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Documentary of the week Music Press Asia
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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 characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been dedicated to bringing so much more than music to the schoolchildren of the recording capital of the world. With their lives brought to the…

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Al Andaluz Project Songs of Iman Kamdoussi Music Press Asia
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Al Andaluz Project Breathes New Life to Ancient Music of Al-Andalus

Recently selected by the monthly chart of the Transglobal World Music Chart, the album of Al Andaluz Project – The Songs of Iman Kandoussi – Traditional Arabic Andalusian is a breath of fresh air for our playlist here at Music Press Asia. The latest release, The Songs of Iman Kandoussi, presents the dazzling Moroccan singer’s art enriching the Arab-Andalusian musical…

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Hans Zimmer tours Asia 2025 Photo credit Frank Embacher Newswire by Music Press Asia
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Hans Zimmer LIVE Concerts in Asia 2025

Award winning film composer Hans Zimmer has announced his Australia and Asia LIVE dates this 2025. With five dates announced for April 2025, the multiple Academy Award® and Grammy winner is bringing his smash-hit tour to Asia with new tour dates across China, Japan and Korea. With the support of his outstanding 19-piece live band and a full orchestra, Asian…

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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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Abu Dhabi as Global Host City for International Jazz Day 2025

The 2025 edition of International Jazz Day will be celebrated in more than 190 countries on April 30, with Abu Dhabi selected as the Global Host City. Organized by UNESCO and the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, this celebration will feature concerts and educational and cultural initiatives. “We are thrilled to celebrate this International day on a high note in…

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ASEAN India Artists Camp 2025 Music Press Asia
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ASEAN-India Artists’ Camp Strengthens Cultural Ties in Asia

The ASEAN-India Artists’ Camp (AIAC) is set to return for its third edition from March 29 to April 7, 2025, bringing together 21 artists from ASEAN Member States, Timor Leste, and India for a ten-day residency in Shillong. Organized by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in collaboration with Seher, the camp will mark ten years of India’s Act East Policy,…

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Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Celebrates 35 Release Hits Album Music Press Asia
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Japanese Band Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Releases Greatest Hits Album

Celebrating the 35th anniversary of their 1989 debut, legendary Japanese band Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra recently released their greatest hits album, titled ‘NO BORDER HITS 2025→2001 ~The Best of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra~’. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, a ska band from Japan, has blended a base of Jamaican ska music with other genres via their unique filter, resulting in an…

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HKAPA Presents Mozart Opera Don Giovanni Music Press Asia
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The School of Music of HKAPA To Present Mozart’s Don Giovanni

The Academy Opera: Don Giovanni is coming to Academy Rita Tong Liu Drama Theatre this March 25, 26, 28 and 29. In a recent collaboration with the Schools of Theatre and Entertainment Arts, Drama and Dance, the School of Music of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts will present Don Giovanni, opera composed by Mozart with Italian libretto Lorenzo…

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Can music boost brain power Music Press Asia
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Music Training Boosts Brain Power

In a recent video by US-certified physiatrist Dr Lewis Clarke, he explains why musical training can rewire the brain. According to studies, music training creates more neural connections than any other known activity. Clarke further explains that when we are learning an instrument, our brain forms up to 200,000 new synapses per second. Creating a symphony of neural activity, the…

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Sxsw 2025 Innovation Awards Announced Winners Music Press Asia
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SXSW 2025 Awards New Innovation Creators

SXSW attendees gathered on the evening March 10 to celebrate the winners of the 2025 SXSW Innovation Awards, sponsored by LATAM Airlines. Hosted by three-time Grammy nominee SaulPaulSome, the Innovation Awards is an opportunity for some of the most creative projects across 11 categories to showcase their technological advancements to SXSW audiences. Longtime SXSW enthusiast Mark Cuban was introduced as…

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