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Johor Bahru Classical Music Festival 2015 @ Berjaya Waterfront Hotel, Jalan Ibrahim Sultan, Johor Bahru (1 - 3/5/15)
The JB Classical Music Festival 2015 seeks to provide a platform for not only students but also teachers to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of chamber music, while also aiming to increase the standard of classical music in Johor Bahru by educating music teachers and providing them with more options on how to teach and nurture their students.
The JB Classical Music Festival 2015 will be held from 1-3 May, with workshops and performances by the best classical musicians and educators in the region such as the National Symphony Orchestra from Istana Budaya, T'ang Quartet, Loo Bang Hean, Ryan Lewis, Andrew Filmer, Angel Lee and Jonathan Oh. Also featured in the programme will be local young talents from the Foon Yew High School String Orchestra.
Line Up:
T'ang Quartet
The T'ang Quartet is known for many things. Ground-breaking. Cutting-edge. Artistically impeccable. Underlying that patina of acclaim is a lot of hard work. Constant innovation, steady reinvention and regular updates are the name of the game for the T’ang Quartet. For the past 20 years, the group’s musical dexterity has surprised and delighted audiences in Singapore and the rest of the world.
The sheer evolutionary magnitude of the string chamber group is astounding. What started out as a unanimous purpose to break new ground in the sharing of music to a larger audience has grown unwaveringly. Audiences now hold expectations of no less than yet another ingenious production each time they attend a T’ang Quartet performance. The members’ charisma and intuitive connection as a group aptly mirrors their music: smart, sharp and cosmopolitan. The T'ang Quartet's creative output is an artful blend of East and West, seamlessly reinterpreting classical work for contemporary fans while appealing to traditional audiences.
Along the way, the T’ang Quartet has collaborated and performed with contemporaries and friends, among them: John Chen, Fingin Collins, Marian Hahn, Qin LiWei, Karin Schaupp, Noriko Ogawa, Tedd Joselson and Horia Mihail, and Carter Enyeart.
www.tangquartet.com/
www.facebook.com/tangquartet
Cecilia Yap
Cecilia Yap was born in Ipoh, Malaysia and graduated from the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome, Italy, under renowned sopranos K.S. Ann Saldarelli , Lorraine Nawa Jones Marenzi, as well as Marcello Ferroni, who is one of the most acclaimed operatic directors in “Arte Scenica”.
During her eight years in Italy she gave a number of recitals and appeared on a few national TV programs. She was the winner of the 7th International Vocal Competition at Cascina, Italy in 1994 and was the only Asian to enter the finals. Her performances received critical acclaim from “L’Opera”, a leading opera magazine, which noted her dramatic flair and refined vocal expression and interpretation.
A prolific concert singer and recitalist, Cecilia has performed in various countries including Malaysia, America, Italy, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Korea , Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Her operatic involvement includes acclaimed appearances in the Penang Arts Council’s productions as Micaela in Carmen, Mother in Hansel und Gretel and Liu in Turandot. She has also been invited to sing soprano roles in many major sacred works in Malaysia and abroad, such as: Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion, Bach’s B minor mass, Handel’s The Messiah, Dixit Dominus (HWV 232), Haydn’s “The Creation”, Mozart’s “Requiem”, Brahms “German Requiem”, Mendelssohn’s oratorios “Elijah”, “St. Paul”, the choral works “Hymn of Praise” (Lobegesang) and “Psalm 95”, Vivaldi’s Gloria in D (RV 589) and Dixit Dominus (RV 594), Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and “The Yellow River” Cantata. She was also the soloist in Asia’s premiere of Handel’s Gloria (HWV deest), a work discovered in 2001. Cecilia was also the recipient of the Best Solo Performance of the Year Award at the Cameronian Arts Awards organized in 2002 by ‘Kakiseni’, sponsored by Boh Plantations.
Cecilia has committed herself to vocal pedagogical activities and is often invited to conduct vocal lectures, master classes as well as classes in music analysis and appreciation (America, Cologne- Germany, Italy, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia). She was a columnist for the Christian Choral Quarterly magazine from 2010-2012, in which she wrote on vocal techniques.
Besides teaching, Cecilia also devotes herself to promoting the art of sacred music. She is one of the gospel singers of the organization Grace Melody Music Ministries (Italy), and frequently tours with the group, performing in evangelistic concerts all over the world. She has released an album entitled Cecilia’s Italian Songbook in Cologne, Germany, 2014.
Reviews:
“Yap certainly lived up to expectation. Her voice was clear and powerful, and superbly controlled even for the most demanding songs…” ~ The Malay Mail
“Yap is a singer of rare musicality and stunning virtuosity. Her voice left the audience in awe with its sheer power, wide range and histrionic ability…” ~ The Star
“Carmen” – “Micaela is a complicated role to play. Cecilia brought humanity to Micaela, … Her voice was clarity and sweetness, sorrow and loss”. ~ Kakiseni.com
“Viva Verdi” - …very secure technique, blossoming in the higher range, with ease and freedom in the singing that was welcome, as well as some real dramatic flair with no sacrifice to beauty of tone.” ~ The Flying Inkpot, Singapore
The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO)
Since its re-establishment in 1993, the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has built a respectable reputation under the baton of conductor Mustafa Fuzer Nawi. The diversity of culture in Malaysia has greatly contributed towards the persona and musical growth of this establishment, which proudly embraces a wide and eclectic repertoire.
Housed in Istana Budaya, the NSO has held concerts graced by internationally acclaimed conductors and soloists. The NSO also maintains a strong commitment towards performances by Malaysian artistes of calibre and fervently supports young talents in this field.
Born in Ipoh, Perak, Mustafa Fuzer began his music education in violin with Abdul Fatah Karim, under the music education programme of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. A recipient of a Malaysian Government Scholarship, Mustafa Fuzer furthered his studies in violin at the Hochschule fuer Muzik und Theater, Germany from 1986 to 1991 with Oscar C. Yatco. Upon his return to Malaysia, he was appointed Concert Master of the Malaysian National Symphony Orchestra in 1993, a post he held until 1997.
During this period, Mustafa Fuzer was actively involved in numerous orchestra and chamber music programmes, and was instrumental in the formation of the group Camerata Kuala Lumpur. He was also invited to join the Colonge Chamber Orchestra in 1996, where he made recording and toured several cities in Germany and France under the baton of Helmut Mueller Bruehl.
In 1997, Mustafa Fuzer was awarded Cultural Grant from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism to pursue conducting for two years at the Conservatorium Hogelschool Enschede in Holland, where he studied orchestra and ensemble conducting under Kerry Woodwards and choral conducting under Kees Stolwijk.
Since 1999, Mustafa Fuzer has been appointed Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Malaysian National Symphony Orchestra, and has since received great acclaim for his work in Kuala Lumpur. This had led to the extraordinary collaboration with the Yayasan Seni Berdaftar where Mustafa Fuzer has been appointed the Conductor and Music Director of the International Piano Festival at Istana Budaya for five seasons (2000-2004). His close collaborations with the German Embassy and the Goethe Institute has brought several memorable concerts with German Soloists and Artists.
As a guest conductor, Mustafa Fuzer has worked with many orchestras. He assisted Andrea Quinn at the Commenwealth Youth Orchestra Week, during the 1998 Commenwealth Games held in Malaysia. He has also conducted several orchestras throughout Holland and Germany. In March 2000, he conducted the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas. Mustafa Fuzer also has conducted at the Singapore Esplanade, leading the Malaysian National Symphony Orchestra at the Asian Orchestra Week 2004 in Tokyo, Japan and the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra Bosnia in 2004. In 2003 Mustafa Fuzer was invited to work with Maestro Vladimir Kaminski at the Sydney Opera Company Australia. His highly acclaimed operatic conductor appearing with the Lyric Opera Malaysia amongst others, Puccini's Tosca premiered at the Istana Budaya in July 2003 and Franz Lehar's Merry Widow in 2004.
Mustafa Fuzer has also established a national reputation as a teacher of violin and conducting. His many distinctions include guest at the local universities such as UiTM, UPM, ASWARA and UiSC. In 2008 Mustafa Fuzer was awarded Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN) for his distinguished service for the development of music in Malaysia.
Loo Bang Hean
Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, Loo Bang Hean studied with Serena Chow and Rickie Oui before being awarded a four-year scholarship by the examination board, ABRSM to study at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London. His teachers in England included Yonty Solomon, John Blakely and Dennis Lee. After graduating with first class from RCM he received awards from the Anthony Saltmarsh Prize and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust to undergo postgraduate studies with the Hungarian teacher Ilonka Deckers in Milan, Italy.
Back in Malaysia since 1995, Bang Hean regularly appears in solo recitals, chamber concerts as well as concerto performances with various local orchestras. He has appeared in most major concert venues in Malaysia. An active chamber musician, he performs frequently with various instrumentalists including members of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also performed abroad, including England, Italy, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Cambodia and Korea. He is also very much involved in music education, being an adjunct lecturer at University College Sedaya International (UCSI) as well as a frequent presenter at seminars around this region.
www.facebook.com/banghean
Angel Lee
Taiwanese-born Angel Lee, entered the Malaysian Institute of Art at the age of 14, as a special entrant majoring in violin and piano. She then went on to pursue her music studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia on the “Melbourne University International Undergraduate Scholarship”.
Upon her return to Malaysia, Ms. Angel has dedicated more than decade to the development of music education in Malaysia specializing in the cultivation and nurturing of local young musical talents. She has also held teaching positions and was on the panel of examiners in the Music Faculty of University Malaya, Malaysian Institute of Arts and the National Arts Academy, Malaysia.
With the support and cooperation of the students from her music school, Ms Angel has over the last 8 years, successfully organized and performed concerts and raised funds for several charitable organizations in Malaysia. In addition, she was involved in the performance and release of 2 music CDs for charity, that is, “Piano Weaving Love” in 1997 and “My Cellistic Journey” in 2009.
Following two successful editions of the EUROASIA Youth Music Festivals that saw the collaboration of music talents from several European and Asian countries, Ms. Angel established the Euroasia Association of Performing Arts in 2014. The Association - under the patronage of YAM Tunku Zain Al-‘Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz, is dedicated to the promotion and development of performing arts in Malaysia.
Ms. Angel is currently on the Panel of Music Examiners for Trinity College London.
www.facebook.com/Angellee2899
Jonathan Oh
Mr. Jonathan Oh started learning the piano but moved onto cello at the age of ten under the tutelage of Mr. Woon Wen Kin. Amongst his other tutors include Hansen Yong, Lim Soon Huat, Nasran Nawi, Laurentiu Gherman and Simon Cobcroft, Sub-Principal cellist of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2003, as a scholar of the Chamber Music Festival and Academy of St Geniez, France, Mr. Oh had the opportunity to study with cellists Mr. Jean Marie Trotoreau and Mr. Florent Audibert. During his sojourn in France, he had the honour of working with renowned French cellist Madam Valerie Aimard.
Being actively involved in music education, Jonathan has been invited to tutor cello at various music camps around Malaysia. He was appointed as cello tutor for the Permata Seni Muzik program, a government-funded program developed to train and nurture young talented musicians from all over Malaysia under the patronage of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. Mr. Oh is the founding cellist of the Malaysian Piano Trio, alongside renowned Malaysian pianist Loo Bang Hean and has performed throughout Malaysia and Hong Kong and is currently cellist of the Sutera Trio.
Having strong interests for popular music, Mr. Oh has performed in various shows nationwide with the RTM Orchestra and at award shows such as JuaraLagu, Anugerah Bintang Popular, Anugerah ERA, and Akademi Fantasia. He has also performed alongside both Local and International Artistes such as Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, M. Nasir, Annuar Zain, Il Divo in 2007, Russell Watson and Andrea Grimenelli in 2008, Sarah Brightman and Katherine Jenkins in 2009.
As an orchestral musician, Mr. Oh performed with the Penang State Symphony when he was just 11 years old and was appointed Principal Cellist for the Penang Symphony Orchestra 2000-2001. He has been invited to perform with the Kota Kinabalu Symphony Orchestra, Kuching Simfoni Orkestra, and the ASEAN Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Oh has been a regular guest cellist with the National Symphony Orchestra since 2001 and was Co-Principal Cellist of the orchestra.
Mr. Oh released his first album “My Cellistic Journey” with pianist Ms. Angel Lee in September 2009, the proceeds all of which went entirely to charity.
Mr. Oh plays on a cello made by Maestro Francesco Bissolotti.
www.facebook.com/jonathan.oh.7545
Ryan Lewis
Ryan Lewis is a pianist and music educator from the UK, and currently the Malaysia National Consultant for ABRSM, developing their work and supporting teachers across the country. He graduated from King’s College London with first class honours and studied piano with Daniel-Ben Pienaar at the Royal Academy of Music. Ryan also studied composition and piano at the University of Toronto, Canada, under the tutelage of Roger Bergs and Boyanna Toyich, having been awarded the university’s highest entrance scholarship and sponsored to attend an educational conference for performers in Rome, Italy. Ryan holds a LRSM diploma in piano performance and has adjudicated for regional and international competitions in the UK, India, and Malaysia.
Ryan’s main interests lie in piano pedagogy and music education. He spent three years leading various music education projects in India, including curriculum development, teacher training, and outreach programmes, working in affiliation with the British Council, Goethe-Institut, and The Academy of Carnegie Hall, New York. In his senior role at Furtados School of Music, Ryan helped to launch nine music schools across Mumbai as well as leading and training a team of over thirty music teachers. In preparation for this extensive project, he trained in piano and Kodály pedagogy under Karen Quinton and Mary Stouffer from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. Ryan is also a trustee of the Worldwide Appreciation of Music (WAM) Foundation, London, in which he governs a volunteer music teaching programme throughout India.
www.facebook.com/rml1986
Dr. Andrew Filmer
Dr. Andrew Filmer is the Editor of the Journal of the American Viola Society, and a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has articles published in Arco in the UK, String Praxis and Stringendo in Australia and Crescendo in New Zealand, as well as editions by Comus in the UK, and American Viola Society Publications. His research has included non-conventional tuning of stringed instruments, systematic variation in bowing in works of Bach and Mozart, and the use of the violetta by Telemann. He holds a PhD from the University of Otago, and a Master of Music, majoring in viola performance, from Indiana University.
Andrew has presented research at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide, and International Viola Congresses in Germany and Poland. He has also facilitated lectures at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore and Victoria University of Wellington, and was previously on the faculty of Mahidol University in Thailand.
As a performer, he has diverse interests, from the use of period bows, to collaboration with contemporary composers. Outside of Western art music, Andrew was a member of New Zealand jazz band The Troubles, whose debut recording was released on Rattle Records, and has performed with Bennie Maupin – Miles Davis’s bass clarinettist – and acclaimed country artiste Matt Langley.
Prizes include a first place win of the David Dalton Viola Research Competition, and performances prizes from the Lilburn Trust. His teachers have included Donald Maurice and Anthony Ritchie in New Zealand, and Anthony Devroye in the United States. Andrew holds the positions of Advisor to Musica Sinfonietta of Penang and Artistic Advisor to the Arioso Sinfonia of Seremban, and is a consultant to the Australian and New Zealand Viola Society. In November 2014, Andrew had his conducting debut at the helm of the Sinfonietta for its annual music camp, with works of Handel, Mozart, Dvořák, and Haydn.
www.facebook.com/andrewbfilmer
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The JB Classical Music Festival 2015 seeks to provide a platform for not only students but also teachers to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of chamber music, while also aiming to increase the standard of classical music in Johor Bahru by educating music teachers and providing them with more options on how to teach and nurture their students.
The JB Classical Music Festival 2015 will be held from 1-3 May, with workshops and performances by the best classical musicians and educators in the region such as the National Symphony Orchestra from Istana Budaya, T'ang Quartet, Loo Bang Hean, Ryan Lewis, Andrew Filmer, Angel Lee and Jonathan Oh. Also featured in the programme will be local young talents from the Foon Yew High School String Orchestra.
Line Up:
T'ang Quartet
The T'ang Quartet is known for many things. Ground-breaking. Cutting-edge. Artistically impeccable. Underlying that patina of acclaim is a lot of hard work. Constant innovation, steady reinvention and regular updates are the name of the game for the T’ang Quartet. For the past 20 years, the group’s musical dexterity has surprised and delighted audiences in Singapore and the rest of the world.
The sheer evolutionary magnitude of the string chamber group is astounding. What started out as a unanimous purpose to break new ground in the sharing of music to a larger audience has grown unwaveringly. Audiences now hold expectations of no less than yet another ingenious production each time they attend a T’ang Quartet performance. The members’ charisma and intuitive connection as a group aptly mirrors their music: smart, sharp and cosmopolitan. The T'ang Quartet's creative output is an artful blend of East and West, seamlessly reinterpreting classical work for contemporary fans while appealing to traditional audiences.
Along the way, the T’ang Quartet has collaborated and performed with contemporaries and friends, among them: John Chen, Fingin Collins, Marian Hahn, Qin LiWei, Karin Schaupp, Noriko Ogawa, Tedd Joselson and Horia Mihail, and Carter Enyeart.
www.tangquartet.com/
www.facebook.com/tangquartet
Cecilia Yap
Cecilia Yap was born in Ipoh, Malaysia and graduated from the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome, Italy, under renowned sopranos K.S. Ann Saldarelli , Lorraine Nawa Jones Marenzi, as well as Marcello Ferroni, who is one of the most acclaimed operatic directors in “Arte Scenica”.
During her eight years in Italy she gave a number of recitals and appeared on a few national TV programs. She was the winner of the 7th International Vocal Competition at Cascina, Italy in 1994 and was the only Asian to enter the finals. Her performances received critical acclaim from “L’Opera”, a leading opera magazine, which noted her dramatic flair and refined vocal expression and interpretation.
A prolific concert singer and recitalist, Cecilia has performed in various countries including Malaysia, America, Italy, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Korea , Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Her operatic involvement includes acclaimed appearances in the Penang Arts Council’s productions as Micaela in Carmen, Mother in Hansel und Gretel and Liu in Turandot. She has also been invited to sing soprano roles in many major sacred works in Malaysia and abroad, such as: Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion, Bach’s B minor mass, Handel’s The Messiah, Dixit Dominus (HWV 232), Haydn’s “The Creation”, Mozart’s “Requiem”, Brahms “German Requiem”, Mendelssohn’s oratorios “Elijah”, “St. Paul”, the choral works “Hymn of Praise” (Lobegesang) and “Psalm 95”, Vivaldi’s Gloria in D (RV 589) and Dixit Dominus (RV 594), Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and “The Yellow River” Cantata. She was also the soloist in Asia’s premiere of Handel’s Gloria (HWV deest), a work discovered in 2001. Cecilia was also the recipient of the Best Solo Performance of the Year Award at the Cameronian Arts Awards organized in 2002 by ‘Kakiseni’, sponsored by Boh Plantations.
Cecilia has committed herself to vocal pedagogical activities and is often invited to conduct vocal lectures, master classes as well as classes in music analysis and appreciation (America, Cologne- Germany, Italy, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia). She was a columnist for the Christian Choral Quarterly magazine from 2010-2012, in which she wrote on vocal techniques.
Besides teaching, Cecilia also devotes herself to promoting the art of sacred music. She is one of the gospel singers of the organization Grace Melody Music Ministries (Italy), and frequently tours with the group, performing in evangelistic concerts all over the world. She has released an album entitled Cecilia’s Italian Songbook in Cologne, Germany, 2014.
Reviews:
“Yap certainly lived up to expectation. Her voice was clear and powerful, and superbly controlled even for the most demanding songs…” ~ The Malay Mail
“Yap is a singer of rare musicality and stunning virtuosity. Her voice left the audience in awe with its sheer power, wide range and histrionic ability…” ~ The Star
“Carmen” – “Micaela is a complicated role to play. Cecilia brought humanity to Micaela, … Her voice was clarity and sweetness, sorrow and loss”. ~ Kakiseni.com
“Viva Verdi” - …very secure technique, blossoming in the higher range, with ease and freedom in the singing that was welcome, as well as some real dramatic flair with no sacrifice to beauty of tone.” ~ The Flying Inkpot, Singapore
The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO)
Since its re-establishment in 1993, the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has built a respectable reputation under the baton of conductor Mustafa Fuzer Nawi. The diversity of culture in Malaysia has greatly contributed towards the persona and musical growth of this establishment, which proudly embraces a wide and eclectic repertoire.
Housed in Istana Budaya, the NSO has held concerts graced by internationally acclaimed conductors and soloists. The NSO also maintains a strong commitment towards performances by Malaysian artistes of calibre and fervently supports young talents in this field.
Born in Ipoh, Perak, Mustafa Fuzer began his music education in violin with Abdul Fatah Karim, under the music education programme of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. A recipient of a Malaysian Government Scholarship, Mustafa Fuzer furthered his studies in violin at the Hochschule fuer Muzik und Theater, Germany from 1986 to 1991 with Oscar C. Yatco. Upon his return to Malaysia, he was appointed Concert Master of the Malaysian National Symphony Orchestra in 1993, a post he held until 1997.
During this period, Mustafa Fuzer was actively involved in numerous orchestra and chamber music programmes, and was instrumental in the formation of the group Camerata Kuala Lumpur. He was also invited to join the Colonge Chamber Orchestra in 1996, where he made recording and toured several cities in Germany and France under the baton of Helmut Mueller Bruehl.
In 1997, Mustafa Fuzer was awarded Cultural Grant from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism to pursue conducting for two years at the Conservatorium Hogelschool Enschede in Holland, where he studied orchestra and ensemble conducting under Kerry Woodwards and choral conducting under Kees Stolwijk.
Since 1999, Mustafa Fuzer has been appointed Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Malaysian National Symphony Orchestra, and has since received great acclaim for his work in Kuala Lumpur. This had led to the extraordinary collaboration with the Yayasan Seni Berdaftar where Mustafa Fuzer has been appointed the Conductor and Music Director of the International Piano Festival at Istana Budaya for five seasons (2000-2004). His close collaborations with the German Embassy and the Goethe Institute has brought several memorable concerts with German Soloists and Artists.
As a guest conductor, Mustafa Fuzer has worked with many orchestras. He assisted Andrea Quinn at the Commenwealth Youth Orchestra Week, during the 1998 Commenwealth Games held in Malaysia. He has also conducted several orchestras throughout Holland and Germany. In March 2000, he conducted the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas. Mustafa Fuzer also has conducted at the Singapore Esplanade, leading the Malaysian National Symphony Orchestra at the Asian Orchestra Week 2004 in Tokyo, Japan and the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra Bosnia in 2004. In 2003 Mustafa Fuzer was invited to work with Maestro Vladimir Kaminski at the Sydney Opera Company Australia. His highly acclaimed operatic conductor appearing with the Lyric Opera Malaysia amongst others, Puccini's Tosca premiered at the Istana Budaya in July 2003 and Franz Lehar's Merry Widow in 2004.
Mustafa Fuzer has also established a national reputation as a teacher of violin and conducting. His many distinctions include guest at the local universities such as UiTM, UPM, ASWARA and UiSC. In 2008 Mustafa Fuzer was awarded Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN) for his distinguished service for the development of music in Malaysia.
Loo Bang Hean
Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, Loo Bang Hean studied with Serena Chow and Rickie Oui before being awarded a four-year scholarship by the examination board, ABRSM to study at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London. His teachers in England included Yonty Solomon, John Blakely and Dennis Lee. After graduating with first class from RCM he received awards from the Anthony Saltmarsh Prize and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust to undergo postgraduate studies with the Hungarian teacher Ilonka Deckers in Milan, Italy.
Back in Malaysia since 1995, Bang Hean regularly appears in solo recitals, chamber concerts as well as concerto performances with various local orchestras. He has appeared in most major concert venues in Malaysia. An active chamber musician, he performs frequently with various instrumentalists including members of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also performed abroad, including England, Italy, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Cambodia and Korea. He is also very much involved in music education, being an adjunct lecturer at University College Sedaya International (UCSI) as well as a frequent presenter at seminars around this region.
www.facebook.com/banghean
Angel Lee
Taiwanese-born Angel Lee, entered the Malaysian Institute of Art at the age of 14, as a special entrant majoring in violin and piano. She then went on to pursue her music studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia on the “Melbourne University International Undergraduate Scholarship”.
Upon her return to Malaysia, Ms. Angel has dedicated more than decade to the development of music education in Malaysia specializing in the cultivation and nurturing of local young musical talents. She has also held teaching positions and was on the panel of examiners in the Music Faculty of University Malaya, Malaysian Institute of Arts and the National Arts Academy, Malaysia.
With the support and cooperation of the students from her music school, Ms Angel has over the last 8 years, successfully organized and performed concerts and raised funds for several charitable organizations in Malaysia. In addition, she was involved in the performance and release of 2 music CDs for charity, that is, “Piano Weaving Love” in 1997 and “My Cellistic Journey” in 2009.
Following two successful editions of the EUROASIA Youth Music Festivals that saw the collaboration of music talents from several European and Asian countries, Ms. Angel established the Euroasia Association of Performing Arts in 2014. The Association - under the patronage of YAM Tunku Zain Al-‘Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz, is dedicated to the promotion and development of performing arts in Malaysia.
Ms. Angel is currently on the Panel of Music Examiners for Trinity College London.
www.facebook.com/Angellee2899
Jonathan Oh
Mr. Jonathan Oh started learning the piano but moved onto cello at the age of ten under the tutelage of Mr. Woon Wen Kin. Amongst his other tutors include Hansen Yong, Lim Soon Huat, Nasran Nawi, Laurentiu Gherman and Simon Cobcroft, Sub-Principal cellist of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2003, as a scholar of the Chamber Music Festival and Academy of St Geniez, France, Mr. Oh had the opportunity to study with cellists Mr. Jean Marie Trotoreau and Mr. Florent Audibert. During his sojourn in France, he had the honour of working with renowned French cellist Madam Valerie Aimard.
Being actively involved in music education, Jonathan has been invited to tutor cello at various music camps around Malaysia. He was appointed as cello tutor for the Permata Seni Muzik program, a government-funded program developed to train and nurture young talented musicians from all over Malaysia under the patronage of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. Mr. Oh is the founding cellist of the Malaysian Piano Trio, alongside renowned Malaysian pianist Loo Bang Hean and has performed throughout Malaysia and Hong Kong and is currently cellist of the Sutera Trio.
Having strong interests for popular music, Mr. Oh has performed in various shows nationwide with the RTM Orchestra and at award shows such as JuaraLagu, Anugerah Bintang Popular, Anugerah ERA, and Akademi Fantasia. He has also performed alongside both Local and International Artistes such as Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, M. Nasir, Annuar Zain, Il Divo in 2007, Russell Watson and Andrea Grimenelli in 2008, Sarah Brightman and Katherine Jenkins in 2009.
As an orchestral musician, Mr. Oh performed with the Penang State Symphony when he was just 11 years old and was appointed Principal Cellist for the Penang Symphony Orchestra 2000-2001. He has been invited to perform with the Kota Kinabalu Symphony Orchestra, Kuching Simfoni Orkestra, and the ASEAN Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Oh has been a regular guest cellist with the National Symphony Orchestra since 2001 and was Co-Principal Cellist of the orchestra.
Mr. Oh released his first album “My Cellistic Journey” with pianist Ms. Angel Lee in September 2009, the proceeds all of which went entirely to charity.
Mr. Oh plays on a cello made by Maestro Francesco Bissolotti.
www.facebook.com/jonathan.oh.7545
Ryan Lewis
Ryan Lewis is a pianist and music educator from the UK, and currently the Malaysia National Consultant for ABRSM, developing their work and supporting teachers across the country. He graduated from King’s College London with first class honours and studied piano with Daniel-Ben Pienaar at the Royal Academy of Music. Ryan also studied composition and piano at the University of Toronto, Canada, under the tutelage of Roger Bergs and Boyanna Toyich, having been awarded the university’s highest entrance scholarship and sponsored to attend an educational conference for performers in Rome, Italy. Ryan holds a LRSM diploma in piano performance and has adjudicated for regional and international competitions in the UK, India, and Malaysia.
Ryan’s main interests lie in piano pedagogy and music education. He spent three years leading various music education projects in India, including curriculum development, teacher training, and outreach programmes, working in affiliation with the British Council, Goethe-Institut, and The Academy of Carnegie Hall, New York. In his senior role at Furtados School of Music, Ryan helped to launch nine music schools across Mumbai as well as leading and training a team of over thirty music teachers. In preparation for this extensive project, he trained in piano and Kodály pedagogy under Karen Quinton and Mary Stouffer from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. Ryan is also a trustee of the Worldwide Appreciation of Music (WAM) Foundation, London, in which he governs a volunteer music teaching programme throughout India.
www.facebook.com/rml1986
Dr. Andrew Filmer
Dr. Andrew Filmer is the Editor of the Journal of the American Viola Society, and a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has articles published in Arco in the UK, String Praxis and Stringendo in Australia and Crescendo in New Zealand, as well as editions by Comus in the UK, and American Viola Society Publications. His research has included non-conventional tuning of stringed instruments, systematic variation in bowing in works of Bach and Mozart, and the use of the violetta by Telemann. He holds a PhD from the University of Otago, and a Master of Music, majoring in viola performance, from Indiana University.
Andrew has presented research at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide, and International Viola Congresses in Germany and Poland. He has also facilitated lectures at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore and Victoria University of Wellington, and was previously on the faculty of Mahidol University in Thailand.
As a performer, he has diverse interests, from the use of period bows, to collaboration with contemporary composers. Outside of Western art music, Andrew was a member of New Zealand jazz band The Troubles, whose debut recording was released on Rattle Records, and has performed with Bennie Maupin – Miles Davis’s bass clarinettist – and acclaimed country artiste Matt Langley.
Prizes include a first place win of the David Dalton Viola Research Competition, and performances prizes from the Lilburn Trust. His teachers have included Donald Maurice and Anthony Ritchie in New Zealand, and Anthony Devroye in the United States. Andrew holds the positions of Advisor to Musica Sinfonietta of Penang and Artistic Advisor to the Arioso Sinfonia of Seremban, and is a consultant to the Australian and New Zealand Viola Society. In November 2014, Andrew had his conducting debut at the helm of the Sinfonietta for its annual music camp, with works of Handel, Mozart, Dvořák, and Haydn.
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