University Tanglewood Institute from 2001 to 2005. In September 2006, it was accorded the prestigious honour of performing at the opening of Singapore Biennale, and to foreign dignitaries at the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings held in Singapore. ASEAN Summit in 2007 "T'ang" signifies that golden age of the arts in Asia – the T'ang Dynasty. The name is also an acronym of the players' last names – Ng, Ang and Tan. In 2007, T'ang Quartet premiered "Optical Identity", a collaborative production with Theatre Cryptic (Scotland) was commissioned by the Singapore Arts Festival. The European premiere took place at the Edinburgh International Festival in August, and the production then traveled to the Alicante International Contemporary Music Festival (Spain) in September, and tours Scotland in October and November 2007. T'ang Quartet was invited to perform Azerbaijan composer Franghiz Ali Zadeh's Mugam Sayagi at a UNESCO award Ceremony in Paris on 3 April 2008, where she was receiving the honorary title of UNESCO Artist for Peace. Members of T'ang Quartet play instruments on generous loan from the Rin Collection and Mr Jiri Heger. Members Ng Yu-Ying (born 1968), 1st violin Ang Chek Meng (born 1969), 2nd violin Han Oh (born 1974), viola Zihao Wang (born 1991), cello Awards Winners – 2nd Internationaler Joseph Joachim Kammermusikwettbewerb (1999, Weimar, Germany) Bartok Prize – Prague-Vienna-Budapest sommer Akademic (2000) Cultural Award – Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2000) Arts & Culture – Singapore Youth Award (SYA) 2002 Artistic Excellence Award (Classical)- presented by Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (2008) Live concert recording album Not Our Debut (T'ang Quartet and International Music Management, 1996) Limited Release album Heavenly (Action Theatre, 2001) Album release The Art of War (T'ang Quartet Limited, 2005) Made in America c.1893 (T'ang Quartet Limited, 2006) – featuring Violist Jiri Heger as guest soloist (Viola Quintet in E-flat, Op.97) "The True Sound of Healing" ( Produced by Tan Tock Seng Hospital,Singapore, 2008) Other works Recorded soundtrack for "Feet Unbound", a feature film retracing the Long March as undertaken by teenage girls, directed by Ng Khee Jin in 2006. A short film on " Optical Identity" featuring T'ang Quartet was screened at the Adelaide Film Festival in Feb 2009 References External links Official Website Singaporean musical groups String quartets