06/03/2026
Sometimes, you need to call in 'versterkings', as Louis always put it....
Singing a work in 7 different languages - which the choir only speaks 2,5 of - can be quite a challenge!
Especially when it comes to Mandarin - one of the languages we have never sung in before.
A HUGE thank you to renowned writer, Tan Twan Eng, a friend (and musician in making) who helped us refine our pronunciation.
A little bit more about Twan:
Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang, Malaysia, and worked as an advocate in one of Kuala Lumpur's leading law firms before becoming a full-time writer
His debut novel The Gift of Rain was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007 and has been widely translated. The Garden of Evening Mists won the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2012 and the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Tan divides his time between Kuala Lumpur and Cape Town. The House of Doors is his third novel.
