Remember the “Japanese” girl (she’s actually Singaporean) who sang the Majulah Singapura before an international football match between Japan and Singapore?
Olivia Ong, of Girl Meets Bossa Nova fame, will be performing live in Singapore at the NUS Arts Festival 2007. (Damn, that sounded so ‘press release’.)
Details are sketchy at the moment. I’ve grabbed the information from a brochure promoting next year’s NAF. The NUS Arts Festival website hasn’t been updated at the time this post was written. The tickets have yet to go on sale, so there’s no information on SISTIC either. So, here’s what I know:
Olivia and Friends Meet Bossa Nova
Wednesday, 14 March 2007 7.30 p.m.
University Cultural Centre (UCC) Hall
Tickets at $68, $58 and $48 (excluding SISTIC fee)
For the first time in Singapore, Olivia returns from Japan to perform live for her Singapore fans. Accompanied by her musician friends from Brazil and Japan, Olivia will share some of her favourite Bossa Nova standards and original songs tinged with Brazilian flavours, and surprise treats from her.
Audiences can catch the Brazilian wave with Celsinho Silva, a distinguished Brazilian percussionist known for his unique playing styles on the Pandeiro and the Cuixas. Olivia’s band includes Gustavo Anacleto (saxophone), Jun Kagami (guitar and vocal), Ryotaro Imai (piano), Akira Kameyama (bass), Alexandre Ozaki (drums), Damiao Gomes de Souza (percussion and vocal), and Inuzuka Saeko (guitar and vocal).
from SISTIC website
Tickets go are on sale now on Friday, 22 December 2006. Click here to book through SISTIC. There is a 20% Early Bird Discount, which runs ’til 15 January 2007. After that, there are discounts of varying amounts for NUS students, staff, corporate and school bookings.
You heard it here first. 
Oh, if you drop by her blog, wish her a belated Happy Birthday. She turned 21 not long ago.
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i tried to post on her blog but can’t.
sigh i will die die go to her concert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Her blog doesn’t seem to accept trackbacks either. Maybe it thinks we’re spam.
oh my!!! shes gonna perform in NUS? thts why cool man. die die mus go !! her music is just fantastic. u guys heard her live b4?
she sounds as good as the recordings. cya soon miss olivia!
I take it you’ve seen her perform live in Japan as SISTIC claims this will be her first performance in Singapore.
Recording artistes should sound better live!
I attended a Michael Bublé gig some time ago. He was fantastic! I bought his album after the performance. All it did was emphasize how terrific he is live.
na, iam singaporean, i ‘ve seen her perform in some guest starring.
i got her agmb2.it was darn good. her voice is uber sweet .
Just saw her concert, absolute brilliance.
Sweet Sweet voice