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Stray Kids Win Fact Music Award Macau 2025 Music Press Asia

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Fact Music Award Announces Winners

The 2025 The Fact Music Awards concluded on September 20 in Macau, marking the eighth edition of the ceremony since it began in 2019. Hosted by Jun Hyun Moo and Seohyun, the event once again brought together top K-pop acts to celebrate outstanding achievements. This year, the Daesang (Grand Prize) awards were shared by Stray Kids, aespa, IVE, and ENHYPEN. Stray Kids won four awards including Honor of the Year and Record of the Year. aespa also took home three honors, one of which was Muse of the Year, while…

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IMX 2025 Announced Global Launch, Partners with Music China Shanghai

International Music X (IMX) recently announced the global launch of its 2025 season, establishing a strategic partnership with Music China, the world’s leading musical instrument trade fair. The flagship event will take place from October 22-25, 2025, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), uniting IMX’s global platform for innovation and policy with Music China’s vast industry network. This…

Hear Here Hengchun Taiwan celebrate 150th Music Press Asia

Hear Here 2025 Celebrates Music from 8 Countries in Historic Hengchun

On the Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan’s southernmost region, a massive music celebration that crosses borders and brings you back in time is about to take place on the 150th birthday of the town’s establishment: the Pingtung County Government-organized Hear Here World Music Festival, from October 15 to 19 at the West Gate Square in Hengchun. For this year’s theme, “Bandoh, Let’s…

Music China 2025: Where the Global Music Industry Meets Its Next Chapter

Music China 2025 returns to Shanghai from 22–25 October at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, bringing together around 1,600 exhibitors from 20 countries and regions, reaffirming its position as Asia’s largest musical instrument trade show. Featuring ten national pavilions, the fair reflects an industry adapting to economic pressures through diversification, innovation, and global collaboration. This year introduces “Tomorrow’s Music”…

Madama Butterfly Sydney Opera House Australia 2026 Music Press Asia

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Madama Butterfly at Sydney Opera House 2026: Tradition Meets Technology

Sydney, Australia — Opera Australia is set to captivate audiences once again with Madama Butterfly, Puccini’s timeless masterpiece, staged at the Sydney Opera House from 3 January to 25 March 2026. Known for its heartrending score and visually striking staging, this production blends classical operatic storytelling with cutting-edge digital artistry, ensuring it remains a must-see in the global opera calendar.…

Sami Yusuf Dubai World Expo Music Press Asia

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Sami Yusuf: The Central Asian Voice of Global Music and Spiritual Harmony

Sami Yusuf—born in Tehran of Azerbaijani descent but raised in London—has carved an extraordinary niche as a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and storyteller of global music. With over 34 million albums sold, his debut Al‑Muʽallim (2003) unveiled a musical virtuoso blending Sufi, folk, rock, and spiritual traditions from across Central Asia and the wider world. Resonant Live Concerts: From Fez to Expo…

MyDance Alliance Malaysia Music Press Asia

Celebrate Community & Culture at YSDAF 2025: Elmina Lakeside Mall Finale

Malaysia’s beloved arts biennale, the Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival (YSDAF), is concluding its 10th‑anniversary edition with a spectacular final stop on 9 August 2025, hosted at Elmina Lakeside Mall, Shah Alam. This marks the conclusion of a six-month, nation‑wide celebration themed “Community: Side by Side”—a journey bringing the arts closer to diverse communities across the Malaysia peninsula. The Urban…

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Bachfest Malaysia Goes International with Its Biggest Festival Yet

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Bachfest Malaysia is turning ten—and it’s going global. For the first time, the festival will host the International Bachfest Malaysia 2025, themed “Bridging Bach”, from 23–27 July 2025 at two heritage venues in the city: the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) and Quan’s Kitchen at Four Points by Sheraton Kuala Lumpur, Chinatown. Expect…

Choisoojin winner Il Piccolo Violino Magico 2025 Music Press Asia

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South Korean Violinist Choi Soojin Wins Top Prize at 2025 Il Piccolo Violino Magico

A rising star has emerged from this year’s Il Piccolo Violino Magico, the prestigious international violin competition for musicians under 13. Choi Soojin of South Korea (b. 2012) was awarded First Prize, impressing jurors and audiences alike with her musical depth and stage maturity. “Soojin’s performance was not only technically brilliant but emotionally profound — rare in someone so young,”…

Trendy Taipei Music Expo Music Press Asia

Taipei Music Expo TMEX Calling International Music & Artists to Collaborate

TAIPEI MUSIC EXPO (TMEX) has officially launched its international open call, inviting music professionals worldwide to join this year’s event. Taking place from August 28 to 31 at the Taipei Music Center (TMC) as a key highlight of the 2025 TRENDY TAIPEI event series, the four-day event will feature a dynamic blend of industry forums and festival-stage performances, including the…

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Baptiste Virot: Where Dogs Spin Records and Summer Finds Its Rhythm

There are many ways to describe summer. Long afternoons. Cold drinks. Vinyl records spinning lazily in the background. And, apparently, a dog behind…
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Aubrey Suwito LIVE with National Symphony Orchestra at newly renovated Istana Budaya

There is something rather beautiful about watching a composer step into the light. For years, Aubrey Suwito has been the man behind the…
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Books That Make Us Listen, Look and Think Differently

From music and performance to contemporary art and cultural identity, our Reading Room gathers books that help us understand the creative currents moving…
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Yuki Nakahashi Wins 36th Yasushi Akutagawa Suntory Award

Suntory Hall has once again placed contemporary Japanese composition at the centre of Tokyo’s classical music scene, with composer Yuki Nakahashi receiving the…
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September Album Feature: Global Tranquility by Putumayo

Ten artists. Ten musical perspectives. One gentle invitation to slow down. There is a particular luxury in music that does not ask you…
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Frida Kahlo Returns to the Stage: Gabriela Lena Frank’s Met Opera Comes to Hong Kong

The Metropolitan Opera’s acclaimed production arrives in Hong Kong this December. Frida Kahlo has long existed beyond the canvas. Her distinctive self-portraits, indigenous-inspired…
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Loboc Children’s Choir Opens ASEAN Film Festival 2026 in Hong Kong

The Philippines’ internationally recognised Loboc Children’s Choir brings music to the opening of Hong Kong’s ASEAN Film Festival, where cinema becomes a meeting…
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Reclaiming the Sounds of the Hengchun Peninsula: An Interview with Suying Yu, Curator of the Hear Here World Music Festival

The breeze on the Hengchun Peninsula is always filled with the sounds of the sea and the yueqin. In the town of Hengchun…
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If Music Is an Industry, Musicians Need Jobs

A New Zealand Composer-in-Residence programme offers one building block for a Music City, and a useful question for Asia: what does a city…
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#DanceYourFolkOut: Taiwan’s Southernmost Music Festival Brings Eight Countries, Five Continents to Hengchun This October

Live Music / Southeast Asia / Taiwan / Hengchun Mark your calendars: Pingtung County’s Hear Here World Music Festival returns October 9-10 to…

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