Front Row

Born into one of Malaysia's most influential music families, the Solianos, Rachel Guerzo has carved a name for herself as a fluid pianist with a rich and sultry voice to match.

We chat with her about her musical family, her career and unique ability to breathe new arrangements to already popular jazz standards, R&B and chart topping tunes.

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An accomplished singer / songwriter, Mexican Magos Herrera is considered one of the most beautiful voices of the contemporary jazz scene, known for her unique sound that elegantly blends her classic jazz styling with Latin American melodies and rhythms. We get to know her better.

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Based on the best-selling children's classic by Oliver Jeffers and performed by UK's Blunderbus Theatre Company, this gentle, reassuring tale is brought to life with an irresistible blend of live music, puppetry and storytelling.

We get a teaser of the performance from performers Ben Sbuttoni and Fay Hennel, and also from title character "The Boy."

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Both Azam Tajol Aris and Jonathan Nichols are the chosen artists for the Malaysia-Australia Visual Artists' Residency 2012 at Rimbun Dahan.

We find out more about the experiences and outcomes of their year-long residency.

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In 2004, Dato' Faridah Merican introduced the Life Sdn. Bhd. series, which sought to to tell 'real stories by real people'.

With its distinct composition of actors as well as non actors sharing true stories on stage, the series celebrates the lighter side of life in this latest installment, which marks the tenth anniversary of the series.

We find out what's in store from klpac's Executive Producer & Director Dato' Faridah Merican and klpac's Artistic Director, Joe Hasham OAM.

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We get to know Indonesian vocalist Matthew Sayerz better, and find out what he has in store for his performance here in Kuala Lumpur with the Jazz Fuyoh Project.

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Anglo-French, Penang-born Julia de Bierre resides between Malaysia and France, and will be curating an exhibition on Malaysia in Galerie Huit, her gallery situated in the historic heart of Arles.

A writer, heritage conservationist, art gallery owner and curator, we discuss Julia's work and find out more about her feat of bringing her Malaysian home to her French house.

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'Charles Dickens Performs A Christmas Carol' recreates the famous readings Dickens himself gave in the latter part of his life, with which he toured the world.

Founder & Artistic Director of Eagle's Nest Theatre and Director of the production, James Adler, together with actor Phil Zachariah, share more about the one-man show they are staging, which sees Phil take on 20 characters.

They have worked directly from the original prompt copy and eyewitness accounts to create a performance that truly channels the spirits of Dickens.

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An indie band started by singer songwriter Keith Tan, we find out about their debut album, also titled "Platform 11", which features multiple unique talents that would otherwise exist in separate musical realms in the Malaysian music scene.

Also on hand to share more about the group while discussing their own musical careers are violinist Fung Chern Hwei and cellist Florian Antier.

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Described as a fractured fairytale from the dark heart of suburbia, Ruby Moon is a play written by Australian playwright Matt Cameron, which is set to be staged here in Malaysia next week.

We find out more about this Malaysian staging from Director Christopher Ling, and castmembers Alex Chua and Davina Goh.

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