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Blood of the Blue Creative Century Entertainment. Music Press Asia
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Taiwanese Film: ‘Blood of the Blue’

Environment highlight: Ocean Continuing our efforts to highlight the awareness of the ocean on the Environment theme. We’ve selected the film Blood of the Blue / 東經北緯, a Taiwanese production for our October film selection. The story goes like this. More than 300 years ago, the legendary pirate captain Yen buried a large amount of treasure in the blue sea. However, Yen’s later generations were not aware of such a secret. Yen Dong-Jing and Yen Bei-Wei grew up with their father. And although their whole life was about finding the…

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An ongoing exhibition at the National Museum of China features a selection of reproductions of Dunhuang murals by the late Zhang Daqian. Music Press Asia
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Dunhuang Murals Inspire New Music Composition

The Dunhuang murals is one of China’s greatest discovery of the present era. A new musical Flying Apsaras has recently made its concert debut in Shanghai. Inspired directly by the cultural treasures, the concert included fourteen songs that writer Guan Shan and composer San Bao created especially. Chinese musician Li Dun also collaborated with composer San Bao in this project.…

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Music Press Asia Recommends Monday Music Playlist
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Monday Best Music Selection For Work

Let’s cut to the chase. Monday is all about being direct and multi-tasking. If you have a whole week’s worth of work waiting, who wouldn’t want to be in a good mood on Monday? But that is the challenge we’re addressing today, a Monday. You see whether you’re multi-tasking or reading, you’d need specially curated music to back you up.…

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ABAO Taiwan's indigenous artists goes mainstream in 2020. Music Press Asia
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A Beginner’s Guide to Taiwan’s Music Scene 2021

The staff at Music Press Asia has eyes on Taiwan this quarter. This list isn’t an exhaustive list to know- or hear-all. But serves the curiosity to increase the agility of the mind. Who wants to rush for Taiwan anyway? Here’s why Taiwan is still a powerful hubbub of Asia’s music entertainment scene and the Mandarin world. Taiwan’s tribal community…

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Weekend Music Recommendation by Music Press Asia
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The Art of the Chinese Harp, Guzheng

The Chinese traditional instrument – Guzheng – is one fascinating piece of art. In another word, it is the Chinese’s most elegant creation ever existed. Over centuries, guzheng remains the symbol of great beauty mainly because of the prominent role it plays in the royal courts. Its rich tapestry of art inspired by the zheng continues to be documented even…

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Tenun Fashion Week Showcasing Handwoven Textiles. Music Press Asia
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Tenun Fashion Week Starts Tonight

The future of handwoven textiles and its tradition is in your hands. In a bid to preserve Southeast Asia’s technical prowess of handweaves, TENUN presents its very first Fashion Week set to take place from 15-17 October 2021. Exquisite fabrics are no longer the enjoyment of royal courts. For the next three days, Maybank Foundation is hosting Tenun Fashion Week.…

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How Tea Rhymes With GuZheng. Music Press Asia
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How Tea Rhymes with Guzheng

Tea is where we’d like to begin. If tea isn’t a reason to bring people together, then what does? While our editorial editors may like a gau (thick) cup of tea just to start agreeing with each other, it is its form and historical context that unite our misgivings. However, there is one question that continues to perplex many of…

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Gunung Jazz Returns to Mount Bromo 2021. Music Press Asia
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Jazz Gunung 2021 Returns to Mount Bromo Indonesia

Indonesian annual and ethnic jazz festival “Jazz Gunung” finally made a comeback after being held virtually in 2020 due to the spike of COVID-19 cases. Under a strict health protocol, the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy welcomed a total of 300 concertgoers, or only 25% capacity of the festival Held at the Jiwa Jawa Resorts Amphitheater, Mount Bromo,…

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World Music Festival 2021 6th Edition [Taiwan]

If you’ve been bottled up by the Covid-19 lockdowns and restriction in movement since March 2020, then you’ll want to get out for some fresh air. Perhaps even a little envious of Taipei city dwellers, we have settled with the fact that we aren’t that lucky this season. Having had the ultimate freedom to travel all around Southeast Asia, Taiwan…

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Chinese Media Group celebrates mid-autumn festival gala in Sichuan. Music Press Asia
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Chinese Media Group Broadcast Grand Mid-Autumn Festival Gala

Distributed for broadcast by CCTV+ Video News Agency, the grand Mid-Autumn Festival Gala was broadcast on Tuesday night (21st September) at 8:00 p.m. (Beijing local time). The audiovisual feast, broadcast overseas for the very first time, was held at Xingyue Lake Wetland Park in Xichang – the capital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The location…

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