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Amanda Nell Eu directed Tiger Stripes win Cannes award. Music Press Asia

Interview: Malaysia Director Amanda Nell Eu

Malay-language arthouse horror film Tiger Stripes made history by becoming the first Malaysian film to win the grand prize for best feature at the Cannes’ Critics’ Week, a sidebar for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival that is dedicated to first or second films. The debut effort by Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu won the €10,000 (RM49,400) grand prize of the 62nd edition of Cannes’ Critics Week. The film is also still in competition for the Camera d’Or prize, which is an award for the best first feature film presented in…

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Film news. Music Press Asia

Jakarta Film Week 2023

Jakarta Film Week, the annual international film festival hosted by the Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Agency, returns this week. It is an event where filmmakers and enthusiasts share new shows, visions, and possibilities. This year’s festival will take place from October 25 to 29, 2023. Visitors can enjoy film screenings at CGV Grand Indonesia and Kineforum Taman Ismail Marzuki.…

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Khusugtun Mongolia music Buda Musique. Music Press Asia
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Khusugtun: Of Horses & Mongolia’s Robin Hood

The Mongolian culture has their lives so intertwined with horses that their key traditional instrument, the bowed, two-string morin khuur (or horsehead fiddle), is elaborately decorated with a carved horse’s head at the top of the neck. Genre: World music Meet the band called Khusugtun, an ethnic contemporary Mongolian group, dedicated to keeping alive the ancient Central Asian tradition of…

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Joe Hisaishi sets music to H Miyazaki film. Music Press Asia
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Joe Hisaishi Sets The Mood in Miyazaki’s New Film

Joe Hisaishi’s beautiful score is cementing Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli film as one of the most cinematic one of the year. The Boy and the Heron has recently been touted as director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki’s final film. At age 82, Miyazaki already threatened retirement once before. Known to care nothing about expectations of others, the film released…

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Singapore calendar. Music Press Asia
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Singapore To Host Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2023

The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival is a public arts festival that celebrates the artistic diversity of Asia and Europe and promotes the dialogue and exchange between artists from the 2 regions. In 2023, the Festival will be held for the first time in Singapore from 22 October to 1 November. This year’s festival will allow audiences in Singapore to experience a…

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Vietnam’s Heritage Space To Host Month of Art Practice

Month of Art Practice (MAP) is an artistic project dedicated to the development of contemporary art. Organised annually by Heritage Space, an independent art organisation based in Hanoi, Viet Nam, MAP takes place with the aim of creating a platform for artistic practice, intellectual exchanges, public programmes, and events. Curators and artists from Europe and Asia, along with young emerging…

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SXSW Oct 2023 Sydney Music Conference. Music Press Asia
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SXSW Sydney’s First Edition To Host Asia-Pacific Focus Music & Film Festival

SXSW First Edition in Sydney, Australia When SXSW at Austin Texas faced challenges to closing down during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was evident that drastic measures were in place to keep the festival strategically current. With IFPI’s latest report on the growing music industry in Asia-Pacific, it is no surprise that SXSW sees an opportunity in the new world. If…

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Malaysian singer songwriter Penny Tai celebrates 23 years showbiz. Music Press Asia
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Music Documentary Narrates Malaysian-Chinese Pop Music Historic Journey

What do you think happened in the last 50 years of the Chinese pop music era in Malaysia? In 2019, AEC released a 12-episode documentary film titled At the Equator, We Sing 在赤道上唱歌的人. As part of its Merdeka Specials (Malaysia’s National Day), a rerun of the show is scheduled and is now available on ASTRO GO. To celebrate Malaysia’s talented…

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Live Music. Music Press Asia

Hong Kong Welsh Choral Group to Perform Live in Malaysia

The Hong Kong Welsh Male Voice Choir (HKWMVC), which stemmed from an impromptu singing of Welsh songs around the piano at the St David’s Society Annual Ball in 1977, has come a long way. Scheduled to perform at the Heriot-Watt University Malaysia Campus this coming Sept. 30, the choir has steadily grown in scope and reputation since 1978. [HK Welsh…

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Interview w Prommachart Field D2. Music Press Asia

A Conversation with Thai Pianist Dr. Poom Prommachart & Conductor of TUTAN Festival Orchestra, Kevin Field

Tonight, Malaysia’s TUTAN Entertainment will present a live conversation featuring Steinway pianist Dr. Poom Prommachart and conductor Kevin Field with Music Press Asia’s editor-in-chief Monica Tong as moderator. As part of the latest 2023 program at the Dominus Arts Venue in Kuala Lumpur, the conversation is a preview into the lives of those who endeavor to bring a live high-caliber…

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