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Vienna Boys’ Choir

October 26, 2011 at 2:00 pm

The Vienna Boys’ Choir is one of the best known boys’ choirs in the world. It is made up of a choir of trebles and altos and is based in Vienna. Though the boys are mainly selected from Austria, there are other boys that comes from other countries in the choir group. There are approximately 100 choristers between the ages of ten and fourteen. This group is divided into four smaller groups and each of the group is named after famous Austrian composers that were associated with the choir’s history. The four are Bruckner, Haydn, Mozart and Schubert.

Vienna Boys’ Choir will be performing in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on 29th and 30th October 2011

It is hoped that the choir can create an environment where the boys can fully develop and realise their personal and musical potential. The experiences that a boy has while being a member of The Vienna Boys’ Choir stays with him for life, and the Choir aims to make it as diverse and interesting as possible.

This famous choir will be in Malaysia come 29th and 30th October 2011 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. They will be performing a broad repertoire ranging from sacred music to operettas , traditional Viennese waltzes and folk songs from around the world. This event is part of Rotary Club Kota Kinabalu’s fund-raising project. Tickets are priced at RM 250, RM 100 and RM 50 (for students) and is available for purchase at Tong Hing Supermarkets, Pacific Sutera Hotel and Magellan Sutera Resort. For tickets and more information, please contact Mr Edward Sung Burongoh at +6019 821 5557 or email all enquiries to burongoh@gmail.com.

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Travel: Endau-Rompin National Park, Johor

Next to the colony of fan palms in Janing Barat is the swampy heath forest. The Endau Rompin National Park is home to many endangered animal species, particularly the Sumatran rhinoceros, Asian elephants, tigers, tapirs, and Malaysian sun bears. A hike to Janing Barat is often rewarded with sightings of these animals, their footprints or nests.

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Travel: Bukit Tinggi, Pahang

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Ronda-Ronda: Middleburg Bastion

Middleburg Bastion is a section or a partial of A Famosa, located beside Malacca River Bank. Actually it was build by the Portuguese until the Dutch later added a structure which they named “Middleburg”.

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Malaysian Diversity

October 25, 2011 at 12:00 pm

One of the many reasons why Malaysia is such a unique country is because of the existence of cultural diversity formed by the country’s people of different races. These unique cultural practises gives a more in-depth insight for tourists and locals to get to know more about the other races found here in Malaysia. To celebrate Malaysia’s rich cultural diversity, Dewan Filharmonik Petronas is proud to present ‘Malaysian Diversity’ on 28th October 2011. This concert will see Mohd Yazid Zakaria taking his place as the conductor of Orkestra Tradisional Malaysia and will feature guest singers such as Jaclyn Victor and Iqwal Hafiz as well as the Orang Asli group, Bahbola.

Yazid Zakaria will be conducting the Orkestra Tradisional Malaysia at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas on 28th October 2011

Mohd Yazid Zakaria was formerly a musician and composer for the Petronas Performing Arts Group (PPAG) and has been with the group since 1993. Today, he is currently attached to Istana Budaya as the conductor for Orkestra Tradisional Malaysia. He has represented the country to many international music festivals such as the Malaysian Jazz Festival in 1993 and the ASEAN Symphony Band in Bangkok in 1994. His work that was featured in Musical Theatre Indraputra has earned him a Cameronian Arts Award in the Best Original Composition category in 2002. He has also been selected to be the music director for musicals like Puteri Gunung Ledang, Hanuman, Mahsuri and Semerah Padi.

Performances are scheduled to start at 8.30 pm on 28th October 2011. Tickets are priced at RM 58 for all seats. Early birds will be entitled to purchase these tickets at RM 48 (limited to the first 100 tickets sold). Patrons who are attending the function are required to be in smart casual dress code. For more information, please log on to the website here.

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