I grew up watching the Smurfs Cartoon on TV. Yes I’m a Xennial…the Smurfs debuted on TV in the early 80s. I still remember we would sit around the Tv everyday at 5.30pm to watch these mysterious dancing and singing blue creatures of the forest rescuing the earth every time. Suffice to say, the younger… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Performance
MPO’s Heavenly Mahler Review
Together with my guest Elsa, we attended the MPO’s Heavenly Mahler last week at the Petronas Towers. The programme features the renowned piece by Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 4. The conductor was Roberto Abbado, who was awarded the prestigious Premio Abbiati by the Italian Music Critics Association. I am not a professional musician, however, I was… Continue Reading
Let’s Build A Band with Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Last week, I got to enjoy a one of a kind Family Fun Day at the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Let’s Build and Band was led by Conductor/Presenter Kevin Hathaway. From the title, I really didn’t know what to expect. How will we be building a band, I wondered. Entering the hall with my 6 year… Continue Reading
Let’s Build a Band with the MPO!
The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) will present its ever popular Family Fun Day series with two shows on Saturday, 13 May 2018 at 2.30 pm and 4.30 pm at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP), KLCC. Together with conductor/presenter Kevin Hathway, the MPO, an ensemble of bowed strings, brass, woodwind and percussion instruments, will engage the audience… Continue Reading