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A24 Past Lives Celine Song Trailer. Music Press Asia
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A24 Release Celine Song’s Movie Trailer

‘Past Lives’ Trailer: Greta Lee Leads A24’s Acclaimed Romantic Drama From Filmmaker Celine Song A24 has unveiled the first trailer for its romantic drama Past Lives, starring Greta Lee (Russian Doll), Teo Yoo (Decision to Leave) and John Magaro (The Many Saints of Newark), which recently world premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. The first feature written and directed by playwright Celina Song tells the story of Nora (Lee) and Hae Sung (Yoo), two deeply connected childhood friends, who are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from…

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February 2023 Playlist2. Music Press Asia
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A Playlist of Perspectives: GRAMMY Awards Nominations

It has been an exciting year for creative music making. At Music Press Asia, we started the year with an intense review of music and its production made over 2021 and 2022 specially selected for the GRAMMY Awards nomination. Our selections are fantastic indicators of where we’d put our faith creatively for the music scene for 2023, if not more.…

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Kalush Orchestra Wins 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. Music Press Asia
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Liverpool To Host Eurovision Song Contest 2023

A rush of demand is expected when seats in the 11,000-capacity venue, with fans dead set on attending the first contest on UK soil since 1998. Liverpool, oh Liverpool With just 97 days left until the contest kicks off, organisers and local officials are undertaking a last-minute scramble to put in place the required infrastructure for the world’s largest song…

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Franz Welser Most conducts Wien Philharmoniker 2022. Music Press Asia
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Vienna Philharmonic’s Strauss Family Concert Review

The Golden Hall’s full beauty shines on 1 Jan 2023 when the musicians under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst is featured in Vienna’s New Year’s Concert performing for millions of television viewers around the world. A timely concert at the end of the year to promote hope, friendship and peace. There is no question about the global success of the…

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Richie Jen takes on mandopop 3 decade. Music Press Asia
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Richie Jen 任賢齊 Celebrates 26 Years of ‘Too Softhearted’

In a recent interview and documentary, Richie Jen harks back at a musical career that began in Taiwan around thirty years ago. This singer is the epitome of what a lasting career and a rewarding one would look like and the 26-year-old single 心太軟 “Too Softhearted” is at the very center of his successes subsequently after. To celebrate the moment,…

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Ballet Philippines Nutcracker. Photo by Justin Bella Alonte. Music Press Asia
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Ballet Philippines Performs Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker

In its 53rd season, Ballet Philippines returns to the holiday season with a Christmas classic. The Nutcracker follows the adventures and misadventures of a young girl to a magical land on Christmas Eve. The score was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky who was initially reluctant to write the score, finding the libretto based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s children’s tale, The Nutcracker…

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Jeju highlights jazz and BTS. Music Press Asia
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Jeju Partners with BTS to Promote Jazz and Tourism

Jeju promotes the rhythm of nostalgic jazz Jeju pumps up tourism activity with its latest collaboration involving BTS, one of South Korea’s global superstars. It has taken us a rather long time to be convinced that Jeju has some rather mystic charm. After all the breathtakingly good words we hear from friends, we weren’t able to describe the raw beauty…

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Singapore Biennale 2022 flyer. Music Press Asia
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Our Top Art Exhibitions & Festivals in Asia

Singapore Biennale at Tanjong Pagar Distripark [Singapore] The Singapore Biennale is taking audiences past Singapore’s coastline to the Southern islands. From now till 19 March 2023, the exhibition at Tanjong Pagar Distripark is featuring over 50 artists and collaborators to embark on a collective journey with Natasha, the title given to the exhibition this year. Among the offerings presented is…

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Yuzaku Maezawa announce list of artists for SpaceX trip. Music Press Asia
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Steve Aoki Joins Yuzaku Maezawa’s SpaceX Trip

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is heading to outer space with SpaceX and he isn’t going alone. According to the latest source on NextShark, Aoki and BIGBANG’s T.O.P will join six other professional individuals chosen from a list of around one million applications. Yuzaku Maezawa is on a mission and will be representing the first few on a civilian trip to…

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Harbin is UNESCO Music City. Music Press Asia
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Harbin Is UNESCO’s Music City

Original press release As this winter’s ice and snow festival is around the corner, the century-old Harbin Symphony Orchestra and Harbin Ballet have produced a large number of excellent plays to welcome this festival. Harbin has been dubbed the “City of Music” by UNESCO, for good reason. Having developed for a century, music has become a unique icon of the…

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