), Jon Saiman (keys) with Johnny Gaerlan on Bass. Do join us for a night of delightful and soulful music.
Tickets available via: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/louis-soliano-in-louis-on-nostalgia-tickets-18489798485
Sept 14 Alley Cats & The Suitcase
8.30pm, Main Stage @ 12th JB Arts Festival 2015, Johor, Malaysia.
Enjoy familiar local, classical and jazzy music with nuevo eclectic instruments and styles. This is a 'busking' concept band, with interesting, accessible and fun takes and arrangements of tunes which colour the roadsides in cosmopolitan Asia today!
Featuring: Karen (violin), Bryant (beat box), Namira (vox), Ashlee (keys), Jon (bass) & Rendra (guitar).
For more information / ticketing : http://jbartsfest.com/programme/
Sept 22 AcoustiKa Jazz Quartet - Blues Workshop
8.30pm, The Black Box @ 12th JB Arts Festival 2015, Johor, Malaysia.
Celebrating the joy of live jazz and improvisation through the natural and unique sonorities of acoustic instruments, AcoustiKa Jazz Quartet will be presenting a jazz appreciation workshop emphasising on the blues, which is often believed to be the root of jazz and much popular music today.
Featuring: Karen de Silva (violin), Margareth Tok (keys), Miyata Masato (bass) & Rafaee Mahmood (drums).
For more information / ticketing / registration details: http://jbartsfest.com/programme/
Oct 2 Vasantham Ponvizha LIVE - SG50 Concert
7.30pm, Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre Level 6
Celebrating Singapore's Golden Jubilee Through A Musical Journey. A musical extravaganza featuring 'LIVE' renditions of popular local and Kollywood songs along with performances by over 100 local talents. Filled with song, dance and laughter, it will be an entertaining night like never before.
Tickets available at: http://www.sistic.com.sg/events/ponvizha1015
Oct 7 Viva Strings - String Improvisation Workshop
8.30pm, The Black Box @ 12th JB Arts Festival 2015, Johor, Malaysia.
Pages upon pages of 'taugeh' (music notes) got you down? Well, Viva Strings' message is that you don't need those to play great music - it's all about musical creativity. A definite must for string instrumentalists wanting to learn more about contemporary improvisation on their instruments. Participants will also be treated to modern and jazzy performances by the quartet.
Featuring: Karen de Silva (1st violin), Ahmad Musta'in (2nd violin), Nyein Maung (viola) & Vick Low (cello).
For more information / ticketing / registration details: http://jbartsfest.com/programme/
Oct 8 rustiKa
7.00pm, Main Stage @ 12th JB Arts Festival 2015, Johor, Malaysia.
rustiKa is Back!!! Explore and discover new grooves to a night of original jazz music with rustiKa. Inspired by their life experiences and the vibrant world around them, the band's music is a seamless fusion of jazz and contemporary sounds presenting a youthful, dynamic and energetic performance.
Featuring: Karen de Silva (violin), Xanthus Ching (bass), Joel Chua (keys) and Anson Koh (drums).
For more information / ticketing : http://jbartsfest.com/programme/
Recent Events
Aug 1 Red Dot Radio - SG 50
8.45pm @ Esplanade Waterfront, Singapore
A concert by my composer buddy Tze: Looking Glass returns! We will be performing this Saturday after the NDP preview at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre, playing some of Tze's classic pieces like DESH, In Time Love Comes, Indian folk song meets jazz, Sunset on the Way Home, Song for Sara Joan + some of his film music - a few themes (his personal favourites) written for short films by photographer Stefen Chow, young director Vincent Yizhou Wang etc. I will be leading the string section for this one :-)
Celebrate the lead up to National Day on this evening! Free admission.
July 9 rustiKA - Jazz in July 2015 Performance
7.30pm @ Esplanade Concourse, Singapore
rustiKa is a jazz quartet featuring Karen de Silva, Xanthus Ching, Joel Chua and Anson Koh, no strangers to the local music scene. rustiKa was initiated as a collaboration between friends and fellow LASALLE graduates, Xanthus Ching of Rustic Vibes and Karen de Silva from the AcoustiKa Jazz Quartet. As active performers, the band's members have between them graced SingJazz, JB Jazz Festival, New Zealand International Jazz Festival, JB Arts Festival and Esplanade's Jazz in July and Mosaic Music Festival.
Drawing from the the great creative energy and wonderful experience working together has given us when rustiKa performed at the inaugural JB Jazz Festival 2015, we would like to present our music again, this time playing all original compositions by our band members. Our music aims to capture the spirit of youthful exuberance of today’s generation while paying tribute to the roots of jazz. Being both performers and composers, our inspiration comes from the soundscapes surrounding us in Singapore, love, growing pains, cultural roots, favourite grooves heard on the radio…just about everything which has had an impact on our lives!
Support local music & join us on our journey of self discovery and get to know us more through our originals. Free admission!
June 3 MEP Camp - Lasalle Alumni Mentoring
Anglo Chinese School, Singapore
Introducing Jazz to secondary school music elective students on both fronts: its history, aesthetics and performance of the same. I will also be sharing my musical journey and experiences during the LASALLE student sharing session.
​May 30 You Are A Star Outreach Workshop 
10am @ Room G302, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
This is a music appreciation and life skills outreach workshop organised by ZONTA Club Singapore, which I will be conducting for beneficiaries of ZONTA's Project Pari: teenage girls from less privileged backgrounds. Music to me is something that we all have in common and I will be using music based activities for a fun, educational and inspiring session with the girls.
If you have a skill set which could benefit Project Pari's beneficiaries, do step forward and meet the dedicated ZONTA team to see if you can make it happen. Contact:info@zonta-singapore.org.
​ May 4 LASALLE Composition Showcase
6pm @ Creative Cube, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
Karen de Silva and Viva Strings will be performing several original compositions by LASALLE's graduating composers.The evening's programme will feature music for string quartet,pierrot ensembles, duo's,contemporary bands and more.
Please come and support the Singaporean music scene by listening to our composers of tomorrow. Free admission.
April 30 AcoustiKa-ElectriKa Jazz Violin Recital
8.45pm @ The Esplanade Waterfront, Singapore
AcoustiKa-ElectriKa my debut concert featuring all my original compositions which explore the acoustic and electric soundscapes through the medium of jazz and challenge your perceptions on what the violin can do and sound like!
For a great evening and great music at an outdoor concert, do come and support me. Admission is free!
​March 27 International Women's Day
7.30pm @ The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore
A Violin & Guitar Jazz Duo: Karen de Silva & Amadeus Kohar
Celebrating International Women's Day at the SCWO Gala Dinner. For tickets, please contact scwo@scwo.org.sg.
​March 1 JB Jazz Festival
12pm @ The Double Tree Hilton, Johor Bahru, Johor Malaysia.
Featuring the RustiKa Quartet: Karen de Silva, Xantuhs Ching, Joel Chua & Anson Koh
Join us for an unforgettable Sunday Jazz Brunch which features originals and our renditions of jazz standards in the spirit of youthful exuberence. To book yourself a place, please contact The Double Tree Hilton at +60 72686868.
