Front Row

The creator of The Hiroshi Koike Bridge Project: Mahabharata shares how a precipitating event led to his decision to close his 30-year-old theatre company and to undertake a new project, beginning from ground-zero. Through this project he creates a microcosm of the world, with actors and dancers, artists of different nationalities and languages, different artistic traditions, different cultures.

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Recognizing that the Music Industry in Malaysia has grown over the years with more and more talented kids choosing a career in must, jazz pianist, Michael Veerapen and  John Dip Silas, similarly shaped souls see, a need for musicians to pool their talents and inspire each other to greater abilities in their instruments. Thus the birth of a Jazz Piano Festival.

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'Money, money, money. It's a rich man's world,' sings ABBA.  But very few artists, especially local ones, fall into that category of 'rich'. MyPaa is calling for practitioners in the performing arts to apply for Royal Arts Gala  that will help them grow and go overseas to perform, carrying the made-in-Malaysia label.

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Before concluding his Fulbright Fellowship residency in Kuala Lumpur, the dance artist has organized a potpourri of dances that ranges from India to Rome.

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Today, taking a photo is as simple as whipping out our smart phones, aiming, and snap! To create art, beauty, depth and substance from a photograph however, requires more thought, skill and complexity. Pinar Yolacan, an art photographer shares the vision behind her work.

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The Selangor Philharmonic Orchestra is staging a recital to be performed with 13-year-old pianist, Vincent Ong (of Penang).  Chopin, often described as a poet of the piano will lend his poetic music to be ‘narrated’ by the young pianist in a one-performance only recital.

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A handful of us from BFM went to the opening night of "Wayang: Malaysian Stories." Here is a review of the show. The producer of the 'shadow- show' (for a lack of a better term) is Sabera Shaik of Masakini Theatre Company who was on the Bigger Picture last Friday to talk about the production.

To listen to the interview with Sabera Shaik, please click: Malaysian Stories through Shadows

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An opera based on the legendary princess Puteri Saadong, who killed her true love with a hairpin. The opera follows her journey, unfolding the between the thumps of her heartbeat and the percussive sounds of the Gamelan. 

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An exhibition in the island down below marries the art and science from the mind of one of the world’s great, Leonardo Da Vinci. In the interview Honor Harger, executive director, ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, introduces us not only to some of the exhibits but also to the lesser known side of this Renaissance man.

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Producer Soon Heng saw the performance on the opening night with Richard and Jit, after which they sat down to talk about the performance with Faridah Merican, the executive producer and director.

If you would like to listen to the interview with Faridah Merican, discussing the play in detail, please click: Life Sdn Bhd - HANTU

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