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July 27, 2024

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Review: Classic Chinese Opera Gets New Look

Before you think this as dull aged-old show on a stage, get a new perspective! Classic Chinese opera is developing current trends in the best interest of today’s needs. GuoGang Opera Company revitalizes and keeps alive a 200-year-old theatre performance originating from China. Recently, I get to sit in a comfortable auditorium in Sentul West’s Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre…

UP College Of Music Launches UPSO MusiKademya

Established in 2023 in partnership with the University of the Philippines College Of Music’s MusicX, UPSO MusiKademya is now launched to offer children, teenagers, and adults the opportunity to learn…

Likhang Peyups Diliman at UPSO. Music Press Asia
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Gayageum For The Modern Day Audience

On translating a classical instrument for the appreciation of the modern audience, Hey String – a gayageum trio from South Korea – answers Taiwan Beats questions on topics of popularization…

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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…

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…

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