Resorts World Sentosa to Host Mumbai Live Singapore 2010 June 8th to 11th

News Release from: http://www.radioandmusic.com

MUMBAI: Live! Singapore 2010, an international event for performing arts and entertainment industry which includes live performences by acclaimed artistes will be held from 8 to 11 June 2010 at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore alongside the Singapore Arts Festival. It is a platform for global performing arts professionals and organisations to exchange knowledge do business and network in the Asia Pacific market.

Live! Singapore is a four day inaugural event brings along 1500 artistes leading performing artistes and live performances. It offers a trade fair, a conference and live performances all in one venue. Participants can exchange ideas and concepts, network and connect, and collaborate on exciting new projects. In addition, professionals emerging from Asia can use the event as a springboard to the global market and receive recognition on a higher level.

The trade fair part of the event provides a business opportunity to source for regional and international acts from a wide spectrum of performing arts including Theatre, Music, Dance, Acrobatics, Puppetry, Illusionists, Musicals, Attractions, Pyrotechnics, Folk Art etc. LIVE! is claimed to be a central meeting point for potential buyers, performing arts organizations and agents from Asia, USA and Europe.

A chosen theme runs through LIVE! Conference every year. For its debut, the theme is Music. It will explore core issues facing the worlds of classical music, orchestras, opera companies, fusion music, world music, music theatre, jazz and the burgeoning Asian music scene, as well as the role of music in other art forms such as dance. Topics to be covered range from the future of music in the live performing arts, the role of education, commission of new works,music development and new initiatives, global touring, Asia touring, audience development and the latest innovations.

Also touted to perform in the festival are internationally renowned artists. These performances are incorporated into the Singapore Arts Festival program line-up and will be open to the general public. “It is good news for the local performing arts industry that LIVE! Singapore will provide a new networking platform for global art companies to exchange ideas and inspirations.” said Entertainment, Sports & Arts and Enrichment of the STB Executive Director Lynette Pang who elaborated that LIVE! Singapore is supported by the Board’s ‘Business Events in Singapore’ incentive scheme.

“By deliberately timing LIVE! Singapore with the well established Singapore Arts Festival in June, we hope to present both trade and leisure