Concert Program

All music composed by Tze Toh

performed by Tze Toh (piano), Lazar T. Sebastine (Carnatic violin), Teo Boon Chye (sax), Wu Bingling (violin)

Inspired by the concept of superposition in quantum mechanics - a system which exists in a combination of all its possible states at once, Quantum State is a contemporary fusion music concert that dreams of a world / state where all possibilities exist for humanity, nature and technology, and progress is inclusive and for all.

I had an idea. The Instruments in this concert would represent the 4 entities:

Violin - Humanity, fragile, potential for greatness, limitless imagination, ability to dream, love, but a limited lifetime. Carnatic violin - Nature, voice of life, roots of strength, branches of life extending out to limitless possiblities, flow, life force, eternal, energy in all forms, spiritual. Piano - Space - emptiness, and hence infinite possibilities, mysterious, unknown, void, vastness, beauty, timeless. Sax - Tech / Science - industrialization? technological progress? rhythmic, cold, relentless.

~ Prologue

1. Memories of Time - “

~ Disconnected Longing

2. I am the Air / Io Sono L’Aria - “Flow, a singularity of minds / systems. Can humanity move as one, in unison with nature?”

3. Longing - “The subatomic forces that binds us - connection - entanglement”

~ A State in Between

4. Architecture of Human Civilization - “Our society is system that runs like clockwork, relentless, often flawed, rigid, on the verge, can humanity, technology and nature co-exist in progress?

5. Autumn - “The in-between. As civilisation slowly falls and the natural environment deteriorates, how can we re-connect and progress again?”

6. LHC (Large Hadron Collider) - “Sometimes going back the beginning, shows the way forward.”

~ Collective Forward

7. Memories of Space - “Space. Possibilities. Imagination / dreams. Perhaps our future lies in the Stars beyond. ”

8. Wanderers - “We wander (like particles), but yet always in Symphony, connected, as if drawn together by some indescribable force of the Universe.”

9. The Swan - “The Swan symbolises grace, beauty, love, loyalty, and transformation, and is often linked to spirituality, purity, and the soul's journey, appearing in myths as divine messengers or shapeshifters between worlds. They symbolize self-awakening.”

Post-concert Talk