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A new show of Jules Verne by Giorgio Battistelli is performed by Ars Ludi. Music Press Asia
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Biennale Musica 2022: A Taste of Italy

The 66th International Festival of Contemporary Music Out of Stage was held last month from September 14th to 25th. Directed by Lucia Ronchetti who described the music section of the Biennale: “delineate a wide perspective of contemporary music theatre and the role of new technologies, of multimedia, that includes the programming of virtual and augmented reality applied to sound, in new forms and genres codified by the composers involved in the festival”. La Biennale Musica 2022 presented new works of experimental music theatre commissioned from Simon Steen-Andersen, Helena Tulve, Michel…

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West Eastern Divan Ensemble international tour Europe in 2022.
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West-Eastern Divan Ensemble Tours Europe

The second tour of the West-Eastern Divan Ensemble will take place between the months of October and November 2022 in Europe. After its initial debut tour in the United States in winter 2020, the ensemble led by Michael Barenboim will perform chamber music works by Franz Schubert, Pierre Boulez, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, as well as a new piece by…

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Telkom University Choir to perform at Busan Choral Festival 2022. Music Press Asia.
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Indonesia’s Telkom University Choir to Perform at Busan Choral Festival & Competition

The Busan Choral Festival & Competition returns this week with exciting programs for everyone. This weekend will see Indonesia’s Telkom University Choir at the festival’s gala concert. Conducted by its university’s resident conductor Aldo Randy Ginting, the choir has performed various types of repertoire from all periods such as renaissance, romantic, contemporary, and a range of styles such as folklore,…

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Silver Screen Records release Frozen Planet II soundtrack. Music Press Asia
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Silver Screen Records Releases Frozen Planet II Soundtrack Composed by Hans Zimmer

This six-part series – narrated by Sir David Attenborough – explores the wildlife found in the world’s coldest regions: the Arctic and Antarctic, high mountains, frozen deserts, snowbound forests, and ice-cold oceans. From polar bears to penguins, and from snow monkeys to Siberian tigers, each species must overcome a unique set of challenges to endure its extreme environment. The music…

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Haruomi Hosono Video Game music Vinyl. Music Press Asia
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Vinyl of the Month: the charm of video games

Vinyl artist of the month: Haruomi Hosono Remember the pac-man video game? Or phozon and galaga? Here is a vinyl dedicated to it all. It might not be everyone’s cup of tea but you need to be aware that this may not be regarded as music to many. Haruomi Hosono was one of the first producers to recognize the appeal…

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New Gold Mountain by Caitlin Yeo. Music Press Asia
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Original Soundtrack Winners at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2022

The Asian Academy Creative Awards announced its winners for the National Round of judging today with Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Asian powerhouse streamer VIU all locked in a battle for top honours. Under the Asian Academy’s unique judging system, local judges choose the best programmes or artists to represent their nation or territory at December’s Grand Awards and…

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Anthony Hopkins release NFT Collection Eternality. Music Press Asia
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Anthony Hopkins Launches NFT Collection

Sir Anthony Hopkins, the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Oscar-winning icon of film, television, and theater, has partnered with Web3 media company Orange Comet for an upcoming series of NFT drops showcasing his work as an artist. “NFTs are a blank canvas to create art in a new format,” Hopkins told reporters during an online press conference. According to Hopkins, 84,…

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Anak Datu by Rody Vera at Tanghalang Pilipino. Music Press Asia
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New Play Coming to Cultural Center of the Philippines

Catch Rody Vera’s ANAK DATU at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ new black box theater, Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez, Cultural Center of the Philippines. This coming September, watch out for Tanghalang Pilipino’s multi-universe, post-pandemic production that banners PEACE through the intertwining of conflicts in a folk tale, a stark social realism, and an all-too-familiar family drama. This inaugural production in…

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Sigur Ros guitarist WORLD TOUR 2022. Music Press Asia
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Ambient Rock Quartet Sigur Ros WORLD TOUR Arrives in Asia

While the return of the world’s biggest and best bands to our shores marks an end to the worst ravages of the pandemic, an all-too-familiar sense of dread and foreboding laces Sigur Ros’ Australia’s concerts. In the reviews that came from the Australian press, there is even something of the locked down, streaming-from-the-artists’-living-room-to-yours intimacy to the show – which is quite…

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