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Vivian Chua's 'Dance of the Wind and Sea' Now Available on MPO TV. Music Press Asia
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Vivian Chua’s ‘Dance of the Wind and Sea’ Premiered on Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Television

Dance of the Wind and Sea, composed by Malaysian composer Vivian Chua is written for cello and piano. It is a fusion of Malaysian melodic and rhythmic patterns with Western harmonies. The piece consists of three contrasting sections. The first is flexible in tempo, with the cello leading in an expressive singing style reminiscent of a ‘syair’ (poem-like prose) to a climax that rounds off the section. Here, the composer intends to express the free capricious nature of wind. The second is lyrical and expressive, evoking images of a calm…

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Yogesh Ramkrishna, Some People are Not Fit to Rule Themselves, 2020. Wash and Gouache on Paper. Music Press Asia
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India Art Fair: A Global Art Movement

India Art Fair, owned by Angus Montgomery Arts, a division of Angus Montgomery Ltd., is expanding its cultural programming to promote the strength and diversity of its Indian and South Asian art and artists. India Art Fair has recently announced the full list of participating galleries and program highlights for its forthcoming 13th edition. Taking place from 3 – 6…

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Anita Mui Sang Sunset Melody In Wedding Gown Designed by Eddie Lau1. Music Press Asia
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Film Review: Anita (2021) A Sonic Imprint of Hong Kong’s Golden Era

Anita, a biopic on illustrious Hong Kong Cantopop diva Anita Mui set to premiere all over Southeast Asia this month, has aroused a revival of Cantopop’s most spectacular songwriting of the gangtai style; a musical genre that carries a sweet, love-song melody distinct to C-pop from the 80s and 90s. Not the least frivolous, the film has aroused strong sentimentality…

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Mini guide to bird watching in Perak1. Music Press Asia

A Mini Guide to Bird-Watching in Perak

My obsession for music as much as for bird-watching has always been an ever-increasing interest. Here’s three species spotted over the weekend. With roots in Perak, I head over the hills to some of the hottest spots in this old mining region in Perak to indulge in species of a feathery kind. However, the story isn’t ending here. As part…

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A Malaysian’s Tuesday Playlist

Monica Tong, editor-in-chief at Music Press Asia shares her Tuesday listening rituals starting from an hour before dawn to midday and why Bossa Nova, and ultimately, birdsongs are her life-saving Tuesday must-haves. FOR THOSE OF YOU with a nine to five and Monday to Friday kind of office patron, Tuesday mornings can be a bore if not downright uninteresting. Considerably,…

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Alena Murang "Warrior Spirit" music video from album 'Sky Songs'. Photo by Vignes Balasingam. Music Press Asia

Alena Murang / ‘We come from a line of warriors and heroes’

Alena Murang’s latest music video of its single “Warrior Spirit” [“Sky Song” album] is anything but ordinary. Clad in beautiful costumes inspired by her cultural heritage from Borneo, she dances ever so gracefully and always with a group dressed in spectacular silhouette alongside intricate handmade beaded accessories that became almost synonymous with creatures and verdure which we unapologetically admire in…

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Feature of the Month. Cover photo by Borneo Talk. Music Press Asia

What Do You Know About Sarawak & its Culture?

JUST TWO WEEKS after the celebration of Aidilfitri, Music Press Asia is once again clad in a festive spirit. This week, we feature one of Southeast Asia’s indigenous festival. Celebrated by over four million people, Gawai Dayak is a celebration of life. And each year, the celebration takes place right at the hearth of their homes; welcoming guest, cooking up…

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Last Madame is produced by Ochre Pictures and Mediacorp. Music Press Asia

Last Madame: An Identity Boost To Southeast Asian

Ochre Pictures, a Singapore-based television and film production company, has recently caught the attention of arbiters of the television world in Southeast Asia after publishing their very first *M18 series, Last Madame. With awards and nominations already listed for 2020, this production is a gripping story set in 1940s Singapore; a time in history widely known when enigmatic power of…

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Empty spaces: Live venues are facing an uphill challenge filling up an audience. Image credit Cincinnati Kentucky's Springer Auditorium. Music Press Asia

Rebooting The Pandemic

As the topic of the pandemic gathers heat in our office, more specifically like a person sitting and warming up the kaftan strewn wooden chair situated in the corner of our editorial division without meaning to leave any time soon, we are grappling with a sense of urgency to discuss as a mean to deal with how it [the pandemic]…

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Chaos' first step to recovery in aviation. Images and information of TheNewsMarket. Music Press Asia

Aviation Industry: Being Creatively Challenged

Let’s start with Malaysia, a tropically cool paradise smack within a miniscule area called the Southeast Asia. Within a regionally attraction that is distinctly equal of beauty is the Andaman archipelago in the northwest and Indonesia’s popular reefs in the south; with a bustling, healthy micro-economy — Malaysia’s aviation industry is financially challenged, in a creative way, indeed a battled…

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