The Singapore Sun Festival is an annual music and life-style festival that runs over ten days and takes place in multiple venues across

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/ref> The festival encompasses music, visual art, wine, cuisine, film, literature and wellness

History

Founded in 2007, it follows in the footsteps of the

Tuscan Sun Festival The Tuscan Sun Festival is an annual music and lifestyle festival in Florence, the capital of Tuscany in Italy. ''The Independent'' called the festival “One of the Ten Best Summer Arts Festivals in Europe”.' Described by the ''International He ...

, founded in 2003 by Barrett Wissman, cellist

Nina Kotova Nina Kotova is an American cellist of Eastern European decent. As well as being a versatile artist and an established composer she is a recording artist who performs both as a soloist with major orchestras and as a chamber musician. Education K ...

and writer

Frances Mayes Frances Mayes is an American novelist. Her 1996 memoir '' Under the Tuscan Sun.'' was on the New York Times Best Seller list for over two years and was the basis for the film '' Under the Tuscan Sun''. Biography Born and raised in Fitzgerald, Geor ...

. In the years since its foundation, it has featured performers from around the world, including

Joan Chen Joan Chen (born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese-American actress and film director. In China, she performed in the 1979 film and came to the attention of American audiences for her performance in the 1987 film ''The Last Emperor''. She is also ...

Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his Eccentricity (behavior), eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy ...

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in ...

Al Jarreau Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and musician. His 1981 album '' Breakin' Away'' spent two years on the ''Billboard'' 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R ...

Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra (; ; born October 22, 1946) is an Indian-American author and alternative medicine advocate. A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternati ...

and more.

References

{{reflist *http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=home&sid=au6Qy5MjxSVM *http://www.newasia-singapore.com/travel_information/events/singapore_sun_festival_20080602743.html *http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/festivalsandevents/3086168/The-Singapore-Sun-Festival-Catch-this.html *http://www.timeoutsingapore.com/music/feature/singapore-sun-festival- *https://web.archive.org/web/20110607074647/http://www.ameinfo.com/164370.html *http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/1009061/1/.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20090908164207/http://singaporesunfestival.com/2009/event-details.php?id=sunfilm&cat=FILM *http://www.singaporeexperience.com/finalist/events

External links

Official website
*http://www.imgartists.com/?page=festivals Music festivals in Singapore