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Merdu Puisi

Scott Woo, Project Director, The Poetics Collective | Khairunnisa Diyana Md Noor, Soprano, The Poetics Collective

23-Feb-24 14:30

Merdu Puisi

Merdu Puisi is a performance by The Poetics Collective within the VerSeS Music Ensembles, that focuses on Malaysian poetry in the Malay language, set to music by Malaysian composers. The performance will feature the work of local poets, including that of the late Sasterawan Negara Usman Awang, and other living Malaysian poets. Aiming to promote the ‘art song’ genre among Malaysians, while also fostering the art of poetry-writing and appreciation of the Malay language, the concert will also feature a selection of 'lagu rakyat' or folk songs arranged in the classical music style. We speak to Scott Woo (Project Director) and Khairunnisa Diyana Md Noor (Soprano) from The Poetics Collective to find out more. 


Image credit: VerSeS Music Ensembles

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs


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Categories:  performing arts,  music

Tags:  art song,  music recital,  the bigger picture,  front row,  Verses Music Ensembles, 


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