Eco-themed concert a wake-up call about waste

Some of Ding Yi Music Company's most interesting concerts over the years have focused on Singapore's history and disappearing culture. But, more recently, the ensemble has turned to highlighting environmental issues.

- Chang Tou Liang

The second of its ECOncerts, directed by resident conductor Dedric Wong De Li, was about the high toll exacted by a generation of waste.

Stage-directed by Ang Xiao Ting, with music composed by Malaysian Yii Kah Hoe and Singaporean Avik Chari, the 75-minute concert was inspired by the documentary feature Wasted (wasted.film) by media and business intelligence organisation Eco-Business, which highlighted a modern-day dilemma resulting from rampant consumerism.

Much of the concert's first third was devoted to accompanying film excerpts featuring vast vistas and mountains of garbage from Asian economies, including Vietnam, South Korea and India.