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Psy Gangham Style at VA UK. Music Press Asia
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V&A To Stage Major Korean Culture Exhibition

As part of the first major exhibition on Korean culture in the UK, a riveting re-creation of the Oscar-winning film Parasite’s bathroom set and props from the hit Netflix series Squid Game are to go on display. Themed Hallyu! The Korean Wave, the show will open at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum on September 24 to officially recognise and celebrate the influence and vibrant culture of South Korea, from its antecedent chapters to its status as a powerful movement on the world stage today. The contemporary phenomenon known as “hallyu”…

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Artjog 2022 National Museum Yogyakarta. Music Press Asia
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ARTJOG Returns To Yogyakarta

ARTJOG – 7 July to 4 September – returns to the Jogja National Museum with its offline format. This year, ARTJOG showcases the work of 61 individual and group artists covering a comprehensive educational program. Carrying the title Expanding Awareness, this year’s edition is the estuary of the ARTJOG arts-in-common series which has been held since 2019. It centers around…

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CCP Concert 75th Philippine FRANCE diplomatic relations 2022. Music Press Asia
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Concert Celebrates Philippine & France’s 75th Year Friendship

As part of the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between France and the Philippines, the French conductor, Michael Cousteau returns to the Philippines to direct the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra through a repertoire of French music at the CCP Main Theater on July 10. DATE/TIME: July 10, 2022 | 6:00 PM VENUE: Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo…

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MA Hailun Photofairs Shanghai Gaotai Gallery. Music Press Asia
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PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai To Exhibit China Showcase

Ready for a good soaking of arts from the East? Join PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai for an explosive exhibition at the Somerset House this week from 12-15 May. Titled China Showcase, the exhibition is presenting 10 Chinese artists represented by some of the Fair’s leading exhibitors. The exhibition is a partnership between World Photography Organisation and Photo London. Objectively, it aims to…

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Yuja Wang recorded Mendelssohn piano concerto with Kurt Masur. Music Press Asia
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Deutsche Grammophon Released Yuja Wang & Verbier Festival Recording

YUJA WANG (piano) and Kurt Masur (conductor) released music composed by Verbier Festival GOLD and Deutsche Grammaphon. The second Verbier Festival Gold release features Yuja Wang in an all-Mendelssohn album with two performances from 2009. The album distributed by DG Records features the composer’s first piano concerto with Kurt Masur conducting the Verbier Festival Orchestra, followed by the Piano Sextet…

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Seven Worlds One Planet Asia. Music Press Asia
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Asia: A World of the Rarely Seen

While conservation in Asia goes all the way back to its disappearing mangroves and increasing agriculture of palm oil, there is much diversity in the animal kingdom too. From Brown bears roaming remote Russian volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula, and orangutans climbing high into the trees in the Indonesian rainforests in search of mango fruit. Walrus gather in huge numbers…

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Music Press Asia Book of the Month Heidi Shamsuddin
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Nusantara: A Sea of Tales by Heidi Shamsuddin

Heidi Shamsuddin’s newest anthology offers some retellings and deeper insights of beloved folk stories gathered from Malaysia and across the Nusantara region. Following the success of her children’s book The Malay Tale of the Pig King in 2020 (which retells the Indonesian tale of Hikayat Raja Babi), Heidi returns to her passion of telling fairy tales from South-East Asia. A…

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Elephant Gym at Kaoshiung Harbour Taiwan Beats SXSW. Music Press Asia
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Taiwan Beats Showcase at SXSW Online 2022

A musical showcase completely unique to Taiwan. Showcasing cultural venues including the Wufeng Lin Family Mansion, the electric flower cars used for religious purposes, the Chuang Mei Theater, the mysterious electronic music venue Pawnshop, Kaohsiung harbor, and more. The showcase starts with Sorry Youth set at Wufeng Lin Family Mansion and Garden. Playing alternative music with local flavor, Sorry Youth…

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Borneo Jazz 2018 live. Music Press Asia
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Borneo Jazz Festival Returns to Sarawak

Jazz music festival returns in a hybrid format to celebrate diversity and innovation. Borneo Jazz festival is one of Southeast Asia’s longest-running international jazz festivals. Themed “Jazz in The Jungle”, the Borneo Jazz festival will be held from 24 to 26 June 2022 in a hybrid format to reach out to the greater jazz-loving community worldwide. The physical concert will…

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Hong Kong Hymn Society. Music Press Asia
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A Hymn Lecture on the rise of the Oxford Movement

The rise of the Oxford Movement in England and the Westward Movement in the United States in the 19th century brought countless colorful hymns to the church. Among them, the Kentucky Harmony and the Sacred Harp are the representatives of the poetry collection, and some shape notes are created for the congregation to sing. Dr. Xie Linfanglan is a well-known…

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