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Call for scores - Free Hand Festival 2023
MCC is proud to partner with UCSI Institute of Music for the 3rd Free Hand Contemporary Composers Piano Festival in September 2023. During the festival, two composers will be commissioned to write a new piano work which will be the set piece for Senior and Young Artist Categories for the UCSI University International Piano Festival & Competition in 2024. This festival/competition is opened to all Malaysians both local and overseas. Hurry and submit your scores by 20 June 2023! Guidelines: 1. Malaysian composers aged 18 years and above a…
A kaleidoscopic evening of Malaysian stories at Jalur Kita, Cerita Kita concert
The Jalur Kita, Cerita Kita concert by MCC at KLPac on 26 November was a huge success on many levels. Not only was the concert well attended although several competing concerts were taking place around Kuala Lumpur that night, but it also brought together 14 composers from varied backgrounds to present an evening of colourful, truly made-in-Malaysia music. Funded by Cendana Arts Fund, the concert was a culmination on months of research by the selected composers on their subject of choice, based on an aspect of their respective Malays…
Our Colours, Our Stories: 14 wonderful Malaysian musical tales
The tale of Laksamana Bentan, impressions of Teochew Puppet Opera, the sounds of birds and orangutan, the structure of the Blue Mosque, the echoes of Gua Tempurung ... Hear these and much more in the 14 pieces that make up the Jalur Kita, Cerita Kita concert this November 26 at KLPac Pentas 2. Book your ticket now at http://www.cloudjoi.com/buy/oqpc8o Programme: Click to view full poster Starting with Perlis , Adam Masumi’s 'Awang Batil Bertabik' reimagines the traditional form of storytelling Awang Batil in a string quartet set…
Colours and sounds of Malaysia come alive in November
The Malaysian Composers Collective's project "Jalur Kita, Cerita Kita" comes alive at a concert on 26 Nov 2022 at KLPac's Pentas 2 in Kuala Lumpur. A collaboration between MCC with Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore and UiTM Conservatory of Music, it will feature 14 specially commissioned works based on each of the country’s 14 states respectively. The works are based on Malaysia’s rich cultural and natural history, our vast heritage of folklore, legends, traditional arts and crafts, poetry, songs, dances and natu…
Composer in motion - Chan Wei Tuck on his UCSI commission
Winners of Free Hand 2022 have been commissioned to write test pieces for the upcoming UCSI University International Piano Festival & Competition 2022 . Dr Chan Wei Tuck, winner of the commission for the senior category, has prepared his piece 'Motion', a piece about "scattered thoughts, where one must decide on the path to take," so says the composer. "I modelled the opening based on a single pitch on C. The first piece begins on a single pitch on B-flat. This pitch on C is part of the F minor chord quality – the me…
A muti-coloured Three Nations concert by the MPO
July saw the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in another collaboration with MCC, this time for the Three Nations concert together with ACL Korea and Composers Society of Singapore. The three associations contributed three works each to the programme that gave a broad picture of new music across these three countries, and the diverse sounds and styles across the nine composers. The concert was well-attended and saw the presence of dignitaries from the local embassies of Korea and Singapore, Minister Counsellor Yoo Kwang from the Korean embas…
Chan Wei Tuck and Jessica Cho win Free Hand 2022 awards
Free Hand 2022 made an exciting return to UCSI University on 25 June, 2022 and nine composers had their works performed by nine members of the UCSI faculty, alumni and students. The evening opened with Ainolnaim Azizol’s Berlabuh , an evocative free-style sonic painting played by Ho Su San to a backdrop of natural sounds recorded by the composer. Young student Nicole Ong gave us a series of Piano Variations on a Beethovenian theme, delivered by Chen Jay Hou with beautiful lyricism. Rayner Naili explored alternately violent and deeply d…
Melody Quah serves up pictures of Mussorgsky and Malaysia this July
On Thursday July 7th, celebrated Malaysian pianist Melody Quah, once described as a “poet with titanium fingers” by the Vancouver Sun, will be serving up a programme of Mussorgsky and Malaysian composers at a concert at UCSI University. Quah, prizewinner of the 7th International Paderewski Competition held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, has performed widely as a soloist across Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America, as well as at home with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. She will give the Malaysian premiere of two works commissioned from …
MCC's Free Hand Anthology I has been released on Faber Music.
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