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Piano Gala 2014 at KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall on 16 March
Catch composer pianist Ng Chong Lim and a lineup of the country's best pianists in a marathon concert that includes the work of Tazul Tajuddin. Concert from 1pm - 6pm.
Nature, nurture and mixed marriages
Ng Chong Lim talks about mixing western music with gamelan and the joy of writing for children. Gamelan has long captivated the imagination of modern composers both abroad and local, and a number of great masters such as Benjamin Britten and Francois Poulenc and countless Americans, have fallen in love with its mesmerising sounds and created works with the hypnotic gong rhythms in mind. But bringing actual gamelan players into an essentially Western music composition style has always posed problems for composers and performers alike. B…
Of superheroes, tempoyak and singing in the shower
Kelantan-born composer Ainolnaim Azizol finds a good long shower whets his imagination for contemporary classical music. The exhilaration of water splashing on one’s face, the fragrance of soap rising with the steam, the utter freedom of being unclothed, the intimate privacy - there’s something about taking a shower that makes one just want to break out in song. In the case of young Kelantan born composer Ainolnaim Azizol, bathtime inspires not his big break on Akademi Fantasia, but something more sublime. The 26-year-old took the…
Visit the Malaysian composers digital library
The library is available to anyone interested, by appointment. At present it has over 22 hours of Malaysian music, 35+ hours of Asian music and 150+ Malaysian, regional and western scores, and more. Video highlights include Adeline Wong's Lengt for cello, string quartet and multimedia, Johan Othman's first opera Conference of the Birds at its Penang premiere, and Indonesian composers Sinta Wullur's gamelan opera The Liberation of Sita and Tony Prabowo's The King's Witch. Email requests to acl.malaysia@gmail,com
Songs of a Wayfarer - Adeline Wong's 'Longing'
The stage is dark and an alien hum fills the air, like that of a spaceship coming in for landing. A lady drags her seemingly leaden suitcase across the stage, and a monolithic image resembling some sort of great gate, appears on the backdrop screen. Slowly a row of music stands is revealed, like runway lights. Five musicians wander through the darkness, searching for their places. And when they are finally seated, we arrive at the beginnings of one of the most remarkable compositions of this year. This is Adeline Wong’s latest opus,…
Malaysia Remixed - 4 Composers Take On Nationhood
In collaboration with Malaysia's BFM Radio's new magazine app The B-Side exclusive for tablet and Ipad, four new generation artists-composers from diverse backgrounds have been commissioned to produce a piece of work each in their personal style, to explore the themes of nationhood and what independence means to the youth of today. This project is a contemplation of the recent 55th Independence Day-Malaysia Day celebrations and was conceived by former Off The Edge editor Jason Tan as part of the launch of the new and very unique m…
Small is beautiful: Young composer Jessica Cho heads for ACL Taiwan 2011
Cho is a young composer with a clear idea of where she wants her music to head, and in just a few years since graduating has honed her voice into a fascinating and original addition to the Malaysian new music tapestry. In 2008 during the HSBC Young Composers Workshop 08 a delightful piece for flute and piano Rivulet , was selected for a read through during the final night open work…
News roundup up till 2010
Here is an archive of the news items up till 2010: 20 Aug 2010 Yair Klartag's Bipolar Disorder wins the 31st Irino Prize, 2010 Yair Klartag, born in 1985, has won the 31st Irino Prize for Chamber-Orchestral composition, 2010 with his 13 minute Bipolar Disorder . Jury for the year were Joji YUASA, Yori-Aki Matsudaira, Satoshi Tanaka ( Chairman), akayuki Rai , Mari Takano, Masahiro Miwa and Ha…
MCC's Free Hand Anthology I has been released on Faber Music.
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