Singapore’s Ivan Heng and Pooja Nansi conferred knighthood for promoting French arts and culture

Heng, a former performer, was commended by the Embassy of France for playing a “key function” in promoting French opera in Singapore. La Cafe aux Folles ( 2017 ) and Tartuffe ( 2022 ) are two well-known productions.

In a job spanning over three years, he has staged several productions in Singapore and has even brought some of them&nbsp, – including the works Hotel and&nbsp, Emily Of Emerald Hill&nbsp, – elsewhere.

Heng was named a victim of an honorary degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, which is regarded as one of the world’s top performing art institutions in March. And again in 2013, he was awarded&nbsp, the Cultural Medallion which is&nbsp, Singapore’s highest social glory.

Nansi was the Singapore Writers Festival‘s previous producer. During her four- year career, she was “instrumental” in the success of the Focus France sector, which featured around 20 European and Francophone artists from 2019 to 2022, &nbsp, said the Embassy of France.

Her devotion to French poetry has considerably strengthened Singapore’s and France’s cultural ties.

Nansi won the 2016 Young Artist Award. The Ministry for Culture, Community, and Youth presented the award, which is Singapore’s highest honor for young artists under the age of 35, and is administered by the National Arts Council. &nbsp,