Malaysian Composers Collective

MCC launches country's first ever piano anthology

MCC - 11/17/2019

The piano is one of Malaysia's most popular classical instruments, with tens of thousands learning the instrument every year. It is no surprise that piano compositions thus form the bedrock of the country's new music scene. MCC has, since 2015 and earlier, been planning to put some of these scores into an anthology as part of its mission to document the musical landscape of the country and to promote the performance of Malaysian works. Its plans finally came to fruition after its pioneering Free Hand Festival brought together the p…

Korea Calling: Submissions for the tripartite International Exchange Festival

MCC - 11/11/2019

With the success of Free Hand Festival 2019 last August and the publication of our piano anthology, MCC has been invited to be part of the International Exchange Contemporary Music Festival 2020, a 3-way collaboration between Malaysia (Malaysian Composers Collective), Korea (Contemporary Music Society in Seoul) and Singapore (Composers Society of Singapore). This festival aims to foster a healthy cultural exchange amongst composers and performers from the three countries and also aims to enhance friendship and understanding between Korean,…

From water to wind chimes: Sameul Cho and Lee Chie Tsang's Free Hand commissions

MCC - 11/04/2019

Young Malaysian composer Samuel Cho, who lives in Germany, is busy at work with his new commission for the upcoming UCSI Piano Festival 2020. The young pianist composer reports, "The commission work is coming along very nicely. The draft is finished and I'm in the notational process right now. I've already given it a title. It's called 'Tinatina'." Cho won the UCSI commission at Free Hand Festival 2019 last August with his work Vatni, which explores concepts of water and fluidity on the piano. This time around, …