Free Hand 2023 3rd Malaysian Contemporary Composers Piano Festival
- Physical | Show & Exhibition
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Themes & Topics
Music
Tertiary Education
About the Experience
Description
Free Hand means free to explore, free to create, free to compose. Free from boundaries and to venture beyond conventions of traditional classical music - a true celebration of new Malaysian piano works.
Organized by Malaysian Composers Collective in partnership with UCSI University Institute of Music, this 1-day festival will feature 10 piano works written by our very own Malaysian composers and performed by UCSI faculty and students. After the concert, two composers will be selected to write the set piece for the finalists of the UCSI University International Piano Festival & Competition in 2024.
There will also be a composers' forum before the concert where composers and performers discuss their creative process through composition and performance.
Event Agenda
3:30 - 5:30 PM Composers' Forum
8:00 - 10:00 PM Concert
Questions?
Email us at freehandcomposers@gmail.com
and check out https://www.facebook.com/freehandfestival
About the Host
Malaysian Composers Collective
Non-Profit OrganizationSet up in 2007, The Malaysian Composers Collective (MCC) is a non-profit organisation aimed primarily at promoting Malaysian contemporary classical music both locally and internationally. As the member organisation in the Asian Composers League (ACL), MCC also sends the country’s young composers to represent Malaysia at the Young Composers Competitions at the ACL festivals around the region every 2 years. Through its first decade, MCC has pioneered a series of milestone initiatives, including the nation’s first ever Young Composers Workshop with HSBC Bank (2008), the first new music festival the KL Contemporary Music Festival (KLCMF) 2009 with Goethe Institut, the country's first ever Free Hand Piano Festival (2019) and first published anthology of 21st Century Malaysian piano works, the ‘Free Hand Anthology I' featuring composers from across the nation and from varying backgrounds and ages.
MCC's music have been featured internationally on BBC Radio 3 and on Polish, Germany and Australian radio stations.
Location
UCSI University Recital Hall, LG Floor, Block G, 1, Jalan Puncak Menara Gading, Taman Connaught
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia