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Artbook World Musical Instruments by Pepin Press. Music Press Asia
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Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments

Perhaps the most striking feature of all is its overarching methodised principle. With musical instruments arranged along a timeline, the book provides from beginning to finish, from earliest to most recent; a perspective on the evolution of musical instruments that would otherwise not be noticeable. These musical instruments, although hard to date such things confidently, were among the earliest of technological enterprises of humankind. The Jiahu flutes, made from bones, originated from China. Although less necessary for survival than axes and spears, these flutes are sophisticated representations of the first…

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August 21 Artist Feature. Music Press Asia [Image courtesy of Rock Records YouTube]
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Taiwan Classic/August Feature: Wakin Chau

With the Golden Melody Awards underway, we dive into some of the award show’s most prominent winners and finds one whose amazing connection with his fans since early 1980s was just the tip of the iceberg. Forward to the present day, Emil or more notably known as Wakin Chau is a household name in the region. Having carved a name…

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Music Press Asia Reading of the Month Kazuo Ishiguro
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Reading Kazuo Ishiguro: “Nocturnes”

Nobel prize winner and one of the most celebrated Japanese writers of our time, Kazuo Ishiguro gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly depicted, interconnected dramas in which music is a vivid character that drives the essential expressions via the first person. Why nightfall? While most of the stories take place mainly at night, Kazuo Ishiguro’s intention…

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Lo Ta-You to receive special award from Golden Melody Awards. Music Press Asia
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Golden Melody Awards To Award Lo Ta-You

The 32nd Golden Melody Awards, after some delays, was recently announced for 21 August 2021, on a Saturday at the Taipei Music Center.  Nominees totalling 171 works was released by the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development, MOC for 27 awards. Having already announced the receiver of the Special Contribution Award going to Lo Ta-You, the long list of…

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The BBC Proms, after playing to an empty hall last year, will host audience at full capacity and unsocially distanced in 2021. Music Press Asia.
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BBC Proms 2021: The 7 Best Events To Watch

The BBC Proms returns to the Royal Albert Hall this year for a summer of live music, as it has done every year since 1941. Carrying the Covid-19 theme, one prom – the opera on 16 August – will focus on painfully topical theme about loss, separation, and coming together. Featuring fifty two concerts over forty four days, the Proms is also hosting thirty orchestras and…

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Robby Krieger, Maki Mae Collaborate To Stop Asian Hate. Music Press Asia
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Stop Asian Hate Campaign Launch Charity Album

Maki Mae sure has her favourite things lined up this year. The GRAMMY Award has recently announced considering the latest album ‘Seasonal Songbook’ as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album of the Year and also Best Pop Duo/Group Performance of the Year for nominations this November. An accomplishment, nevertheless, since this will be the first time an Asian woman is included.…

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Gardens of Punjab Exhibition on Hali Fair Virtual Gallery. Music Press Asia
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A Textile Showcase of Punjab’s Abstract Gardens

When most art exhibitions in the world are just beginning to open its doors again to the public, the virtual experience of visiting smaller spaces is still an option we’d opted this weekend. Considering the health and convenience aspect of it all, I had the rooms, spacious and brightly lit with sunlight toasting the floors of the exhibit, all to…

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Rainforest World Music Festival. Artist performance. Music Press Asia
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Rainforest World Music Festival Goes Virtual

The organiser of the Rainforest World Music Festival isn’t letting the pandemic stop them from sharing the tropical goodness of what Sarawak and its 27 ethnic tribes can offer. In less that 24 hours, the virtual event will begin with a great line-up right in front of your screen. Bringing forward the theme that was meant to happen last year,…

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Harbin, Music City of the Future. Music Press Asia. Image by Hufton+Crow.
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Harbin: The Music City of the Future

Harbin, the capital of HeiLongJiang, is a city situated in the northernmost province of China. During the late 19th century, it was widely known as the commercial and industrial hub most synonymous to the Trans-Siberian Railway; when the Chinese Eastern Railway was built there, Harbin was regularly frequented by Russian engineers. With over 4,5 million population, not even its extreme winter…

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Jay Chou & Sotheby's Collaborate in Auction Series. Music Press Asia
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Jay Chou, Sotheby’s Collaborate in Auction Series

It hasn’t come as a surprise that Jay Chou is a serious art collector. In his latest collaboration as a curator with Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Jay Chou is uniting entertainment and fine art in this anticipated events marking the inaugural edition of Sotheby’s auction series titled CONTEMPORARY CURATED: ASIA. Jay Chou is a man with many talents. Having already achieved…

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