Forefathers Project
2019
Documentary series “The Forefathers Project” by The Teng Ensemble, released on 18 August 2019
In 2016, The TENG Ensemble embarked on The Forefathers Project to uncover Singapore’s rich Chinese music heritage. After four years of painstaking research, the Ensemble is proud to present Heirlooms, a documentary-concert that will feature a repertoire of eight new commissioned works inspired by local Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew and Hakka music traditions.
Production by Fiction Shore Pte Ltd
Cinematography by Kevin Yeoh
In support of the Singapore Bicentennial