THE ONCE AND FUTURE

Experience a coming together of film, laser display and live musical performance in The Once and Future, as award-winning director Yeo Siew Hua’s cinematic exploration of voyages is brought to life by members of the Berliner Philharmoniker, vocalist Anandi Bhattacharya, and a mesmerising choreography of lights and lasers, performing live a powerful score by composer Eugene Birman.

Creative Team

Yeo Siew Hua

Director & Writer
A composer of music of "high frama" and "intense emotion" (BBC), Eugene Birman (born in 1987) has written for leading symphony orchestras, choirs, ensembles, and soloists across four continents

Eugene Birman

Composer & Executive Producer
A composer of music of “high drama” and “intense emotion” (BBC), Eugene Birman (born in 1987) has written for leading symphony orchestras, choirs, ensembles, and soloists across four continents in venues ranging from London’s Southbank Centre to Carnegie Hall to above the Arctic Circle.

Anandi Bhattacharya

Vocal Soloist & Librettist
Hailed as a child prodigy, Anandi Bhattacharya featured in the album Beyond the Ragasphere conceived by her father, Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya, alongside the likes of John Mclaughlin, Jerry Douglas, Pt. Bickram Ghosh and Pt. Tanmoy Bose, which won the Album of the Year (2014) at WOMEX.

Stanley Dodds

Conductor
Stanley Dodds is the Principal Conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra since 2014. He is the founder of the ZeMu! Ensemble Berlin dedicated to the performance of works by living composers.

Berliner Philharmoniker members, performing as the ZeMu! Ensemble Berlin

Symphony Orchestra
The ZeMu! Ensemble Berlin was founded in 2022 by its conductor Stanley Dodds and is the youngest ensemble to emerge from the ranks of the world famous Berliner Philharmoniker.

Roger Garcia

Executive Producer and Concept

Topi Lehtipuu

Executive Producer and Curator

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