Mozart In The Vineyard was an unconventional music and wine pairing experience that demystified classical music for a culturally curious audience.
It paired piano works by classical composers with a curated wine tasting flight in the casual, relaxed setting of Journey East, a beloved furniture and home decor destination at Tan Boon Liat Building.
This intimate and multi-sensorial music and wine experience featured Geoffrey Lim on a handcrafted SCHIMMEL grand piano performing works by Liszt, Tchaikovsky/Pletnev, Haydn, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin and Gershwin.
The music was paired with a tasting flight of 6 wines by The Amphora Project. The wines were low-intervention wines from indie, small batch producers in Slovenia and Central Europe.
This experience was kindly supported by our collaborators Journey East, Chiu Piano and Dirty Doodies.
Mozart In The Vineyard is presented by Fourth Space, a cultural programming studio for the New Age.
About The Amphora Project
The Amphora Project introduces low-intervention, small batch wines from Slovenia and Central Europe to a new generation of curious drinkers in Singapore. We represent independent wine producers who go back to nature, and combine ancient winemaking methods with uncompromising craftsmanship and a trailblazing spirit.
Our wine portfolio has a focus on skin-contact orange wines, pét-nats and juicy reds made using indigenous grapes from the region. Our energetic and distinctive wines are versatile for all occasion drinking, and create unexpected alchemy especially when paired with bold Asian flavours.
Beyond Slovenia - home to the world’s oldest grape vine - we also work closely with producers we adore from Austria, Croatia and Italy.
Drink Different and Drink 'Other World' with The Amphora Project!
About Geoffrey Lim
Geoff is a musician whose interests span solo piano performance, chamber music, vocal performance, and orchestral conducting. He is passionate about bringing art music to a wider audience through collaborations with other art forms such as oenology, gastronomy, and visual media. He also writes regularly on music and art, including as a music reviewer for the Straits Times.
Geoff has performed as a soloist and with orchestras around the world. In Singapore he has given recitals at venues such as the Esplanade, SOTA and jazz bar Maduro. He was recently selected to perform at the 2024 Piano Extravaganza, an annual recital that showcases young Singaporean pianists, where his playing was described by the Straits Times as having “maturity and insight...thoughtful and without excess”.
In addition to performing as a soloist, Geoff is an active chamber music recitalist and, with his piano duet partner, was awarded First Prize in the 2022 Lugano International Piano Competition. He was also a choral scholar at his Oxford college and a member of the Arcadian Singers. Outside music performance, he is Head of Corporate Development at BandLab Technologies, a music technology firm, and previously worked in finance and law.