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Meet Taipei Startup Festival 2022. Music Press Asia

Meet Taipei Startup Festival 2022

Asia’s largest Startup Festival titled “Meet Taipei” returns to Taipei City’s Zhongshan District this year from 17 – 19 November. The festival is themed ‘The New Paths for Disrupters’, this physical and virtual exposition will exhibit over 500 brands – to showcase Taiwan as a hub for startups and high technology. Supported by the world’s leading semiconductor industry, this festival is all about celebrating integrated tech and innovations that continue to weave a future of unlimited possibilities. The 7th Taiwan Blockchain Summit is scheduled to take place at the Super…

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Bil Musa release new song via Yuna Room Records. Music Press Asia

Bil Musa Releases New Song by John Jeeves, Hanis Rafi & Firdaus Rahmat

In a recent music video release on YouTube by Armani Entertainment, John Jeeves collaborates with Hanis Rafi and Firdaus Rahmat to write “Pantang”, a song about forbidding backstabbing activities, especially among your close friends. The lyrics sung by Bil Musa featuring Noki K-Clique fight back against all odds in a hostile world – a war between good and evil. Watch…

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ASEAN Summit Converges in Phnom Penh

Cambodia, this year’s chair for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is hosting the weekend summit in Phnom Penh — the group’s first in-person meeting since the Covid pandemic. In a reportage “As major powers meet in Asia…” by Simone McCarthy, she covers the meeting of world leaders in Phnom Penh. Alongside a summit of ASEAN leaders followed by…

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Adam Sandler Tours USA 2022. Music Press Asia
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Adam Sandler Standup Tour: A Musical & Comical Fanfare

Adam Sandler is back with a rare tour of casinos and arenas to remind live audiences, young and old – that standup comedy and silly ditties are what he does best. Ever since the release of 50 First Dates, it is hard to discern that beloved comedian-actor Adam Sandler could do anything less than wonderful. He is balancing a seemingly…

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William Youn release new Schubert Piano Sonata album.Credit Irène-Zandel. Music Press Asia
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William Youn Reaches New Heights with Schubert’s Piano Sonatas

Korean classical music pianist William Youn releases his third Schubert album today via Sony Classical. These wonderous piano sonatas are some of Youn’s finest works on the piano. Comprising three CDs, this third release completes William Youn’s acclaimed Schubert cycle and features a total of ten sonatas. In this brief video interview with William Youn, we are invited through an…

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Steinway software SPIRIOCAST premieres at Hamburg w Lang Lang. Music Press Asia

Steinway Launch New Software SPIRIOCAST

Steinway’s Hamburg premiere sees Lang Lang perform the new software LIVE at the Elbphilharmonie. Steinway & Sons has recently launched its revolutionary new software, SPIRIOCAST. Allowing live, remote performances from one Steinway & Sons Spirio piano to another in real-time, the software allows live performances broadcast virtually. Lang Lang showcased the new possibilities of SPIRIOCAST at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg…

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Gayageum trio Hey Strings at World Music Fest Taiwan. Music Press Asia

Gayageum For The Modern Day Audience

On translating a classical instrument for the appreciation of the modern audience, Hey String – a gayageum trio from South Korea – answers Taiwan Beats questions on topics of popularization of a traditional instrument, performing again for the first time abroad since covid-19 and how their early days’ music education found a voice for expression for a live audience at…

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Midori celebrates 40th debut anniversary plays Bach Violin Sonata. Music Press Asia

Japanese Classical Violinist Midori Celebrates 40th Debut Anniversary

Original press release The 2022-2023 season marks the 40th Anniversary of Midori’s professional debut, which took place on New Year’s Eve in 1982 with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta. She was 11 years old. This season, Warner Classics will release a new recording of the complete Beethoven sonatas cycle with Midori and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, which the artists…

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Hazel Savage joins Tuned Global board.Music Press Asia

Hazel Savage Joins Tuned Global Board

Original press release Savage brings 15 years of experience working for music streaming services and building successful music tech businesses Tuned Global’s rapid growth will be enhanced by Savage’s experience with music data analytics and AI Savage joins recently appointed Rick Gleave (SVP EMEA & MENA) in London to strengthen Tuned Global’s UK operations Tuned Global, the leading B2B streaming…

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Midori 40th debut anniversary at Suntory Hall. Music Press Asia
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Midori’s Debut Anniversary at Suntory Hall a Homage to Isaac Stern

Starting tonight and until Saturday, the Suntory Hall Special Stage will present a performance by Japanese classical violinist Midori. Midori will commemorate the belated anniversary of the legendary violinist and arts advocate Isaac Stern and dedicate her performances between Tuesday and Saturday at Suntory Hall in Tokyo to her mentor. With Jean-Yves Thibaudet on the piano, Midori will play Beethoven’s…

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