“While others were becoming doctors, engineers, chefs, or administrators, I chose to be an arts practitioner instead.”

While others were becoming doctors, engineers, chefs, or administrators, I chose to be an arts practitioner instead. Because – why not? The Performing arts can be a career choice; contrary to what many believe, and it CAN put food on the table.

I started as an alternative-folk singer-songwriter and sang for the choir ensemble ‘Young KL Singers’. 21 years later, I was promoted to Group Theatre Manager of the KL Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) and The Actors Studio, and now I’m the Group General Manager.

It’s been a long journey through the arts.

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Music fans in Malaysia, get ready for an unforgettable Valentine’s Day with Maksim Mrvica!

Music fans in Malaysia, get ready for an unforgettable Valentine’s Day with Maksim Mrvica!

Catch Maksim perform a one-night-only solo concert this Valentine’s Day as he brings The COLLECTION Tour to Plenary Hall, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) on 14 February at 8:00pm.


The virtuoso pianist, winner of MTV Music Awards and top prizes at prestigious international music competitions, will be playing the greatest hits of all time by Coldplay, John Legend and Queen, themes from movies like Godfather, Pirates of the Caribbean and Game of Thrones, as well as classical masterpieces by Liszt and Chopin along with the biggest pieces from his previous ten albums like Flight of the Bumblebee, Exodus and many more.

The Croatian-born pianist is one of the biggest selling classical crossover pianists in the world. Maksim showed early promise, finishing his education at The Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and Alexander Scriabin Conservatoire in Paris, after he won first prize at a National Competition in Croatia as well as first prize at the Rubinstein Piano Competition in France.

His first signed contract with the music label EMI saw the album release of Piano Player which sold over 4 million copies. He also received a Double Platinum in Hong Kong and Gold status in Singapore and many other countries.

He held a 20-city tour in Japan, which was considered the biggest tour ever by an international artist. The tour’s success led to invitations from the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra to perform as a soloist, the Chopin Society in Warsaw to celebrate the bicentennial of Chopin’s birth as well as an exclusive invitation to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.

Maksim’s success encompasses more than just the classical music world, reaching a diverse audience. His work has been included on the official album of Olympic Games and has garnered an MTV award for best debut crossover album of the year, as well as over 150 million hits on YouTube.

His music style has broken down the boundaries between music genres, from classical and movie music to pop and electronic in cooperation with EMI, Sony and Universal.

Over the years, he has performed at venues and events as prestigious as Roundhouse in London, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sydney Opera House, Mercedes-Benz Arena Shanghai and CCTV New Year’s Gala for more than 1 billion viewers.

His artistic diversity runs beyond music to the fashion industry, where his collaborations with leading brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Armani and Christian Dior have led to him being named Best Dressed Man by Vogue Homme. Other brands that have been attracted to his charisma and immense talent include American Express, BMW, Samsung and Star Alliance.

Get your tickets now at https://tsasia.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/92014 or contact +60175320128 on WhatsApp. For more info, follow @HarmonieInternational on Facebook.

 

Indie Bands Will Be Bringing You A ‘Spooky Wet Halloween’ @RexKL This Oct 30!

It’s spooky season and what better way to spend it than going to a Halloween-themed concert? Undercurrent presents ‘Spooky Wet Halloween’, is a collaborative effort with Spooky Wet Dreams happening at REXKL on the 30th of October.

Being a Halloween concert, everyone will be able to dress up in costumes and be as creative as they can be with it while also enjoying the music and performances of the night.

The concert will feature accomplished acts Spooky Wet Dreams, Lunadira, Kyoto Protocol, Time Machine and Reddi Rocket. The night will be packed with various sounds, performances and styles from each act, giving each attendee a different experience.

‘Spooky Wet Halloween’ tickets can be bought at cutt.ly/spookyatrex at RM66 online and RM80 at the door as well as bundle tickets of 4 (50% OFF the 4th ticket) and 6 (6th ticket FREE) priced at RM231 and RM330 respectively*.

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*Ticket prices are exclusive of 6% processing fee.

About Undercurrent

Undercurrent is an initiative by Breaking Music, a boutique record label and artist
management setup based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to showcase the unique talents of
indie musicians in Klang Valley through live concerts.

“I am going to the Ed Sheeran concert tonight!”

“I’m not the biggest fan, but my friends were going and they asked me: ‘Do you want to come along?’. I just said yes of course. And so I bought the ticket for my boyfriend too.

My favourite Ed Sheeran song is Supermarket Flowers. It’s about his mom and it’s very touching. It relates to me personally because me and my mom are very close, but we fight a lot – it’s a whole mother-daughter thing”.

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

Photstory by Mushamir Mustafa and Christine Cheah

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(This post was first published on April 17th 2019)