Singapore - The Lion City

Surprising Singapore is a city of many colors and contrasts, cultures and cuisines.  In this cosmopolitan tropical island, just one degree north of the Equator, are all the elements for a rewarding conference and a truly unique holiday.  The Republic's strategic location at the crossroads of South East Asia (at longitude 104°E and latitude 1°N) has long been instrumental in Singapore's growth as an important center in trade, tourism and communications.

• General information
• Attractions
• City buzz

Please check out the following cultural, musical and sporting events that are scheduled around the conference period:

• MAMA MIA ! (September 23, 2004 until December 03, 2004 with performances every day except Mondays)
  A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads.   And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget! Over 18 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show! The story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, and every night everyone's having the time of their lives. With more productions playing internationally than any other musical, MAMMA MIA! is the world's #1 show. MAMMA MIA! has recently extended its run in Singapore and will now be showing during the period of Powercon 2004.  The theatre is a short walk from the conference hotel. [More details]

• Singapore Motor Show (November 11 - 21, 2004)
  The biennial Singapore Motorshow will be back to once again dazzle the crowds with an exciting display of automobile launches, concept cars, vintage models and a robot-racing competition. [More details]

• Singapore River Buskers' Festival (November 13 - 21, 2004)
  A FREE Festival! Talented street performers from around the world gather on the walkways of Orchard Road, along the Singapore riverbank and Marina Bay for this buskers' festival. Spectators can enjoy fantastic street theatre, comedians, contortionists, magicians, mimes, sword swallowers and jugglers, all set against the glittering backdrop of the city. [More details]

• Aviva Open Singapore 2004  - Badminton Open (November 17 - 21, 2004)
  For the fourth year, the successfully staged Singapore Open will be returning to the Singapore Indoor Stadium with more exciting and electrifying matches than before. [More details]

• An Immaculate Misconception -Sex in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction (November 18 - 23, 2004)
  Carl Djerassi’s play explores the race against the ticking biological clock. It is a story of a woman, Dr Prudence, still just on the right side of 40, who is desperate to conceive but also to try out her latest invention. She, herself, is an expert in the field of fertility and baby implants. A case of D.I.Y. baby making. [More details]

• Classics - Boris Berezovsky (November 18, 2004)
  Berezovsky, described as "an artist of exceptional promise, a player of dazzling virtuosity and formidable power” (The Times), has established a remarkable reputation, as the most powerful of virtuoso pianists and a musician with unique insight and sensitivity. Winner of the Gold Medal at the 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Berezovsky has built an international tour schedule as a concerto soloist with the world’s leading orchestras. For his Singapore concert, savour a piano recital of Chopin and Godowsky masterpieces and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition by this dynamic virtuoso. [More details]

• Melanie Horsnell - Live! (November 19, 2004)
  Melanie picked up her first guitar at five years of age and began busking when she was only seven. Coming from a very musical family, her radio DJ father and her piano teacher mother were huge inspirations. Melanie grew up performing at festivals and musicals, and was writing and performing her own songs by age 15. [More details]

• Janácek's Glagolitic Mass (Saturday November 20, 2004)
  By the Singapore Symphony Orchestra at the Esplanade Concert Hall. [More details]

• Kalaa Utsavam, Autumn Raga, Hariprasad Chaurasia & Shubha Mudgal (November 21, 2004)
  Don't miss this star-studded double bill featuring flautist extraordinaire Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia followed by the simply divine Shubha Mudgal. [More details]

• Chamber Music - Journey to the West By The Ruan Trio (November 24, 2004) [More details]

• PRIVATE (Partly) - House of Flying CHESTNUTS (November 24 - 27, 2004)
  PRIVATE (partly) - House of Flying Chestnuts is a high-energy mix of all-new double-edged spoofs and raunchy, utterly irreverant parody fun shaken, stirred and blended together into an intoxicating dose of merciless satire, twisted lyrics and multi-directional parodies as hilarious as they are unpredictable. [More details]

• Furthest North, Deepest South (November 25-28, 2004)
  Inspired by New York Times bestseller ‘1421-the year China discovered America’, Furthest North Deepest South dramatizes legendary sea-navigator Eunuch Cheng Ho’s emotional discovery of the new world and his fate. [More details]

• BONEY M LIVE 2004 - Concert (November 25, 2004)
  Boney M. was not only THE disco cult band of the 70's and 80's but remains a living legend of the entire disco era. [More details]

• Hits of 1904: Mahler's Seventh Symphony (Friday November 26, 2004)
  By the Singapore Symphony Orchestra at the Esplanade Concert Hall. [More details]

• “Incomparable To Jay” World Tour 2004 (November 26-27, 2004)
  Talented singer-songwriter, Jay Chou will be coming to Singapore as part of his 2nd World Tour named “Incomparable To Jay” World Tour 2004. [More details]

• SoAsia, Deva Premal & Miten, More Than Music (November 27-28, 2004)
  Graced by ancient mantras, rich harmonies, and sensual rhythms, Deva Premal and Miten's music explores the essence of love, devotion, and consciousness. [More details]

• Christmas in the Tropics 2004 (Between November 13, 2004 and January 02, 2005)
  Experience Christmas in the Tropics, as Orchard Road and Marina Bay, Singapore’s most exciting shopping stretch, transforms into an enchanted wonderland. Be mesmerized by the world’s grandest and most spectacular Christmas Light-up, now in its 21st year. [More details]

• Singapore River Regatta
  (November 20, 2004 and November 21, 2004 at the Singapore River between Elgin Bridge and Cavenagh Bridge.)
  The Singapore River Regatta 2004 will be held at the Singapore River in November 2004. More than 100 teams will be participating in the event, bringing excitement to the Singapore River. [More details, Site map]