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12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 @ The Bayview Beach Resort Gardens, Batu Ferringhi, Penang (3 - 6/12/15)
Malaysia’s longest running annual jazz festival, the Penang Island Jazz Festival will be celebrating its 12th edition from the 3rd to 6th December 2015.
Starting as a two day/one stage festival in 2004, the Penang Island Jazz Festival has over a period of eleven years, featured over 1,000 performers from more than 35 countries and has established itself to be one of the more highly anticipated and important musical festivals in the South East Asian Region!
The Penang Island Jazz Festival which is recognized internationally as “one of the better holiday jazz festivals” by its peers focuses on creating a musical experience for its audience with a number of musical activities held over a period of four days on five stages and a couple of rooms.
Besides its’ main outdoor “Jazz By The Beach” stage which features local and international performers, other musical activities include “An Acoustic Evening” session at 23 Love Lane, Workshops conducted by participating Artists, The Island Music Forums comprising of local and international panel members on a number of informative topics revolving around the theme of “Going Beyond”, A Jazz Gallery which will host the “The Visual Arts of Copenhagen Jazz Festival” and “Penang’s Popular Musical Heritage” poster and photograph exhibitions, The Creative Malaysia Fringe programme that focuses on local Malaysian acts, the unique Sunrise @ Tropical Spice Garden which starts at 7.00am on Saturday morning, A Talk and performance on the Musical Heritage of Penang’s Popular Music and the After Hours Jazz Jam held after the main stage performances that goes on till the wee hours of the morning.
Once again, the festival’s main stage programme features a wide variety of musical styles and among some of this year’s performers “Makiko Hirabayashi Trio” featuring internationally renowned Marilyn Mazur on drums/percussions and Klavs Hovman on bass, “CaboCubaJazz”, “Tobias Preisig Quartet”, “Dos Orientales”, “Angelika Niescier NOW Trio”, “Near East Quartet”, “Anne Paceo Yokai”, “Nina & The Butterfly Fish”, “Derek Brown BEATBoX SAX" and The “Penang Philharmonic Big Band”.
The Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is supported by Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBA), Penang Global Tourism Sdn. Bhd., British Council, Goethe Institut, Alliance Francaise de Penang, Malaysian German Society, Japan Foundation, Fonds Podium Kunsten, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Norwegian Jazz Forum, Pro Helvetia, Foundation Suisa, Embassy of Denmark, Danish Arts Foundation, Jazz Denmark, Danish Jazz Experience, Jody Jazz, P. Mauriat, Legere, Penang Philharmonic, KK Jazz Festival, International College of Music (ICOM), LBS Music World, Roland Asia Pacific, The Guitar Store, Casio EMI & Little Penang Street Market; with Venue Partners, Bayview Beach Resort, Hard Rock Hotel Penang, Tropical Spice Garden, 23 Love Lane and Laundry Bar; Media Partners Capital FM, Homegrown Productions, Smoothjazz.com, Rentak Sejuta, Lifestyle Asia.
The Penang Island Jazz Festival is organized and managed by: The Capricorn Connection
Line Up:
Jazz By The Beach (Main Stage) Saturday, 5th December, 2015
Penang Philharmonic Big Band
Penang Philharmonic Big Band’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By Penang Philharmonic.
The Board of Directors of Penang Philharmonic Orchestra took a bold step to diversify to other genres other than classical music in 2011 and that decision has paid dividends.
PP Big Band as the Jazz Band is known has developed since, starting with only a handful of jazz musicians to the present, with members comprising of students and working adults. Since its inception the Big Band has steadily gained recognition and has had many successful performances in venues around the island with the most popular and important monthly concerts being held in the home of PP at the Star Building along Pitt Street in the heritage enclave.
Members of The PP Big Band are Jerome Quah, Lim Yuin Shing, Lee Jun Ye, Cain James Peterson, Dirk Alan Reese, Lim Tett Hin, Wynn Ch’ng Way Sean, Lye Guang Quan, Teh Zhi Qi, Chuah Jer Win, Eleanor Poppy Saunders, Lim Jun Shen, Azreen Harlina Azizan, Mohdulfahmi bin Marzuki, Aiman Ikram bin Uyub, Jocelyn Chan Cheng Mun, Kevin Hong Khai Wen, Chung Kok Keong, Delvan Khor Swek Lieh, Muhammad Amirul bin Roslan, Samuel Timothy Teh Xuan and Mohamad Syahir bin Alias.
www.penangphilharmonic.org/
www.facebook.com/ppjazz?ref=br_rs
Angelika Niescier Trio
Angelika Niescier “NOW” Trio’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By Goethe Institute.
Saxophonist Angelika Niescier has long been one of the more exciting figures in the German jazz scene. Armed with a virtuosic technique, Angelika is an exceptional musician with an incredibly versatile and agile sound – lively, exuberant and inventive, Angelika composes for film, theater, big band, ballet and orchestras.
She has toured many countries and received numerous scholarships and awards such as the North Rhine-Westphalia “Prize For Young Artists” and the Germany ECHO music prize in 2010.
Teaming up with two musicians from Italy’s highly experimental music landscape – Angelika released the album ‘NOW’. It was a dream combination for her, as the album is a musical experience from one moment joyfully sailing through a sea of odd metres, then soaring towards the sun on the wings of a melody. Joining Angelika on stage is Stefano Senni on double bass and Manfred Becker on accordion.
www.angelika-niescier.de/
www.facebook.com/angelika.niescier
Near East Quartet
The NEQ (Near East Quartet) is a music group founded in 2010 by saxophonist Sungjae Son, guitarist SuwukChung, bassist Soonyong Lee and percussionist Dongone Kim, 4 musicians in Korean traditional music and contemporary jazz scenes who had been looking for a way of cross-genre collaboration over years.
Yulhee Kim - Vocal
The group vigorously kicked off regular activities and released their first album “Chaosmos” in the same year and have developed their sound beyond conventional measures by experimenting and expressing their own music, breaking a boundary between jazz and traditional music to suggest stylistic diversity by creating new atmospheres and unique textures in their music.
Suwuk Chung - Guitar
A new edition of NEQ 2015 consisting of young drummer Sanghyeon Park, folk vocalist Yulhee Kim with two of the founding members, saxophonist Sungjae Son and guitarist Suwuk Chung carries on with the group’s vision of creating fresh experiences and interesting interpretations of contemporary jazz and traditional Korean music.
Sungjae Son - Saxophone
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Tobias Preisig
Tobias Preisig Quartet’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By Fondation Suisa and Pro Helvetia.
Born in Zürich Switzerland, Tobias has music in his roots – his father played the accordion, his grandfather was a multi-instrumentalist and Preisig took up the violin. He was the first violinist to study jazz at the University of the Arts in Bern and began winning awards.
In 1999 he represented the Swiss Jazz School at the IASJ (International Association of Schools of Jazz) in Paris and later that year left Switzerland to complete a BA (Hons) degree with the jazz department of the New School in New York. On returning to Switzerland, Preisig toured with the European Youth Jazz Orchestra and in order to deepen his knowledge of music and his instrument, he embarked on a Masters in classical violin at Zurich University of the Arts, receiving the Appenzell Cultural Conveyor prize for a solo violin project.
Since then he has constantly toured and recorded. In 2010, Tobias released Flowing Mood, the debut of his quartet and followed it with a tour at European jazz festivals. In 2012, the quartet released their second album In Transit followed by their third album “Drifting” in 2014. Performing with Tobias are Stefan Aeby (Piano), André Pousaz (Bass) and Michael Stulz(Drums).
www.tobiaspreisig.com/
twitter.com/tobiaspreisig
www.facebook.com/TobiasPreisigMusic
Makiko Hirabayashi Trio ft Marilyn Mazur & Klavs Hovman
Makiko Hirabayashi Trio featuring Marilyn Mazur and Klavs Hovman’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By The Embassy of Denmark, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Danish Arts Foundation, DJBFA, Jazz Denmark, DMF and Danish Jazz Experience.
Since the release of their first album – “Makiko” in 2006, Makiko Hirabayashi Trio has received wide critical acclaim as a personal voice on the international jazz scene.
The trio is known for their vibrant interplay and originality in their compositions.
Born in Tokyo, educated in Boston and now living in Copenhagen, Makiko is a cosmopolitan spirit. Collaboration with the world famous percussionist and drummer Marilyn Mazur (who has toured and performed with Miles Davis Group, including Jan Garbarek and Wayne Shorter amongst many others) and bassist Klavs Hovman has led to appearances at many major jazz festivals and venues in Europe and Japan and the releasing of 3 albums with their second album – “Hide And Seek” being a double prize winner for both composition and sound, in Jazz Critique Magazine, Japan.
Makiko’s music reflects her multicultural background, where elements of jazz, classical music, Far Eastern sounds and Nordic moods are all incorporated into an original and engaging idiom of her own.
makiko.dk/
www.facebook.com/MakikoHirabayashiMusic
CaboCubaJazz
CaboCubajazz’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By Fonds Podium Kunsten NL.
In an inimitable way, CaboCubaJazz blends the melancholy of the morna (Cape Verdean blues), the joyful dance of the (also Cape Verdean) coladera with a generous portion of sweeping Cuban rumba, salsa and jazz – the result: 100%
CaboCubaJazz.
Both the listener and the dancer are taken on a journey where desire, passion, subtlety and musical fire alternate. Their debut album Rikeza y Valor received enthusiastic response worldwide when it was released in 2012 and was elected ‘Best World Music CD’ by Dutch journalists, selected in four categories for the Latin Grammy and was nominated four times at the Cabo Verde Music Awards 2012.
Members of the band consist of leader Nils Fischer on percussion, Carlos Matos on piano, Dina Medina on vocals, Yerman Aponte on bass, Armando Vidal on drums, Alberto Caicedo on vocals, Joe Rivera on trumpets and Juanga
La kunza on trombone.
www.cabocubajazz.com/
www.facebook.com/CABOCUBAJAZZ
Jazz By The Beach (Main Stage) Sunday, 6th December, 2015
Derek Brown
Derek Brown’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By P. Mauriat, JodyJazz and Legere.
Crossing genres from jazz to funk, saxophone innovator Derek Brown’s unique playing style, uses creative, new “beatbox-like” techniques, has wowed audiences across the globe.
Previously the director of Jazz Studies at Abilene Christian University for the last six years, Derek now lives and performs in Chicago, USA, playing in various bands and projects around the area and throughout the world.
His recent BEATBoX SAX music videos and weekly tutorials on YouTube have been very popular among saxophonists and music lovers alike, leading to endorsements with Legere reeds, JodyJazzmouthpieces, and P. Mauriat saxophones.
www.derekbrownsax.com/
twitter.com/derekbrownsax
www.facebook.com/derekbrownsaxophone?ref=br_rs
Anne Paceo Yokai
Anne Paceo “Yôkai”’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By The Alliance Francaise de Penang.
Anne Paceo started playing the drums when she was 9. Born in 1984, she took her first steps in jazz at the age of 12 at the Children for Jazz festival in Barcelonnette where she took part in the master classes of Dianne Reeves, Kenny Garrett and Ravi Coltrane and later in 2005, she entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and graduated with “mention très bien”.
From the age of 17, Anne has performed in more than 38 different countries to date, either as leader of her own bands ”triphase” and “Yôkai”or as a sidewoman with musicians such as Rhoda Scott, Michel Legrand, Rick Margitza, Houston Person, China Moses, Henri Texier, Andy Sheppard, Christian Escoudé, Yaron Herman, Dan Tepfer, Melissa Laveaux, Norrbotten Big Band, European Jazz Orchestra, etc.
She has released 3 albums as a leader on laborierecords and has received many awards, including “Victoire du Jazz, révélation instrumentale” and “Django d’Or” in the “young talent” category amongst others. Saxophonist Antonin Tri-Hoang, Bass player Joan Eche-Puig and guitarist Pierre Perchaud completes her line-up.
www.annepaceo.com/
twitter.com/AnnePaceo
www.facebook.com/Anne-Paceo-140577729320038/?ref=br_rs
Nina And The Butterfly Fish
Nina and The Butterfly Fish’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By The Royal Norwegian Embassy and Jazz Norsk Jazzforum.
The band gets its name from a real creature – but a real creature that Nina Linge had invented and painted long before she ever learned of its actual existence. Composer/guitarist/singer Nina and bassist Dan Sunland met at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory where their shared enthusiasms were encouraged and given space to grow and 2 years down the line, a chance encounter with Hans HulbÆkmo completed the group.
Seriously playful and playfully serious, Nina and the Butterfly Fish craft songs as if from Lego bricks with the instructions thrown away: brightly coloured, surprisingly shaped, adventurous and fragile – but locking together perfectly at every turn. It’s complex and surprising – but always accessible, bright, welcoming and, above all, fun.
ninaandthebutterflyfish.com/
www.facebook.com/ninaandthebutterflyfish
Dos Orientales
Dos Orientales’ Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By The Japan Foundation.
A chance meeting between Japanese percussionist Tomohiro Yahiro and Uruguayan piano/keyboard/accordion player Hugo Fattoruso in 1985 led to a unique combination that saw them playing together for the first time in Japan in 1995. In 2007, they had their first tour in Japan as “Dos Orientales” and subsequently recording two albums which won best album awards in the ‘Premios Graffiti’ (Uruguay) category Jazz version in 2012 and 2014.
Individually, Tomohiro and Hugo have had long musical histories on touring and recording, Hugo with bands and musicians such as OPA, Milton Nascimento, Djavan, Chico Buarque, Rey Tambor and Tomohiro with YosukeYamashita,
Shigeharu Mukai, Kazumi Watanabe, Kazutoki Umezu, Lisa Ono,
Minako Yoshida, Masashi Sada, and many others.
www.sadhu.com.uy/
twitter.com/dosorientales
www.facebook.com/dosorientalesdocumental
Julia Biel
Julia Biel’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By The British Council.
Self-taught singer and songwriter, pianist and guitarist with a sharp perspective on life and love, a voice as electrifying as it is hypnotic, and a fondness for pop song structures as much as for jazz harmony, Julia Biel, who has been tipped as ‘the best British vocalist to emerge in an age’ by THE INDEPENDENT, inhabits distinctive musical territory combining the raw emotional power of her old-school-jazz-sounding vocal with backdrops that include elements of 1960s psychedelia, electronica-imbued acoustics, driving electric guitars and epic, cinematic arrangements.
A former Perrier Jazz Vocalist of the Year winner, Julia’s credits also include a nomination in the ‘Rising Star’ category of the BBC Jazz Awards, a MOBO nomination and an Urban Music Award nomination. She released her debut album “Not Alone” in 2005 followed by her second album “Love Letters and Other Missiles” in 2015. Julia is joined by Edward Hick on drums and Ben Hazleton on bass.
www.juliabiel.com/
twitter.com/juliabiel
www.facebook.com/juliabielmusic/
12th PIJF "Jazz By The Beach" Main Stage Programme:
Penang Philharmonic Big Band
Angelika Niescier NOW
Near East Quartet
Tobias Preisig Quartet
Makiko Hirabayashi Trio ft Marilyn Mazur & Klavs Hovman
CaboCubaJazz
Derek Brown
Anne Paceo Yokai
Nina and The Butterfly Fish
Dos Orientales
Julia Biel
Supporting Activities:
PIJF Jazz Gallery
PIJF Opening Concert
Creative Malaysia 2015
Penang Musical Heritage Talk
Music Heritage Session & Friday Night Jazz Jam
Sunrise @ TSG
Workshops
Going Beyond, The Island Music Forum 2015
Opening Concert:
"An Acoustic Evening"
6.00pm – 8.00pm, Thursday 3rd December, 2015 @ 23 Love Lane
Located in the historic setting of Georgetown, this year’s festival opens with an acoustic concert at 23 Love Lane featuring Liyana Fizi with Darrin Rozells and members of Penang’s Fingerstyle Guitar Hub – Sheila Julis, Victor Ng, Brian Gan and Brent Chong
Liyana Fizi
twitter.com/liyanafizi
www.facebook.com/Liyana-Fizi-130375171148/
Darrin Rozells
Liyana Fizi plays stripped back acoustic tunes tinged with a mix of pop, folky and jazzy accents. The singer/songwriter, who has performed in a number of local and international festivals, started her musical journey as one of the founding members of Malaysian indie-pop band Estrella. Everyday musings and inward thoughts are the main elements of her music, using simplicity as the main staple.
Sharing the stage with her as a first-time-pairing on a couple of songs is Penang born self-taught guitarist, Darrin Rozells, who at the age of 10 picked up the guitar and made music his career playing with groups in venues and events all over Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Pulau Langkawi.
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hub
Brent Chong
Brian Gan
Sheila Julis
Victor Ng
Formed by a community of guitar players in Penang who share a common interest in fingerstyle guitar music performance, appreciation and education who occasionally come together to organise events to cultivate an awareness and promote this style of playing to the masses. Members of the Hub that will be performing are Victor Ng, who took up classical guitar lessons at the age of 17 but switched his style of playing after being influenced by a roommate who introduced him to fingerstyle playing.
Brian Gan’s first instrument was the piano (not his instrument of choice) which he gave up after 8 years and out of curiosity, he picked up his father’s guitar and started strumming which then led him on a “new” musical journey and has never looked back. Influenced by fingerstyle greats, Brent Chong started playing and exploring techniques on the guitar and is currently giving lessons. A self-taught guitarist, Sheila Julis is one of the few female (if not the only) fingerstyle players in the country and was recently programmed in the Malaysia International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 2015 alongside highly acclaimed international artistes.
Sunrise @ Tropical Spice Garden
7.00am – 10.00am, Saturday, 5th December, 2015
Enjoy the unique experience of music amongst the trees atop a hill as the sunrises in the award winning Tropical Spice Garden with music provided by Penang Philharmonic String Quartet, FuNkCoustics and a collaboration performance by Dos Orientales with members of Penang Philharmonic Big Band.
Penang Philharmonic String Quartet
The Penang philharmonic Quartet (also known as the PYLY Quartet) was formed by a group of friends with mutual musical interests in 2014 and made their debut performance at the end of that same year. Members of the quartet – Tann Soon Pin, Ng Choon Yen, Lynn Khoo and Pung Xin Yao have had years of musical experience and are part of the Penang Philharmonic Orchestra.
www.penangphilharmonic.org/
www.facebook.com/PenangPhilharmonicOrchestra/
FuNkCoustics
Hailing from the island of Penang, FuNkCoustics is an acoustic duo comprising of Darrin Rozells and Alvin Chong. Coming from a musical background where his parents were both involved in the music scene, Darrin picked up the guitar at a young age and without formal lessons, experimented and developed his fingerstyle playing rapidly. 2012 saw Darrin teaming up with Alvin, a vocalist with a raspy yet smooth soulful voice with the aspiration of being a recording artist. This combination saw long hours on rearranging songs to creating their own sound which led to them performing in many venues and events all over the island and other parts of Malaysia.
www.facebook.com/funkcoustics/
Dos Orientales with members of the Penang Philharmonic Big Band
Dos Orientales (2) A PIJF initiated project with support from the Japan Foundation – a first time collaboration between local and international musicians is being presented in the festival.
A musical improvisational experience influenced by the occasion and the environment.
Get your Tickets for the "Jazz By The Beach" stage on the 5th & 6th of December! Online at www.ticketpro.com.my/jnp/concert/1673403-PIJF-2015.html
Also available in Penang at Evolution Music House in Gurney Plaza, Gerak Budaya Bookshop and Tropical Spice Garden.
Admission: RM 12.00 (inclusive of one complimentary breakfast snack)
Ticket sales: +604 8811797
Workshops
Saturday, 5th December, 2015
9.15am – 10.15am @ Tropical Spice Garden
Candombe and other South American Rhythms” by Dos Orientales
A Talk and demonstration of South American Rhythms and the Uruguayan Tambores drums.
To solo or not to solo in jazz today” By Tobias Preisig Quartet
Why do jazz musicians play solos? What does it contribute to the music? Why is it called soloing when 95% of the time the soloist are playing with a band and not alone? A discussion on soloing in traditional ways versus a strong group sound.
10.15am – 11.15am @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Improvisation and being in the moment” By Makiko Hirabayashi Trio
Talk and demonstration on improvising and being in the (musical) moment during a performance.
12.00pm – 1.00pm @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Soundpainting: The Art of Live Composition” By Angelika Niescier Trio
Talk and demonstration on a musical creation method with any musician with any instrument on any level, even dancers and voices can participate to learn about improvisation and having fun in a public performance
1.45pm – 3.45pm @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Admission: FREE
Sunday, 6th December, 2015
The V Drums – an Introduction” By Roland Asia Pacific”
An introduction into the uses and capabilities of the electronic drums
10.15am – 11.15am @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
The process from idea to playable material” By Nina and The Butterfly Fish
A talk and demonstration on music making. From the process from an idea to composing to arranging to playable material.
11.15am – 12.15pm @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
"BEATBoX SAX” By Derek Brown
Derek discusses and demonstrates many of the various extended techniques he uses in his unique saxophone style – from tradition techniques like slap tonguing, double tonguing, and multiphonics; as well as newer techniques (some of which he invented or helped refine) like tongue ramming, record “scratching” sounds, pitchless pops, high-hat clicks, etc. always stressing on the idea of self-exploration and innovation on any instrument, while discussing and displaying the vast sonic possibilities of the saxophone.
1.00pm – 2.00pm @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
"Concert & Workshop” By CaboCubaJazz
A Concert presentation and performance on the fusion of Cuban rumba, salsa and jazz with Cape Verde musical styles of morna and coladera.
2.00pm – 3.00pm @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Admission: FREE
Creative Malaysia 2015
3.00pm – 5.00pm, Friday - Sunday, 4th - 6th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort & Hard Rock Hotel
The Creative Malaysia programme showcases selected local musical talents in a variety of musical styles on Fringe stages in the lobbies of Bayview Beach Resort & Hard Rock Hotel Penang.
Black Rose
Black Rose, a piano-vocal duo formed by two talented students, Charleen Suzanne John and Lyanne Low who are currently pursuing their Foundation in Music at the International College of Music, Kuala Lumpur.
The duo performs their own rearrangements of covers from a variety of musical styles from pop, jazz and soul. Black Rose’s appearance at the 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival is supported by the International College of Music (ICOM).
Clarence Kang
A multi-talented boy with several skills, Clarence possesses a natural gift and uncanny ability for music. At a young age, he could already transcribed, improvise and compose using his unique own methods without any formal music lessons. Complex structures and rhythmic patterns are not an obstacle to him as he seems to play the piano by sound orientation and memory, using the score as a guide and interpreting the music the way he wants it to go in whatever key he wishes to play it in.
Clarence, who took up formal music lessons only 3 years ago recently received the Guildhall /Trinity (London) piano examination’ Advance Certificate (which a regular piano student takes 10 years to achieve) suffers from ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) and Autism. His talent in music is truly amazing and he has been involved in many performances including Asia’s Got Talent and more recently with the RTM Orchestra. Clarence Kang’s appearance at the 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival is supported by CASIO.
www.clarencekang.webs.com/
www.facebook.com/Clarence-Kang-Autistic-Savant-Pianist--122431951182473/
Daniel C
Penang born singer / songwriter Daniel C started music at a young age. A self taught guitarist (progressing from the electone), he recently released his debut album of original compositions, “If I Could”, with the title track of the album making it into the Malaysian English Top 10 charts.
Known for his solo acts, Daniel, whose music is more in the vein of the country/folk style with his soulful voice, has also collaborated and performed with a number of individuals and bands.
FusioProject
Formed by a group of friends studying at the National Academy of Arts, Culture and Heritage (ASWARA) in early 2015.
The FusioProject consisting of Gideon Yogan on bass, Muhammad Nazrin on electric guitar, Mohamed Raof on piano and Joshua Joel Bani on drums are four independent music professionals with an incredible music chemistry as a group. Their extensive repertoire from different genres of music comes from each member’s contribution through classical, traditional and modern music influences and background.
Jumero
Initially formed to take part in the R.AGE open mic competition in 2012, (which they won) the band has since then gone on to perform in multiple venues, events and festivals.
Members of Jumero are lead vocalist and guitarist Jared Lim, bassist and back-up vocalist Michael Lim, and drummer/percussionist and back-up vocalist Ryan Gomes. The trio, who write their own songs and add a personal touch to rearrangements of covers, recently released their debut album “stepping stones” in August 2015.
twitter.com/Jumero_official
www.facebook.com/JumeroMusic/
Kamal & Rajesh
An unlikely collaboration between two friends, a Cardiologist and a Lawyer – Kamal and Rajesh were brought together by a passion for music.
Dr. Rajesh Shah, a multi-instrumentalist, who played with various bands during his university days in Singapore and Kamal, a lawyer turned housewife who discovered her talent in singing (and enjoying a string of successes in local singing competitions) teamed up in 2013 and have since then performed in various events delivering their own creative arrangements of various musical genres.
Northern Jazz Unit (NJU)
Northern Jazz Unit was formed in late 2011. Comprising of Jerome Quah on piano, Chris Lee on bass, Cain James Peterson on drums and Viv Adram on vocals with session horn players sitting in on occasions, NJU plays a wide repertoire of musical styles ranging from swing, latin, contemporary jazz and a little bit of funk. The “unit” has since their formation performed regularly in many venues and events all over Penang, Kedah and Kuala Lumpur.
www.facebook.com/NorthernJazzUnit
Prathaz
Starting off as a vocalist in KK ‘s underground music scene in 2005 with Goyang72, Vocalist Kamal gradually moved on to performing with the Morbius band in 2007 with a repertoire ranging from reggae, blues, rock & roll and even heave metal. Jazz eventually became a part of Kamal’s music career in 2010 when he joined Prathaz. Other members of the band are Simon Robert (keyboard/guitar), Timothy Tang (bass) and Kevin Coma (drums). Prathaz’s appearance at the 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival is supported by KK Jazz Festival.
Stellar Daze
Formed in February 2015, Stellar Daze are pianist Lim Yuin Shing (a classical piano teacher) and vocalist Elyssa Tan Ngerong (a co – coordinator for the Voices of Penang) that share a passion in the joy of making music.
The duo who have performed in a number of venues and events all over the island delivers a wide variety of tunes from the golden jazz era to today’s indie and contemporary music in their own unique style.
Admission: FREE
Going Beyond: The Island Music Forum 2015
In the 10th edition of the festival in 2013, the forum expanded from its normal one session and adopted the title of “Going Beyond” with presentations, talks and discussions on topics related to happenings and goings-on in the universal music industry which have received much positive feedback from attendees and the series continue…..
This year’s topics touch on the influences and effects that are shaping the evolution of music in Europe, provide a look into the programming of musical styles for international jazz festivals and the types and forms of music grants and funding that are available and the application process.
Forum Panel Members
Atsuko Yashima
Executive Producer – Tokyo Jazz Festival, NHK Enterprises Inc.
Atsuko’s involvement in music began during her student years at Waseda University, where she joined the students’ jazz club as an extracurricular activity whilst pursuing a major in international politics. She is an executive producer at NHK Enterprises, an affiliated company of Japan’s public broadcaster who are the organisers of Japan’s largest jazz festival – the Tokyo Jazz festival of which she has been serving as the Producer since it started in 2002.
Creating international events to enhance international exchange through music and culture was Atsuko’s focus when she joined NHK in 1998. Besides Tokyo Jazz Festival, she has been engaged in many other events such as the Japan-Korea Friendship Concert, Japan-China Pops Concert, Festival France Glamour, Marche de Noel de Strasbourg in Tokyo, and one of her focal projects was supporting the recovery of the Tohoku after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 through music which she worked with jazz pianist Bob James who composed a special song, “Put Our Hearts Together” that was made into a documentary and broadcasted internationally by NHK. In 2014, Atsuko produced the “Music for Tomorrow Concert – Benefit Concert to support Tohoku“ in 3 cities world-wide: Strasbourg, New York and New Orleans.
www.facebook.com/atsuko.yashima
Piotr Turkiewicz
Artistic Director – Jazztopad Festival
Vice President of Europe Jazz Network
An educated cellist, Piotr has been the Artistic Director of one of the most important jazz festivals in Central Europe – the Jazztopad Festival, which presents unique conceived projects, since his appointment in 2008. He is also the Head of International Development and Programming of the National Forum of Music – one of the most prestigious concert halls in Europe, which had its grand opening in September 2015 in Wroclaw, Poland.
Piotr, who is a board member of the International Society for the Performing Arts since 2012, graduated in English Philology as well as in Journalism from the University of Wrocław and has been invited as a speaker to numerous conferences including the International Society of Performing Arts Congress in Toronto and Bogota, ISPA seminar at The Juilliard School in New York, the Association of Asian Performing Arts Festivals conference in Shanghai and also represented Poland in the second edition of the Asia – Europe Young Urban Dialogue conference in Shanghai in 2010
www.facebook.com/piotr.turkiewicz.773?ref=br_rs
Martin Roen Hansen
Producer – Concerts, Danish Radio.
Martin holds a M.A. in Musicology and Business Communication and in addition to continuously producing and organizing concerts, recordings and events for Danish National Radio Big Band, he is also continuously consulting upcoming artists in their international careers and producing radio programmes.
A constant traveller, Martin has previously produced, supported or co-organized hundreds of concerts in Asia for Danish acts, as well hosting and producing Asian rock, jazz and indie acts in Denmark.
www.dr.dk
Joel Mills
Senior Specialist Adviser Music – British Council
Joel Mills has worked in the music sector for over 20 years with a background that straddles both the commercial and funded sector. She started out working in production for a world music dance club and in various festivals before landing a role as Programming and Venue Manager at The Spitz, East London music venue after which she freelanced across both the commercial and arts music sector for several years, combining a mixture of event, project, tour & artist management and consultancy services on a diverse range of shows from mainstream pop to jazz and folk.
Since joining British Council in 2009, she has been involved in a number of projects including Resound-the 75th Anniversary Concert, overseeing the British Council’s contribution to London 2012’s River of Music, Folk Nations-a project linking India and UK folk artists and organisations, as well as numerous showcases, collaborations and projects. She is currently inspired by working on cross art form collaborative projects, including a new Film and Music programme. Joel has also spent several months in South Africa as British Council’s Director of Arts, Subs Saharan Africa and is currently handling regional responsibilities of Sub Saharan Africa, East Asia and India.
www.facebook.com/joel.mills.169?ref=br_rs
Rolf Stehle
Director – Goethe Institut Malaysia
Rolf Stehle who holds an MA degree, studied German and English at the Universities of Tübingen, Leicester and Galway. After having worked as a university lecturer of German language and literature at the University of Limerick in Ireland, Rolf joined the Goethe-Institut, which is the official German cultural institute. His postings with the Goethe-Institut include Brazil, Slovakia and Germany. As an institute Director abroad, he has worked in Cincinnati, Beirut and Dublin and is currently the director of the Goethe-Institut Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.
Mio Yachita
Assistant Director, Head of Cultural Affairs Department – The Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur
After graduating with a M.A in Arts Administration from Tokyo University of the Arts (GEIDAI), Mio’s internship experience included being attached to NIL Research Institute Arts and Cultural Projects–a leading company for arts and culture research in Japan, as well as Toride Art Project-one of the longest established community art organization in Japan. She joined Japan Foundation in 2009 and was attached for 3 years to the public relations department where she launched Wochikochi web magazine while producing small events at Tokyo head office before her appointment as Assistant Director and Head of Cultural Affairs Department of the Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur in 2012.
Mio is currently in charge of overseeing arts and culture programs in Malaysia and her recent works include the first southeast Asian performance of Bunraku traditional puppet in Malaysia, Kyogen Performance of Nomura Mansai, International Butoh Conference with TARUC and she has also planned a number of community art research tours including Asahi Art Festival group, Tokyo Culture Creation Project and the Asian Arts Management Conference with focus on community arts.
www.facebook.com/mioyachita
Grey Yeoh (Moderator)
Grey Yeoh is the Head of Arts & Creative Industries at British Council in Malaysia. Outside of his day job, Grey is an arts and culture administrator, multimedia and visual designer who collaborates in socially-engaged art projects both online and for live performances.
He has co-curated and collaborated on a number of projects including the art-historical exhibition ‘12 Years’ and the ‘Emergency Festival’, as well on visual designs for several Malaysian theatre productions, including ‘Gostan Forward’, award-nominated ‘Wayang Fajar’ and most recently ‘Something I Wrote’ by the Five Arts Centre.
Grey, a guest lecturer at two institutions of higher learning in Kuala Lumpur, is the Executive Producer of ‘tenTenTEN’ – a two-year celebration of the 30th anniversary of Five Arts Centre and a member of ProPAU (Producers of Performing Arts Unite!). He is also a HAO Summit Singapore Fellow, an Asia Society Asia21 Young Leader, the Advance Cultural Leadership Programme Hong Kong Fellow and most recently the Atelier for Young Festival Managers GWANGJU alumnus.
Going Beyond 1
11.15am – 12.00pm, Saturday 5th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
New Sounds in an Old Market – “Is it Jazz?”
An outlook on the changes and introduction of music and musicians being programmed in jazz festivals.
Presenter: Piotr Turkiewicz
Panel members: Atsuko Yashima, Martin Roen moderated by Grey Yeoh
Going Beyond 2
1.00pm – 1.45pm, Saturday 5th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Grants, Funds and Collaborations – “How Does It Work?”
What types and forms of Art and Music grants and funds are available and how to apply for them?
Presenter: Joel Mills
Panel members: Mio Yachita, Rolf Stehle moderated by Grey Yeoh
Going Beyond 3
12.15am – 1.00pm, Sunday 6th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Evolving European Music Trends – “Influences and Effects”
Tracking through the ever changing music scene in Europe. What are the influences that inspire the trend and the effects that follow?
Presenter: Joel Mills
Panel members: Piotr Turkiewicz and Atsuko Yashima moderated by Grey Yeoh
Workshop
Penang Musical Heritage Talk
6.00pm – 7.30pm, Thursday, 4th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom Foyer. Admission: FREE
A Talk on the idea, concept and design of the book “Just For The Love Of It” Penang’s Popular Music 1930s – 1960s by James Lochhead, Adrian Cheah and Paul Augustin.
The Book:
“Just For The Love Of It” Penang’s Popular Music 1930s – 1960s was launched in April 2015.
A beautifully designed book, extensively illustrated with photographs and advertisements and other graphics ‘of the time’, full of fun and celebration. The pages of Just for the Love of It weave together the strands of the story of Penang’s popular music by locating the wonderful stories of the musicians and the bands within the context of Penang’s overall history.
The book highlights the diversity of communities that makes up Penang’s demographics and the different traditions they imported; the influence of political events including the impact of the British and the Japanese administrations and the first decade of Independence; the role of technology in defining and transmitting popular music, including radio, cinema, and TV; the role of the key venues at which popular music could be found, including religious, community and leisure sites; the way popular music worked across the different ethnic communities and the influence of different indigenous traditions like ronggeng, joget, bangsawan, boria, chinese opera, dondang sayang, and different Indian traditions; and the impact of commercialisation and consumerism, including the increasing globalisation of latest (Western) hits and the fashions and lifestyles that went with them.
It captures the many tensions and fusions that informed the years under consideration, and most of all celebrates the result of all the influences, the music and musicianship of Penang.
Music Heritage Session & Friday Night Jazz Jam @ Ballroom Bayview Beach Resort, Penang
Friday, 4th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
7.45pm – 9.00pm - Northern Jazz Unit ft Viv Adram, Nurul Rahman, Fred Cheah and friends!
Nurul Rahman
Fred Cheah (2)
Northern Jazz Unit (NJU)
9.15pm – 10.30pm - PIJF Friday Night Jazz Jam with CABOCUBAJAZZ!
Admission: FREE
PIJF Jazz Gallery
10.00am – 6.00pm, Thursday - Sunday, 3rd - 6th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom Foyer
The Visual Arts of Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Every summer since 1979, the Copenhagen Jazz Festival has been one of Europe’s most important international music events is held. Lasting 10 days, the festival envelops the Danish capital, offering a sumptuous musical feast to 250,000 guests. Enjoying live jazz on the city’s streets, in its clubs, cafés and concert halls, and at open-air night venues – all in the very heart of historical Copenhagen.
Since 1982, the Copenhagen Jazz Festival has selected a Danish artist to make the official festival poster, which over time has evolved to a series of collectibles. Festival posters, which are based on various art forms from painting and collage for photo and graphics has been widely recognized as independent works of art. This is primarily due to the artists belonging to the absolute elite in their field. Several of the festival posters have been printed in the year books of “Danish Art”.
Just For The Love Of It – Penang’s Popular Music 1930s – 1960s
An exhibition of posters reflecting the recently released “Just For The Love Of It” book that celebrates the musicians and bands who were a part of Penang’s heritage and highlights how music was integrally woven into Penang’s wider tapestry.
Vibrantly illustrated, beautifully designed, the book presents a fascinating story in a creative, lively, and utterly engaging style of a time long past of musicians, entertainment venues, dance crazes, advertisements, radio, cinema and television of Penang from the 1930s to 1960s.
Admission: FREE
Programme:
Saturday, 5th December, 2015
6.30pm – 7.10pm, Penang Philharmonic Big Band
7.20pm – 8.00pm, Angelika Niescier NOW
8.10pm – 8.50pm, Near East Quartet
9.00pm – 9.40pm, Tobias Preisig Quartet
9.50pm – 10.30pm, Makiko Hirabayashi Trio ft Marilyn Mazur & Klavs Hovman
10.40pm – 11.20pm, CaboCubaJazz
Sunday, 6th December, 2015
7.00pm – 7.40pm, Derek Brown
7.50pm – 8.30pm, Anne Paceo Yokai
8.40pm – 9.20pm, Nina and The Butterfly Fish
9.30pm – 10.10pm, Dos Orientales
10.20pm – 11.00pm, Julia Biel
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Ticketing Information:
Ticket Prices:
RM 85.00
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Phone: +603 20114725 / +6012 2967800 (Paul Augustin) / +6012 3565544 (Chin CY) / +6016 3607091 (Kevin Theseira)
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Malaysia’s longest running annual jazz festival, the Penang Island Jazz Festival will be celebrating its 12th edition from the 3rd to 6th December 2015.
Starting as a two day/one stage festival in 2004, the Penang Island Jazz Festival has over a period of eleven years, featured over 1,000 performers from more than 35 countries and has established itself to be one of the more highly anticipated and important musical festivals in the South East Asian Region!
The Penang Island Jazz Festival which is recognized internationally as “one of the better holiday jazz festivals” by its peers focuses on creating a musical experience for its audience with a number of musical activities held over a period of four days on five stages and a couple of rooms.
Besides its’ main outdoor “Jazz By The Beach” stage which features local and international performers, other musical activities include “An Acoustic Evening” session at 23 Love Lane, Workshops conducted by participating Artists, The Island Music Forums comprising of local and international panel members on a number of informative topics revolving around the theme of “Going Beyond”, A Jazz Gallery which will host the “The Visual Arts of Copenhagen Jazz Festival” and “Penang’s Popular Musical Heritage” poster and photograph exhibitions, The Creative Malaysia Fringe programme that focuses on local Malaysian acts, the unique Sunrise @ Tropical Spice Garden which starts at 7.00am on Saturday morning, A Talk and performance on the Musical Heritage of Penang’s Popular Music and the After Hours Jazz Jam held after the main stage performances that goes on till the wee hours of the morning.
Once again, the festival’s main stage programme features a wide variety of musical styles and among some of this year’s performers “Makiko Hirabayashi Trio” featuring internationally renowned Marilyn Mazur on drums/percussions and Klavs Hovman on bass, “CaboCubaJazz”, “Tobias Preisig Quartet”, “Dos Orientales”, “Angelika Niescier NOW Trio”, “Near East Quartet”, “Anne Paceo Yokai”, “Nina & The Butterfly Fish”, “Derek Brown BEATBoX SAX" and The “Penang Philharmonic Big Band”.
The Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is supported by Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBA), Penang Global Tourism Sdn. Bhd., British Council, Goethe Institut, Alliance Francaise de Penang, Malaysian German Society, Japan Foundation, Fonds Podium Kunsten, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Norwegian Jazz Forum, Pro Helvetia, Foundation Suisa, Embassy of Denmark, Danish Arts Foundation, Jazz Denmark, Danish Jazz Experience, Jody Jazz, P. Mauriat, Legere, Penang Philharmonic, KK Jazz Festival, International College of Music (ICOM), LBS Music World, Roland Asia Pacific, The Guitar Store, Casio EMI & Little Penang Street Market; with Venue Partners, Bayview Beach Resort, Hard Rock Hotel Penang, Tropical Spice Garden, 23 Love Lane and Laundry Bar; Media Partners Capital FM, Homegrown Productions, Smoothjazz.com, Rentak Sejuta, Lifestyle Asia.
The Penang Island Jazz Festival is organized and managed by: The Capricorn Connection
Line Up:
Jazz By The Beach (Main Stage) Saturday, 5th December, 2015
Penang Philharmonic Big Band
Penang Philharmonic Big Band’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By Penang Philharmonic.
The Board of Directors of Penang Philharmonic Orchestra took a bold step to diversify to other genres other than classical music in 2011 and that decision has paid dividends.
PP Big Band as the Jazz Band is known has developed since, starting with only a handful of jazz musicians to the present, with members comprising of students and working adults. Since its inception the Big Band has steadily gained recognition and has had many successful performances in venues around the island with the most popular and important monthly concerts being held in the home of PP at the Star Building along Pitt Street in the heritage enclave.
Members of The PP Big Band are Jerome Quah, Lim Yuin Shing, Lee Jun Ye, Cain James Peterson, Dirk Alan Reese, Lim Tett Hin, Wynn Ch’ng Way Sean, Lye Guang Quan, Teh Zhi Qi, Chuah Jer Win, Eleanor Poppy Saunders, Lim Jun Shen, Azreen Harlina Azizan, Mohdulfahmi bin Marzuki, Aiman Ikram bin Uyub, Jocelyn Chan Cheng Mun, Kevin Hong Khai Wen, Chung Kok Keong, Delvan Khor Swek Lieh, Muhammad Amirul bin Roslan, Samuel Timothy Teh Xuan and Mohamad Syahir bin Alias.
www.penangphilharmonic.org/
www.facebook.com/ppjazz?ref=br_rs
Angelika Niescier Trio
Angelika Niescier “NOW” Trio’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By Goethe Institute.
Saxophonist Angelika Niescier has long been one of the more exciting figures in the German jazz scene. Armed with a virtuosic technique, Angelika is an exceptional musician with an incredibly versatile and agile sound – lively, exuberant and inventive, Angelika composes for film, theater, big band, ballet and orchestras.
She has toured many countries and received numerous scholarships and awards such as the North Rhine-Westphalia “Prize For Young Artists” and the Germany ECHO music prize in 2010.
Teaming up with two musicians from Italy’s highly experimental music landscape – Angelika released the album ‘NOW’. It was a dream combination for her, as the album is a musical experience from one moment joyfully sailing through a sea of odd metres, then soaring towards the sun on the wings of a melody. Joining Angelika on stage is Stefano Senni on double bass and Manfred Becker on accordion.
www.angelika-niescier.de/
www.facebook.com/angelika.niescier
Near East Quartet
The NEQ (Near East Quartet) is a music group founded in 2010 by saxophonist Sungjae Son, guitarist SuwukChung, bassist Soonyong Lee and percussionist Dongone Kim, 4 musicians in Korean traditional music and contemporary jazz scenes who had been looking for a way of cross-genre collaboration over years.
Yulhee Kim - Vocal
The group vigorously kicked off regular activities and released their first album “Chaosmos” in the same year and have developed their sound beyond conventional measures by experimenting and expressing their own music, breaking a boundary between jazz and traditional music to suggest stylistic diversity by creating new atmospheres and unique textures in their music.
Suwuk Chung - Guitar
A new edition of NEQ 2015 consisting of young drummer Sanghyeon Park, folk vocalist Yulhee Kim with two of the founding members, saxophonist Sungjae Son and guitarist Suwuk Chung carries on with the group’s vision of creating fresh experiences and interesting interpretations of contemporary jazz and traditional Korean music.
Sungjae Son - Saxophone
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Tobias Preisig
Tobias Preisig Quartet’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By Fondation Suisa and Pro Helvetia.
Born in Zürich Switzerland, Tobias has music in his roots – his father played the accordion, his grandfather was a multi-instrumentalist and Preisig took up the violin. He was the first violinist to study jazz at the University of the Arts in Bern and began winning awards.
In 1999 he represented the Swiss Jazz School at the IASJ (International Association of Schools of Jazz) in Paris and later that year left Switzerland to complete a BA (Hons) degree with the jazz department of the New School in New York. On returning to Switzerland, Preisig toured with the European Youth Jazz Orchestra and in order to deepen his knowledge of music and his instrument, he embarked on a Masters in classical violin at Zurich University of the Arts, receiving the Appenzell Cultural Conveyor prize for a solo violin project.
Since then he has constantly toured and recorded. In 2010, Tobias released Flowing Mood, the debut of his quartet and followed it with a tour at European jazz festivals. In 2012, the quartet released their second album In Transit followed by their third album “Drifting” in 2014. Performing with Tobias are Stefan Aeby (Piano), André Pousaz (Bass) and Michael Stulz(Drums).
www.tobiaspreisig.com/
twitter.com/tobiaspreisig
www.facebook.com/TobiasPreisigMusic
Makiko Hirabayashi Trio ft Marilyn Mazur & Klavs Hovman
Makiko Hirabayashi Trio featuring Marilyn Mazur and Klavs Hovman’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By The Embassy of Denmark, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Danish Arts Foundation, DJBFA, Jazz Denmark, DMF and Danish Jazz Experience.
Since the release of their first album – “Makiko” in 2006, Makiko Hirabayashi Trio has received wide critical acclaim as a personal voice on the international jazz scene.
The trio is known for their vibrant interplay and originality in their compositions.
Born in Tokyo, educated in Boston and now living in Copenhagen, Makiko is a cosmopolitan spirit. Collaboration with the world famous percussionist and drummer Marilyn Mazur (who has toured and performed with Miles Davis Group, including Jan Garbarek and Wayne Shorter amongst many others) and bassist Klavs Hovman has led to appearances at many major jazz festivals and venues in Europe and Japan and the releasing of 3 albums with their second album – “Hide And Seek” being a double prize winner for both composition and sound, in Jazz Critique Magazine, Japan.
Makiko’s music reflects her multicultural background, where elements of jazz, classical music, Far Eastern sounds and Nordic moods are all incorporated into an original and engaging idiom of her own.
makiko.dk/
www.facebook.com/MakikoHirabayashiMusic
CaboCubaJazz
CaboCubajazz’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By Fonds Podium Kunsten NL.
In an inimitable way, CaboCubaJazz blends the melancholy of the morna (Cape Verdean blues), the joyful dance of the (also Cape Verdean) coladera with a generous portion of sweeping Cuban rumba, salsa and jazz – the result: 100%
CaboCubaJazz.
Both the listener and the dancer are taken on a journey where desire, passion, subtlety and musical fire alternate. Their debut album Rikeza y Valor received enthusiastic response worldwide when it was released in 2012 and was elected ‘Best World Music CD’ by Dutch journalists, selected in four categories for the Latin Grammy and was nominated four times at the Cabo Verde Music Awards 2012.
Members of the band consist of leader Nils Fischer on percussion, Carlos Matos on piano, Dina Medina on vocals, Yerman Aponte on bass, Armando Vidal on drums, Alberto Caicedo on vocals, Joe Rivera on trumpets and Juanga
La kunza on trombone.
www.cabocubajazz.com/
www.facebook.com/CABOCUBAJAZZ
Jazz By The Beach (Main Stage) Sunday, 6th December, 2015
Derek Brown
Derek Brown’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By P. Mauriat, JodyJazz and Legere.
Crossing genres from jazz to funk, saxophone innovator Derek Brown’s unique playing style, uses creative, new “beatbox-like” techniques, has wowed audiences across the globe.
Previously the director of Jazz Studies at Abilene Christian University for the last six years, Derek now lives and performs in Chicago, USA, playing in various bands and projects around the area and throughout the world.
His recent BEATBoX SAX music videos and weekly tutorials on YouTube have been very popular among saxophonists and music lovers alike, leading to endorsements with Legere reeds, JodyJazzmouthpieces, and P. Mauriat saxophones.
www.derekbrownsax.com/
twitter.com/derekbrownsax
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Anne Paceo Yokai
Anne Paceo “Yôkai”’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By The Alliance Francaise de Penang.
Anne Paceo started playing the drums when she was 9. Born in 1984, she took her first steps in jazz at the age of 12 at the Children for Jazz festival in Barcelonnette where she took part in the master classes of Dianne Reeves, Kenny Garrett and Ravi Coltrane and later in 2005, she entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and graduated with “mention très bien”.
From the age of 17, Anne has performed in more than 38 different countries to date, either as leader of her own bands ”triphase” and “Yôkai”or as a sidewoman with musicians such as Rhoda Scott, Michel Legrand, Rick Margitza, Houston Person, China Moses, Henri Texier, Andy Sheppard, Christian Escoudé, Yaron Herman, Dan Tepfer, Melissa Laveaux, Norrbotten Big Band, European Jazz Orchestra, etc.
She has released 3 albums as a leader on laborierecords and has received many awards, including “Victoire du Jazz, révélation instrumentale” and “Django d’Or” in the “young talent” category amongst others. Saxophonist Antonin Tri-Hoang, Bass player Joan Eche-Puig and guitarist Pierre Perchaud completes her line-up.
www.annepaceo.com/
twitter.com/AnnePaceo
www.facebook.com/Anne-Paceo-140577729320038/?ref=br_rs
Nina And The Butterfly Fish
Nina and The Butterfly Fish’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By The Royal Norwegian Embassy and Jazz Norsk Jazzforum.
The band gets its name from a real creature – but a real creature that Nina Linge had invented and painted long before she ever learned of its actual existence. Composer/guitarist/singer Nina and bassist Dan Sunland met at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory where their shared enthusiasms were encouraged and given space to grow and 2 years down the line, a chance encounter with Hans HulbÆkmo completed the group.
Seriously playful and playfully serious, Nina and the Butterfly Fish craft songs as if from Lego bricks with the instructions thrown away: brightly coloured, surprisingly shaped, adventurous and fragile – but locking together perfectly at every turn. It’s complex and surprising – but always accessible, bright, welcoming and, above all, fun.
ninaandthebutterflyfish.com/
www.facebook.com/ninaandthebutterflyfish
Dos Orientales
Dos Orientales’ Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By The Japan Foundation.
A chance meeting between Japanese percussionist Tomohiro Yahiro and Uruguayan piano/keyboard/accordion player Hugo Fattoruso in 1985 led to a unique combination that saw them playing together for the first time in Japan in 1995. In 2007, they had their first tour in Japan as “Dos Orientales” and subsequently recording two albums which won best album awards in the ‘Premios Graffiti’ (Uruguay) category Jazz version in 2012 and 2014.
Individually, Tomohiro and Hugo have had long musical histories on touring and recording, Hugo with bands and musicians such as OPA, Milton Nascimento, Djavan, Chico Buarque, Rey Tambor and Tomohiro with YosukeYamashita,
Shigeharu Mukai, Kazumi Watanabe, Kazutoki Umezu, Lisa Ono,
Minako Yoshida, Masashi Sada, and many others.
www.sadhu.com.uy/
twitter.com/dosorientales
www.facebook.com/dosorientalesdocumental
Julia Biel
Julia Biel’s Appearance at The 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival 2015 is Supported By The British Council.
Self-taught singer and songwriter, pianist and guitarist with a sharp perspective on life and love, a voice as electrifying as it is hypnotic, and a fondness for pop song structures as much as for jazz harmony, Julia Biel, who has been tipped as ‘the best British vocalist to emerge in an age’ by THE INDEPENDENT, inhabits distinctive musical territory combining the raw emotional power of her old-school-jazz-sounding vocal with backdrops that include elements of 1960s psychedelia, electronica-imbued acoustics, driving electric guitars and epic, cinematic arrangements.
A former Perrier Jazz Vocalist of the Year winner, Julia’s credits also include a nomination in the ‘Rising Star’ category of the BBC Jazz Awards, a MOBO nomination and an Urban Music Award nomination. She released her debut album “Not Alone” in 2005 followed by her second album “Love Letters and Other Missiles” in 2015. Julia is joined by Edward Hick on drums and Ben Hazleton on bass.
www.juliabiel.com/
twitter.com/juliabiel
www.facebook.com/juliabielmusic/
12th PIJF "Jazz By The Beach" Main Stage Programme:
Penang Philharmonic Big Band
Angelika Niescier NOW
Near East Quartet
Tobias Preisig Quartet
Makiko Hirabayashi Trio ft Marilyn Mazur & Klavs Hovman
CaboCubaJazz
Derek Brown
Anne Paceo Yokai
Nina and The Butterfly Fish
Dos Orientales
Julia Biel
Supporting Activities:
PIJF Jazz Gallery
PIJF Opening Concert
Creative Malaysia 2015
Penang Musical Heritage Talk
Music Heritage Session & Friday Night Jazz Jam
Sunrise @ TSG
Workshops
Going Beyond, The Island Music Forum 2015
Opening Concert:
"An Acoustic Evening"
6.00pm – 8.00pm, Thursday 3rd December, 2015 @ 23 Love Lane
Located in the historic setting of Georgetown, this year’s festival opens with an acoustic concert at 23 Love Lane featuring Liyana Fizi with Darrin Rozells and members of Penang’s Fingerstyle Guitar Hub – Sheila Julis, Victor Ng, Brian Gan and Brent Chong
Liyana Fizi
twitter.com/liyanafizi
www.facebook.com/Liyana-Fizi-130375171148/
Darrin Rozells
Liyana Fizi plays stripped back acoustic tunes tinged with a mix of pop, folky and jazzy accents. The singer/songwriter, who has performed in a number of local and international festivals, started her musical journey as one of the founding members of Malaysian indie-pop band Estrella. Everyday musings and inward thoughts are the main elements of her music, using simplicity as the main staple.
Sharing the stage with her as a first-time-pairing on a couple of songs is Penang born self-taught guitarist, Darrin Rozells, who at the age of 10 picked up the guitar and made music his career playing with groups in venues and events all over Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Pulau Langkawi.
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hub
Brent Chong
Brian Gan
Sheila Julis
Victor Ng
Formed by a community of guitar players in Penang who share a common interest in fingerstyle guitar music performance, appreciation and education who occasionally come together to organise events to cultivate an awareness and promote this style of playing to the masses. Members of the Hub that will be performing are Victor Ng, who took up classical guitar lessons at the age of 17 but switched his style of playing after being influenced by a roommate who introduced him to fingerstyle playing.
Brian Gan’s first instrument was the piano (not his instrument of choice) which he gave up after 8 years and out of curiosity, he picked up his father’s guitar and started strumming which then led him on a “new” musical journey and has never looked back. Influenced by fingerstyle greats, Brent Chong started playing and exploring techniques on the guitar and is currently giving lessons. A self-taught guitarist, Sheila Julis is one of the few female (if not the only) fingerstyle players in the country and was recently programmed in the Malaysia International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 2015 alongside highly acclaimed international artistes.
Sunrise @ Tropical Spice Garden
7.00am – 10.00am, Saturday, 5th December, 2015
Enjoy the unique experience of music amongst the trees atop a hill as the sunrises in the award winning Tropical Spice Garden with music provided by Penang Philharmonic String Quartet, FuNkCoustics and a collaboration performance by Dos Orientales with members of Penang Philharmonic Big Band.
Penang Philharmonic String Quartet
The Penang philharmonic Quartet (also known as the PYLY Quartet) was formed by a group of friends with mutual musical interests in 2014 and made their debut performance at the end of that same year. Members of the quartet – Tann Soon Pin, Ng Choon Yen, Lynn Khoo and Pung Xin Yao have had years of musical experience and are part of the Penang Philharmonic Orchestra.
www.penangphilharmonic.org/
www.facebook.com/PenangPhilharmonicOrchestra/
FuNkCoustics
Hailing from the island of Penang, FuNkCoustics is an acoustic duo comprising of Darrin Rozells and Alvin Chong. Coming from a musical background where his parents were both involved in the music scene, Darrin picked up the guitar at a young age and without formal lessons, experimented and developed his fingerstyle playing rapidly. 2012 saw Darrin teaming up with Alvin, a vocalist with a raspy yet smooth soulful voice with the aspiration of being a recording artist. This combination saw long hours on rearranging songs to creating their own sound which led to them performing in many venues and events all over the island and other parts of Malaysia.
www.facebook.com/funkcoustics/
Dos Orientales with members of the Penang Philharmonic Big Band
Dos Orientales (2) A PIJF initiated project with support from the Japan Foundation – a first time collaboration between local and international musicians is being presented in the festival.
A musical improvisational experience influenced by the occasion and the environment.
Get your Tickets for the "Jazz By The Beach" stage on the 5th & 6th of December! Online at www.ticketpro.com.my/jnp/concert/1673403-PIJF-2015.html
Also available in Penang at Evolution Music House in Gurney Plaza, Gerak Budaya Bookshop and Tropical Spice Garden.
Admission: RM 12.00 (inclusive of one complimentary breakfast snack)
Ticket sales: +604 8811797
Workshops
Saturday, 5th December, 2015
9.15am – 10.15am @ Tropical Spice Garden
Candombe and other South American Rhythms” by Dos Orientales
A Talk and demonstration of South American Rhythms and the Uruguayan Tambores drums.
To solo or not to solo in jazz today” By Tobias Preisig Quartet
Why do jazz musicians play solos? What does it contribute to the music? Why is it called soloing when 95% of the time the soloist are playing with a band and not alone? A discussion on soloing in traditional ways versus a strong group sound.
10.15am – 11.15am @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Improvisation and being in the moment” By Makiko Hirabayashi Trio
Talk and demonstration on improvising and being in the (musical) moment during a performance.
12.00pm – 1.00pm @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Soundpainting: The Art of Live Composition” By Angelika Niescier Trio
Talk and demonstration on a musical creation method with any musician with any instrument on any level, even dancers and voices can participate to learn about improvisation and having fun in a public performance
1.45pm – 3.45pm @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Admission: FREE
Sunday, 6th December, 2015
The V Drums – an Introduction” By Roland Asia Pacific”
An introduction into the uses and capabilities of the electronic drums
10.15am – 11.15am @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
The process from idea to playable material” By Nina and The Butterfly Fish
A talk and demonstration on music making. From the process from an idea to composing to arranging to playable material.
11.15am – 12.15pm @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
"BEATBoX SAX” By Derek Brown
Derek discusses and demonstrates many of the various extended techniques he uses in his unique saxophone style – from tradition techniques like slap tonguing, double tonguing, and multiphonics; as well as newer techniques (some of which he invented or helped refine) like tongue ramming, record “scratching” sounds, pitchless pops, high-hat clicks, etc. always stressing on the idea of self-exploration and innovation on any instrument, while discussing and displaying the vast sonic possibilities of the saxophone.
1.00pm – 2.00pm @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
"Concert & Workshop” By CaboCubaJazz
A Concert presentation and performance on the fusion of Cuban rumba, salsa and jazz with Cape Verde musical styles of morna and coladera.
2.00pm – 3.00pm @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Admission: FREE
Creative Malaysia 2015
3.00pm – 5.00pm, Friday - Sunday, 4th - 6th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort & Hard Rock Hotel
The Creative Malaysia programme showcases selected local musical talents in a variety of musical styles on Fringe stages in the lobbies of Bayview Beach Resort & Hard Rock Hotel Penang.
Black Rose
Black Rose, a piano-vocal duo formed by two talented students, Charleen Suzanne John and Lyanne Low who are currently pursuing their Foundation in Music at the International College of Music, Kuala Lumpur.
The duo performs their own rearrangements of covers from a variety of musical styles from pop, jazz and soul. Black Rose’s appearance at the 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival is supported by the International College of Music (ICOM).
Clarence Kang
A multi-talented boy with several skills, Clarence possesses a natural gift and uncanny ability for music. At a young age, he could already transcribed, improvise and compose using his unique own methods without any formal music lessons. Complex structures and rhythmic patterns are not an obstacle to him as he seems to play the piano by sound orientation and memory, using the score as a guide and interpreting the music the way he wants it to go in whatever key he wishes to play it in.
Clarence, who took up formal music lessons only 3 years ago recently received the Guildhall /Trinity (London) piano examination’ Advance Certificate (which a regular piano student takes 10 years to achieve) suffers from ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) and Autism. His talent in music is truly amazing and he has been involved in many performances including Asia’s Got Talent and more recently with the RTM Orchestra. Clarence Kang’s appearance at the 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival is supported by CASIO.
www.clarencekang.webs.com/
www.facebook.com/Clarence-Kang-Autistic-Savant-Pianist--122431951182473/
Daniel C
Penang born singer / songwriter Daniel C started music at a young age. A self taught guitarist (progressing from the electone), he recently released his debut album of original compositions, “If I Could”, with the title track of the album making it into the Malaysian English Top 10 charts.
Known for his solo acts, Daniel, whose music is more in the vein of the country/folk style with his soulful voice, has also collaborated and performed with a number of individuals and bands.
FusioProject
Formed by a group of friends studying at the National Academy of Arts, Culture and Heritage (ASWARA) in early 2015.
The FusioProject consisting of Gideon Yogan on bass, Muhammad Nazrin on electric guitar, Mohamed Raof on piano and Joshua Joel Bani on drums are four independent music professionals with an incredible music chemistry as a group. Their extensive repertoire from different genres of music comes from each member’s contribution through classical, traditional and modern music influences and background.
Jumero
Initially formed to take part in the R.AGE open mic competition in 2012, (which they won) the band has since then gone on to perform in multiple venues, events and festivals.
Members of Jumero are lead vocalist and guitarist Jared Lim, bassist and back-up vocalist Michael Lim, and drummer/percussionist and back-up vocalist Ryan Gomes. The trio, who write their own songs and add a personal touch to rearrangements of covers, recently released their debut album “stepping stones” in August 2015.
twitter.com/Jumero_official
www.facebook.com/JumeroMusic/
Kamal & Rajesh
An unlikely collaboration between two friends, a Cardiologist and a Lawyer – Kamal and Rajesh were brought together by a passion for music.
Dr. Rajesh Shah, a multi-instrumentalist, who played with various bands during his university days in Singapore and Kamal, a lawyer turned housewife who discovered her talent in singing (and enjoying a string of successes in local singing competitions) teamed up in 2013 and have since then performed in various events delivering their own creative arrangements of various musical genres.
Northern Jazz Unit (NJU)
Northern Jazz Unit was formed in late 2011. Comprising of Jerome Quah on piano, Chris Lee on bass, Cain James Peterson on drums and Viv Adram on vocals with session horn players sitting in on occasions, NJU plays a wide repertoire of musical styles ranging from swing, latin, contemporary jazz and a little bit of funk. The “unit” has since their formation performed regularly in many venues and events all over Penang, Kedah and Kuala Lumpur.
www.facebook.com/NorthernJazzUnit
Prathaz
Starting off as a vocalist in KK ‘s underground music scene in 2005 with Goyang72, Vocalist Kamal gradually moved on to performing with the Morbius band in 2007 with a repertoire ranging from reggae, blues, rock & roll and even heave metal. Jazz eventually became a part of Kamal’s music career in 2010 when he joined Prathaz. Other members of the band are Simon Robert (keyboard/guitar), Timothy Tang (bass) and Kevin Coma (drums). Prathaz’s appearance at the 12th Penang Island Jazz Festival is supported by KK Jazz Festival.
Stellar Daze
Formed in February 2015, Stellar Daze are pianist Lim Yuin Shing (a classical piano teacher) and vocalist Elyssa Tan Ngerong (a co – coordinator for the Voices of Penang) that share a passion in the joy of making music.
The duo who have performed in a number of venues and events all over the island delivers a wide variety of tunes from the golden jazz era to today’s indie and contemporary music in their own unique style.
Admission: FREE
Going Beyond: The Island Music Forum 2015
In the 10th edition of the festival in 2013, the forum expanded from its normal one session and adopted the title of “Going Beyond” with presentations, talks and discussions on topics related to happenings and goings-on in the universal music industry which have received much positive feedback from attendees and the series continue…..
This year’s topics touch on the influences and effects that are shaping the evolution of music in Europe, provide a look into the programming of musical styles for international jazz festivals and the types and forms of music grants and funding that are available and the application process.
Forum Panel Members
Atsuko Yashima
Executive Producer – Tokyo Jazz Festival, NHK Enterprises Inc.
Atsuko’s involvement in music began during her student years at Waseda University, where she joined the students’ jazz club as an extracurricular activity whilst pursuing a major in international politics. She is an executive producer at NHK Enterprises, an affiliated company of Japan’s public broadcaster who are the organisers of Japan’s largest jazz festival – the Tokyo Jazz festival of which she has been serving as the Producer since it started in 2002.
Creating international events to enhance international exchange through music and culture was Atsuko’s focus when she joined NHK in 1998. Besides Tokyo Jazz Festival, she has been engaged in many other events such as the Japan-Korea Friendship Concert, Japan-China Pops Concert, Festival France Glamour, Marche de Noel de Strasbourg in Tokyo, and one of her focal projects was supporting the recovery of the Tohoku after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 through music which she worked with jazz pianist Bob James who composed a special song, “Put Our Hearts Together” that was made into a documentary and broadcasted internationally by NHK. In 2014, Atsuko produced the “Music for Tomorrow Concert – Benefit Concert to support Tohoku“ in 3 cities world-wide: Strasbourg, New York and New Orleans.
www.facebook.com/atsuko.yashima
Piotr Turkiewicz
Artistic Director – Jazztopad Festival
Vice President of Europe Jazz Network
An educated cellist, Piotr has been the Artistic Director of one of the most important jazz festivals in Central Europe – the Jazztopad Festival, which presents unique conceived projects, since his appointment in 2008. He is also the Head of International Development and Programming of the National Forum of Music – one of the most prestigious concert halls in Europe, which had its grand opening in September 2015 in Wroclaw, Poland.
Piotr, who is a board member of the International Society for the Performing Arts since 2012, graduated in English Philology as well as in Journalism from the University of Wrocław and has been invited as a speaker to numerous conferences including the International Society of Performing Arts Congress in Toronto and Bogota, ISPA seminar at The Juilliard School in New York, the Association of Asian Performing Arts Festivals conference in Shanghai and also represented Poland in the second edition of the Asia – Europe Young Urban Dialogue conference in Shanghai in 2010
www.facebook.com/piotr.turkiewicz.773?ref=br_rs
Martin Roen Hansen
Producer – Concerts, Danish Radio.
Martin holds a M.A. in Musicology and Business Communication and in addition to continuously producing and organizing concerts, recordings and events for Danish National Radio Big Band, he is also continuously consulting upcoming artists in their international careers and producing radio programmes.
A constant traveller, Martin has previously produced, supported or co-organized hundreds of concerts in Asia for Danish acts, as well hosting and producing Asian rock, jazz and indie acts in Denmark.
www.dr.dk
Joel Mills
Senior Specialist Adviser Music – British Council
Joel Mills has worked in the music sector for over 20 years with a background that straddles both the commercial and funded sector. She started out working in production for a world music dance club and in various festivals before landing a role as Programming and Venue Manager at The Spitz, East London music venue after which she freelanced across both the commercial and arts music sector for several years, combining a mixture of event, project, tour & artist management and consultancy services on a diverse range of shows from mainstream pop to jazz and folk.
Since joining British Council in 2009, she has been involved in a number of projects including Resound-the 75th Anniversary Concert, overseeing the British Council’s contribution to London 2012’s River of Music, Folk Nations-a project linking India and UK folk artists and organisations, as well as numerous showcases, collaborations and projects. She is currently inspired by working on cross art form collaborative projects, including a new Film and Music programme. Joel has also spent several months in South Africa as British Council’s Director of Arts, Subs Saharan Africa and is currently handling regional responsibilities of Sub Saharan Africa, East Asia and India.
www.facebook.com/joel.mills.169?ref=br_rs
Rolf Stehle
Director – Goethe Institut Malaysia
Rolf Stehle who holds an MA degree, studied German and English at the Universities of Tübingen, Leicester and Galway. After having worked as a university lecturer of German language and literature at the University of Limerick in Ireland, Rolf joined the Goethe-Institut, which is the official German cultural institute. His postings with the Goethe-Institut include Brazil, Slovakia and Germany. As an institute Director abroad, he has worked in Cincinnati, Beirut and Dublin and is currently the director of the Goethe-Institut Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.
Mio Yachita
Assistant Director, Head of Cultural Affairs Department – The Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur
After graduating with a M.A in Arts Administration from Tokyo University of the Arts (GEIDAI), Mio’s internship experience included being attached to NIL Research Institute Arts and Cultural Projects–a leading company for arts and culture research in Japan, as well as Toride Art Project-one of the longest established community art organization in Japan. She joined Japan Foundation in 2009 and was attached for 3 years to the public relations department where she launched Wochikochi web magazine while producing small events at Tokyo head office before her appointment as Assistant Director and Head of Cultural Affairs Department of the Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur in 2012.
Mio is currently in charge of overseeing arts and culture programs in Malaysia and her recent works include the first southeast Asian performance of Bunraku traditional puppet in Malaysia, Kyogen Performance of Nomura Mansai, International Butoh Conference with TARUC and she has also planned a number of community art research tours including Asahi Art Festival group, Tokyo Culture Creation Project and the Asian Arts Management Conference with focus on community arts.
www.facebook.com/mioyachita
Grey Yeoh (Moderator)
Grey Yeoh is the Head of Arts & Creative Industries at British Council in Malaysia. Outside of his day job, Grey is an arts and culture administrator, multimedia and visual designer who collaborates in socially-engaged art projects both online and for live performances.
He has co-curated and collaborated on a number of projects including the art-historical exhibition ‘12 Years’ and the ‘Emergency Festival’, as well on visual designs for several Malaysian theatre productions, including ‘Gostan Forward’, award-nominated ‘Wayang Fajar’ and most recently ‘Something I Wrote’ by the Five Arts Centre.
Grey, a guest lecturer at two institutions of higher learning in Kuala Lumpur, is the Executive Producer of ‘tenTenTEN’ – a two-year celebration of the 30th anniversary of Five Arts Centre and a member of ProPAU (Producers of Performing Arts Unite!). He is also a HAO Summit Singapore Fellow, an Asia Society Asia21 Young Leader, the Advance Cultural Leadership Programme Hong Kong Fellow and most recently the Atelier for Young Festival Managers GWANGJU alumnus.
Going Beyond 1
11.15am – 12.00pm, Saturday 5th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
New Sounds in an Old Market – “Is it Jazz?”
An outlook on the changes and introduction of music and musicians being programmed in jazz festivals.
Presenter: Piotr Turkiewicz
Panel members: Atsuko Yashima, Martin Roen moderated by Grey Yeoh
Going Beyond 2
1.00pm – 1.45pm, Saturday 5th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Grants, Funds and Collaborations – “How Does It Work?”
What types and forms of Art and Music grants and funds are available and how to apply for them?
Presenter: Joel Mills
Panel members: Mio Yachita, Rolf Stehle moderated by Grey Yeoh
Going Beyond 3
12.15am – 1.00pm, Sunday 6th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
Evolving European Music Trends – “Influences and Effects”
Tracking through the ever changing music scene in Europe. What are the influences that inspire the trend and the effects that follow?
Presenter: Joel Mills
Panel members: Piotr Turkiewicz and Atsuko Yashima moderated by Grey Yeoh
Workshop
Penang Musical Heritage Talk
6.00pm – 7.30pm, Thursday, 4th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom Foyer. Admission: FREE
A Talk on the idea, concept and design of the book “Just For The Love Of It” Penang’s Popular Music 1930s – 1960s by James Lochhead, Adrian Cheah and Paul Augustin.
The Book:
“Just For The Love Of It” Penang’s Popular Music 1930s – 1960s was launched in April 2015.
A beautifully designed book, extensively illustrated with photographs and advertisements and other graphics ‘of the time’, full of fun and celebration. The pages of Just for the Love of It weave together the strands of the story of Penang’s popular music by locating the wonderful stories of the musicians and the bands within the context of Penang’s overall history.
The book highlights the diversity of communities that makes up Penang’s demographics and the different traditions they imported; the influence of political events including the impact of the British and the Japanese administrations and the first decade of Independence; the role of technology in defining and transmitting popular music, including radio, cinema, and TV; the role of the key venues at which popular music could be found, including religious, community and leisure sites; the way popular music worked across the different ethnic communities and the influence of different indigenous traditions like ronggeng, joget, bangsawan, boria, chinese opera, dondang sayang, and different Indian traditions; and the impact of commercialisation and consumerism, including the increasing globalisation of latest (Western) hits and the fashions and lifestyles that went with them.
It captures the many tensions and fusions that informed the years under consideration, and most of all celebrates the result of all the influences, the music and musicianship of Penang.
Music Heritage Session & Friday Night Jazz Jam @ Ballroom Bayview Beach Resort, Penang
Friday, 4th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom
7.45pm – 9.00pm - Northern Jazz Unit ft Viv Adram, Nurul Rahman, Fred Cheah and friends!
Nurul Rahman
Fred Cheah (2)
Northern Jazz Unit (NJU)
9.15pm – 10.30pm - PIJF Friday Night Jazz Jam with CABOCUBAJAZZ!
Admission: FREE
PIJF Jazz Gallery
10.00am – 6.00pm, Thursday - Sunday, 3rd - 6th December, 2015 @ Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom Foyer
The Visual Arts of Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Every summer since 1979, the Copenhagen Jazz Festival has been one of Europe’s most important international music events is held. Lasting 10 days, the festival envelops the Danish capital, offering a sumptuous musical feast to 250,000 guests. Enjoying live jazz on the city’s streets, in its clubs, cafés and concert halls, and at open-air night venues – all in the very heart of historical Copenhagen.
Since 1982, the Copenhagen Jazz Festival has selected a Danish artist to make the official festival poster, which over time has evolved to a series of collectibles. Festival posters, which are based on various art forms from painting and collage for photo and graphics has been widely recognized as independent works of art. This is primarily due to the artists belonging to the absolute elite in their field. Several of the festival posters have been printed in the year books of “Danish Art”.
Just For The Love Of It – Penang’s Popular Music 1930s – 1960s
An exhibition of posters reflecting the recently released “Just For The Love Of It” book that celebrates the musicians and bands who were a part of Penang’s heritage and highlights how music was integrally woven into Penang’s wider tapestry.
Vibrantly illustrated, beautifully designed, the book presents a fascinating story in a creative, lively, and utterly engaging style of a time long past of musicians, entertainment venues, dance crazes, advertisements, radio, cinema and television of Penang from the 1930s to 1960s.
Admission: FREE
Programme:
Saturday, 5th December, 2015
6.30pm – 7.10pm, Penang Philharmonic Big Band
7.20pm – 8.00pm, Angelika Niescier NOW
8.10pm – 8.50pm, Near East Quartet
9.00pm – 9.40pm, Tobias Preisig Quartet
9.50pm – 10.30pm, Makiko Hirabayashi Trio ft Marilyn Mazur & Klavs Hovman
10.40pm – 11.20pm, CaboCubaJazz
Sunday, 6th December, 2015
7.00pm – 7.40pm, Derek Brown
7.50pm – 8.30pm, Anne Paceo Yokai
8.40pm – 9.20pm, Nina and The Butterfly Fish
9.30pm – 10.10pm, Dos Orientales
10.20pm – 11.00pm, Julia Biel
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Ticket Prices:
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