Malaysian Composers Collective

New Zealand shifts ACL and ISCM festivals to 2022

MCC - 2/29/2020

UPDATED : The Composers Association of New Zealand (CANZ) hosts the next ACL festival in Christchurch. Originally scheduled in April 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the event to be moved to 2022. Originally, it was to run from Monday 27th April, till the evening of Saturday 2nd May. Many festival events will combine with the ISCM World New Music Days until 30th April, and the final two days will be ACL only. The ACL General Assembly meetings was to take place on the mornings of 28th April and 1st May in central Christchurch, and …

Mei Yi Foo takes Free Hand works 'Beyond Borders' in Singapore

MCC - 2/09/2020

Following the success of Malaysian Composers Collective's Free Hand Festival in Kuala Lumpur last August, UK-based Malaysian pianist Mei Yi Foo brings the programme across the Causeway to present a joint programme with Singaporean composers at 'Beyond Borders', happening at Yong Siew Toh Conservetory at National University of Singapore. Through this first ever joint programme, composers from both sides of the divide explore commonalities and diversities in creative ideas and styles, going past physical, social and historical bo…

Shadowplay this February, and Fireflies in March - 2020 premieres

MCC - 2/02/2020

The first quarter of 2020 is seeing Malaysian composers busy at work, with several new pieces lined up, from two new premieres for chamber orchestra and a new piano work for print. Coming up is Adeline Wong's premiere of a string orchestra version of her 2010 piece 'Empunya Yang Beroleh Sita Dewi' (He Who Possesses Goddess Sita) by the Eastman Camerata in Singapore on 28 February. The piece was originally commissioned by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra for a chamber orchestra and wayang kulit collaboration, that relates a…