Setting the bar for art song studies

This year sees the National Academy of Arts Culture and Heritage (Aswara) setting the bar for Malaysians art song studies by commissioning and publishing a collection of new songs for the voice, based on texts by Malaysians writers. The collection is meant to serve as the syllabus for the academy's vocal studies and will undoubtedly be a reference point and catalyst for similar initiatives elsewhere as the community receives increasing exposure to Malaysia's fast growing new music scene. The collection 'I Nostri Canti', publ…