Category: Arts & Culture
Malaysian-Japanese Friendship Society Annual Dinner
The Perak Malaysian-Japanese Friendship Society (PMJFS) held their annual dinner at Ipoh City and Country Club recently. Attended by about 400 members and guests, the event was graced by the Consul-General of Japan in Penang, His Excellency, Mr Tetsuro Kai together with his wife Mrs Kai, and Mr Shoichi Toyoda, the Director of The Japan [...]
We Love, We Care Fund Raiser
City Ballet Performing Arts Academy presented a production recently entitled, “We Love, We Care” at Dewan Leong Wan Chin, Perak Girls’ School in Ipoh. A total of 160 performers, ranging in age from 6 to 30 years old, were involved. The two-hour production consisted of two parts. The first part was a ballet performance titled [...]
Exhibition at First Galleria
A photographic exhibition showcasing Malay nationalist Mustapha Hussein, veranda living and Taiping’s bungalows was held at First Galleria, Taiping on Friday, November 11. The launching ceremony was officiated by Taiping Municipal Council President, Shahrom bin Dato’ Malik and witnessed by nearly a hundred invited guests, which included members of Mustapha Hussein’s family. Mustapha’s autobiography, “Malay [...]
Self-Taught Artist Solo Exhibition
A self-taught Filipino artist held a six-day solo exhibition “Art Tunes 2011” at the Garden Villa in Ipoh. Officiated by Dato Dr Madhuri Majumder on November 11, the exhibition was attended by members of the public and Kinta Heritage Group. Artist Julbert G. Maranon displayed 24 paintings, which included a number of oil paintings of [...]
Butterfly Lovers & Love Songs
The Perak Society of Performing Arts Performing Arts Festival this year has been nothing short of amazing. The recent Ensemble’s offering “Butterfly Lovers & Love Songs” was an absolutely delightful selection and marks its 5th performing year. The ensemble, this year, consisted of 12 local and international musicians under the direction of PSPA’s Music Director [...]
State Dancers
I caught Kumpulan Selendang Perak during their photo shoot for Hari Raya last week outside the entrance of the State Secretariat. Dressed in their Baju Raya, they spontaneously brought out the mood of the moment ie the upcoming Hari Raya celebration. For those who are not familiar with Kumpulan Selendang Perak or more commonly referred [...]
80 Minutes of Blissful Music
The Perak Society of Performing Arts 2011 offering “Around the World in 80 Minutes” was a delightful night of blissful music. Who would have thought that the Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra, a community wind orchestra comprising of volunteers could present such a pleasing and lovely performance and that too into their second year. Under the [...]
Top Class Ghazal
Kudos again to Greentown Indian Cultural Society (GICS) together with the Indian Cultural Centre Kuala Lumpur for presenting Ipoh residents with another top class Indian cultural event in the form of Ghazal or Hindustani Classical Songs. Ghazal singer, Suman Devgan, rated as one of the top Ghazal singers in the world, kept the audience that [...]
JUST 80 MINUTES OF CULTURE-DON’T MISS IT
A virtual reminder to check out Perak’s very own community wind orchestra, the Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra (KVWO) performing this Sunday July 31 at 8.00 p.m. at the Ballroom of the Syuen Hotel. The concert is part of the Perak Performing Arts Festival 2011. Titled “Around the World in 80 minutes,” the concert will take [...]
Master of His Craft
“By his work one knows the workman,” once ventured a poet. It is probably an opinion shared readily by artists. Wong Kean Choon, a well-known figure in the art circle of Ipoh, spoke of the same sentiment when asked what influences an artist’s painting style. Kean Choon, who turns 70 this year, believes that every [...]