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George Enescu International Festival: Classical Music Made Cool

Alright, young music lovers, get ready to have your minds blown because classical music is about to hit different! đŸŽ¶đŸ”„ Welcome to the George Enescu International Festival, where legendary orchestras, jaw-dropping soloists, and high-energy performances collide for a full four weeks of pure musical magic! Running from August 24 to September 21, this festival is THE place to experience world-class classical music in Bucharest—but don’t worry, it’s not all stiff suits and fancy concert halls. It’s a full-on celebration of sound, packed with iconic symphonies, electrifying operas, and even modern…

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Recommended Music Documentary of The Week: “The Last Repair Shop”

Recently made it onto the on-demand platform Disney+ is a portly but short 40-minute documentary. In a nondescript warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain over 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. The documentary — directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers — featured four unforgettable…

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Michelle Mariposa wins MetOpera competition 2025 Music Press Asia
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Interview with Filipino Mezzo Soprano Michelle Mariposa

Pinay mezzo-soprano singer Michelle Mariposa was one of the 1,500 participants of the Metropolitan Opera’s Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. The 30-year-old Filipino-Chinese singer from Quezon City wowed judges with her performance of Gioachino Rossini’s Semiramide, and Jules Massenet’s Werther and emerged as one of the five winners to win the competition. Q1///// Michelle, congratulations again for being one of the recent…

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Jakarta Band Rachun Released New Music

Music Press Asia just crowned Jakarta band Rachun as the Indie Band of the Week, and it’s a well-deserved title under Indonesian music. Edgy and infectious storyline, this is a serious dose of the energy in this geography at this moment in time. Its epic lyrics tell us stories from the heart of the country’s socio and political economy. Just…

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Watch Notre-Dame de Paris Livestream Reopening Concert on STAGE+

Global superstars of the music world come together for this unprecedented concert as part of the grand festivities marking the reopening of Paris’s iconic Notre-Dame cathedral, restored to its original glory five years after it was devastated by fire. In 2019, a fire partially destroyed the upper part of Notre-Dame cathedral. After five years of work, the famous monument is…

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Samuel Dass: “Culture Defines Your Country and Customs.”

When an interview day and time to meet Malaysian sitar artists was made available to me, I jumped on the opportunity right away. Why? It wasn’t at all difficult to decide that Samuel Dass would occupy this year’s ‘Interview Feature of November 2024’. At first glance, Samuel Dass bears the look of a man that would typically characterize a Malaysian…

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Supercomputing 2024 show Nov 2024 Music Press Asia
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HPC conference Supercomputing 2024 show lands in Atlanta this month

As the high-performance computing (HPC) community gathers in Atlanta for SC24, the world’s largest HPC conference, the event will feature presentations from thought leaders and experts in advanced computing. The Top500 list of fastest supercomputers in the world will be a highlight. The current list has two exascale systems, with two more waiting in the wings: El Capitan at Lawrence…

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Ludovico Einaudi releases new 2025 album Music Press Asia
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Music Of The Week: Ludovico Einaudi’s Endless Summer

It is hard to look away when our inboxes mentions the Italian pianist and composer, Ludovico Einaudi. This week, apart from the many music that came into the Music Press Asia’s office, we had the pleasure to re-listen Einaudi’s live recording of his performance at the Steve Jobs Theatre in 2019. We recommend a full listen on a walk or…

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Nissan Formula E Team Take On Marelli as Latest Technical Partner

Nissan Formula E Team is delighted to confirm that Marelli has joined forces with the outfit as Technical Partner on an initial two-year agreement. With over 100 years of history as a global technology partner to the automotive and motorsport worlds, Marelli aims to co-create the future of mobility with customers and partners. On 28th March 2024, ahead of the…

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Music China Shanghai 21st Edition Expo Sees Boom in Musical Instrument Market

Music China closed on 13 October, after welcoming over 1,800 exhibitors from 26 countries and regions for four days of international business at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Alongside classical instruments, the latest digital technologies were met with enthusiasm across a performance-lit fairground spanning 14 halls and 150,000 sqm. Industry players developed and cultivated valuable connections, and lauded the…

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