music

Listening to Gustav Mahler’s 6th symphony (a.k.a. “Tragic”) performed by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra under…

Decked with flowers and fruits in their hair to personify temperate seasons, the nymphs standing…

(Rapid Ear) Is there some strange community run by Neil Young, Johnny Cash and Bob…

Saidah Rastam is not one of Malaysia’s best kept secrets. Her cutting-edge music has a…

A famous English conductor once said to a lady cellist: “Madam, you have, between your…

This article is a continuation of a series of emails exchanged between singer-songwriters Shanon Shah…

On opening night of Monkey Business, director Krishen Jit wasn’t sitting like a stone deity…

We invited Shanon Shah, winner of the Kakiseni Most Promising Young Artist Award 2003, and…

Fingers, minus the Soul Avanti Friday Nite Jazz featuring Soul Fingerz, 11 Feb 2005, at…

Dewa – Laskar Cinta Aquarius Musikindo Album studio terbaru Dewa, kumpulan rock termashyur dari Indonesia,…

A couple of cute infant Chinese Lions were brought inside the concert hall at the…

“My daughter will only wear local Malaysian clothes, calls me ‘Bapa’ and wants to move…

I played at the Esplanade (Jan 14 – 16, 2005). For those who are clueless,…

Suasana pada petang 8 januari yang lalu di depan kelab Hard Rock Cafe terasa berbeza…

David Gomes & Junji Delfino – It’s Christmas Time Again Every December, a condition known…

Bizet’s music is transcendent. Once you have seen and heard Carmen, you can never forget…

Last weekend my chamber choir performed an enactment of The Festival of Nine Lessons and…

It was early 2003; the world news was taking an uneasy shift as President Dubya…

Congratulations Chong Kee Yong – here’s to even greater compositional heights and more Starry Nights!…

The cello’s left rib edge can scar one’s inner left thigh, as I found out…

Some midget in dark-rimmed glasses trotted up to me one day. “Hey Pete,” she growled.…

I am tempted to meander on in a pretentious manner about things we already know…

Primal Jam Everybody was rushing to the Iban longhouse. It’s not the real thing, but…

If only for one night, life’s problems could disappear: creaky knees, credit card bills, demented,…