Malaysian Composers Collective

Adeline Wong presents Malaysia's piano journey in Singapore

MCC - 10/31/2019

On October 26, MCC president Adeline Wong introduced participants at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory's symposium to the world of Malaysian piano music, captured in the new anthology of 21st Century Scores, Free Hand Anthology I. Her talk, Plotting Malaysia’s Musical Tapestry and The Free Hand Anthology, was part of the Singapore varsity's symposium 'TELLING STORIES - PERFORMERS(‘) PRESENT INTERNATIONAL ARTISTIC RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM from 23 - 26 October, 2019. According to the YST website , "Narratives – whether historical, pol…

Johan Othman's new theatre work Malam Takdir to open in Penang

MCC - 10/29/2019

Penang-based composer Johan Othman, who is planning his second opera after Conference of the Birds, has produced a theatre work in preparation in the Malay language. Malam Takdir is a one-act play inspired by the Mahabharata, and is based on a new liberetto for the upcoming opera, taking off a work Johan originally conceived several years back, at the time called The Killing of Meghnad. According to an interview in The Star, the work imagines a conversation between King Dhritarashtra who was born blind, and his advisor Sanjaya, who is gif…