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        • Soundbridge 2019 - Flyer
      • Into the Sound
      • From NY To KL
      • Natural Spectra by Christoven
      • Cello Recital by Friedrich Gauwerky
      • 4th SoundBridge Contemporary Music Festival 2019
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        • Post production review >
          • 五棰半 :音桥音乐节| 当代亚洲音乐的发光站
          • 邹向平 :​“音桥当代音乐节”见闻四则
          • Post production review by Teh Tian Yoon
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      • Young Southeast Asian Composers Shone at Festival
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          • Concert 1 - SoundBridge
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      • Composer Workshop Series I
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    • Malaysian Young Composers' Workshop 2021
    • 现代音乐永远的夏天 马来西亚第三届“音桥当代音乐节”之热效应 - 邹向
    • 森林里的艺术世界 - 李茜云
    • Interview with Peter Vaele - by Ruth Rodrigues
    • 新音乐中的新音乐 ——参观 2011 多瑙厄申根新音乐节 文/杨琳
    • 多元且專注─2011年第四屆上海當代音樂周總評-林芳宜
    • 亞洲音樂先鋒-亞洲作曲家聯盟暨2011亞太音樂節-林芳宜
    • SKETCHES: THE MANILA COMPOSERS LAB 2009 - BY HUEYCHING CHONG
    • JONAS BAES ON PATANGIS-BUWAYA [2003]
    • Koji Nakano New Approach to
    • Composers+ Summer Academy 2017 By Dr. HueyChing Chong
    • The Barcelona Modern International Composition Course 4th Edition 2017/18 ​By Dr. HueyChing Chong, Oct 2019
    • Atlas Lab 2016 By Dr. HueyChing Chong, Oct 2019
    • BUILDING BRIDGES: Concert 5 (SoundBridge IV), presented as part of the 4th SoundBridge Contemporary Music Festival By Jon Lin Chua
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Support Message from Our Patron YAM Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz

"I'm pleased to support the Society of Malaysian Contemporary Composer's proposal to organise the SMCC SoundBridge Contemporary Music Festival 2013.  I have witnessed Malaysians with no prior interest in contemporary music being stimulated and interested as a result of previous SMCC performances, and I'm confident that this festival will boost the genre's profile even further.  Furthermore, the festival's international participation will help strengthen cultural links and foster cooperation and healthy competition."

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On behalf of the Society of Malaysian Contemporary Composers (SMCC), I am delighted to present the first Soundbridge Festival 2013. This festival is a festival of contemporary new works by contemporary art music composers which rarely happened in Malaysia. We definitely need more of this kind of festival to keep promoting new works and composers. I am excited and glad that Kee Yong as artistic director and Kah Hoe as festival director, as well as team members have taken great initiative in organizing this event. Hopefully this festival will be a yearly event. I hope the festival will be a success and will stimulate and create interest in new audiences of art music in opening new boundaries of listening to new contemporary art music.

As a Society of Malaysian Contemporary Composers, we have organized events and promoting new works since 2010 and we are hoping to keep continuing this further and representing Malaysia internationally. I hope we will receive support from arts institutions, private and government organizations and individuals to create and promote more events and new works by Malaysian composers in the future.

Thank you.

Prof Madya Dr Tazul Tajuddin
President of SMCC

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Malaysia, as well as Southeast Asia contemporary music scene is growing gradually on the right track, but there is still room for improvement. We hope to create a platform for musical exchanges in the contemporary music scene within the Southeast Asian region and also from all over the world. SMCC Contemporary Music Festival 2013 -"SoundBridge" aims to fulfill that mission.

I would like to thank our sponsors, the working committee members for your outstanding support and especially to our artistic director, Mr. Chong Kee Yong who has put a lot of effort to organize this wonderful and meaningful music festival. Under his direction, we are opening the festival with two meaningful events, the open rehearsal and composers’ workshop followed by a panel discussion, and lastly, our two main concerts, “Malaysian Voice III” and “Sound Bridge”.

We look forward to welcoming all our friends who are interested in music, video art, dance, calligraphy and live electronics to ‘SoundBridge’.  

I wish you all a joyful festival!

Yii Kah Hoe
Festival Director
Vice president of Society of Malaysian Contemporary Composers


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"SELAMAT dan SUKSES!!!"..Congratulations to the "SoundBridge Festival 2013" especially to Kee Yong, Kah Hoe in conceiving the idea of this festival, and to all the members of the SMCC for running this wonderful festival. Without all your hardwork, this festival won’t be possible.  

Hopefully this is just the beginning, and will be followed by subsequent SoundBridge Festivals, as it would be meaningless to have only one festival.

We know it is not easy to host the contemporary music festival such as SoundBridge Festival, but with your dedication, I believe nothing is impossible. Happy New Ears.

Michael Asmara
Composer
Artistic director of Yogjakarta New Music Festival


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All the best to our colleagues and friends for the great effort in organizing "SoundBridge Festival 2013" even through the most difficult circumstances. We can all be proud that the work made by key persons Chong Kee Yong and Yii Kah Hoe and other members of the SMCC is very significant not only in building connections within the Southeast Asian region, but also in creating and developing a contemporary music culture that we can call our own! Cheers!"

JONAS BAES
Composer/Ethnomusicologist
Professor, University of the Philippines
Director of Manila Composer Lab


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I am once
again amazed by how
through sheer
passion my Malaysian brothers and
sisters in new music have come
together again to create a
gathering of works and minds
and people on such an incredibly
contemporary topic exploring bridges
from the sonic across to other
sensations, and through that renewing and
reviewing of kontakte and with
one another, we congregate
and co-create!
Congrats!

Dr. Hoh Chung Shih
Composer
Lead Teacher at Raffles Institution 


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I have great respect and admiration for SMCC's vision and diverse programing to showcase the new works by not only Malaysian composers but also many composers in Southeast Asia. I would like to send a big congratulation to SMCC and its upcoming contemporary music festival 2013 "SoundBridge." I must say that SMCC that has established a new platform and network among Asian composers and its vision and distinguished voice continue to be heard loudly to the world of contemporary music. Congratulations again!" 

Koji Nakano
Director of International Programs, Music and Performing Arts International Festival
Lecturer in Music, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Burapha University, Thailand 


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Within our global culture, young composers face a challenging situation between complete availability, freeness and the desperate need to carve one‘s own musical path or as I used to say “to find one’s own culture”. To be a contemporary composer does not mean to enter a supermarket of techniques and models, although they are available, and sometimes seem to be too easy to apply: Any instrumental technique can be downloaded from the internet. New notation software increasingly suggests systematized models and everything seems to be so “practical”. Composers all over the world are struggling with these issues and have found different ways to deal with it, but very often fall into the trap.

However, the path in Southeast Asia that has been pioneered by some exciting composers, now in their 30s and 40s, is from my point of view one of the most successful ones all over the world. While my main contacts with the contemporary music scene in Southeast Asia have been in Indonesia for a long time, my encounter with the Malaysian scene started in 2009 (later also Singapore, Philippines and Thailand). And it had given me a completely new perspective about the lively scene here. Thanks a lot to the initiators (SMCC and some of their collaborative friends from the above mentioned countries) and organizers of the “Soundbridge 2013” Festival that there is now an international festival without any ideological limitations. They all belong to that creative “gang”. I admire the open attitude, the creative and often critical exchange, but always based on mutual acceptance and less on national or even ethnic differences. Seen from that point of view, this festival and all the other activities across all borders may also become a model for mutual appreciation that fosters differentiation and defies superficial standardization. You all know that in a way I feel the region to be my second home area, and I am full-heartedly and with highest curiosity following the further developments that nonetheless have also a significant impact on my own development. Finally let me quote one of the most influential philosophers for me, because he has got it to the crucial point that I feel is also the attitude here: The American transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emersion writes in his Essay “An Adress”: Let me admonish you first of all to go alone; to refuse the good models, even those which are sacred in the imagination of men, (...) Imitation cannot go above its model. The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. I feel that Southeast Asian composers stick to this challenge as well. And what can we ask more for in our global world?

I wish the festival the utmost success that it really deserves.
(Dieter Mack, September 2013, currently from Bandung, Indonesia)

Prof. Dieter Mack
composer and ethnomusicologist
Vice-president of the University of Music Lübeck
Participation in various committees at the DAAD, Goethe Institute.


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Only the current art has an opportunity to change the current society.  It is a great pleasure to see that SMCC organized the "Sound Bridge" Contemporary Music Festival to enrich the living art.  It's really a great opportunity for many artists in Southeast Asian Countries to meet and exchange their ideas and culture.  It's great collaboration between senior composers, great artists, and young composers to create a stronger foundation for the music society in the region.  I strongly support this festival and certainly know that it will create a great impact to the society around that area.

Narong Prangcharoen, composer
Artistic director of Thailand International Composition Festival 


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Worldwide contemporary music is developing and is establishing its place in society. Naturally the composers and their music are responsible for this. Their music, of which many of them are masterpieces, appeal even to an inexperienced and sometimes sceptical public.  But works, too, require not only audiences, but also institutions, musicians and concert halls. And there are people and experts, who have devoted themselves to contemporary music and who organize festivals like this. What is very special about the SoundBridge festival is this new and innovative approach of using cross-media approaches. This will further challenge our senses and our intellect and I am sure that we will be enriched by it. I would like to congratulate the organizers of the festival for this great achievement and I wish the festival and the participants in it success.

Rolf Stehle
Director
Goethe-Institut Malaysia


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“SoundBridge”, a music festival by the Society of Malaysian Contemporary Composers goes beyond what festival can achieve as a platform for artists to meet. “SoundBridge”, bridges across people of different disciplines, and at its crossing point, makes dialogue, exchanges and creates together music, with the understanding of love and a friendship.

With perspectives from different experiences, this festival takes a leap forward to the place where different echoes of art meet. Crossing the boundaries of forms, spaces and frequencies, “SoundBridge” sounds out what can be possible when we learn to cross the bridge of our own idealistic mind.

Dr. Anothai Nitibhon, composer
Vice President, Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music


SoundBridge 2013
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    • 2022 >
      • Borneo Ensemble Composer Series
      • Tunku Zain Piano Trio Composition Competition 2022
    • 2021 >
      • TNMAS 2021 Call for Scores
      • Malaysia Young Composers' Workshop 2021
      • New Music Room Call for Scores
      • Goethe Institut Digital Mentoring Programme
      • 10th Rivers Awards Composition Competition
    • 2019 >
      • 【衛武營當代音樂平台】國際作曲徵件與彼得.于特福許作曲大師班
      • ​Call for works - ACL New Zealand 2020
      • Call for works - Solo piano pieces by Malaysian composers ​
      • 1ST INTERNATIONAL EISENACH COMPOSITION PRIZE
      • The 10th China ConTempo Composition Competition
      • 第一届上海室内歌剧作品国际比赛章程
      • Passepartout Duo - Music Seminar and a Composition & Performance Workshop ​
      • PIERROT LUNAIRE INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION 2019
      • 2019 年 第八届「百川奖」作曲比赛
      • 作曲专业 | 柏林音乐表演艺术学院 AfMB-恺撒堡 2019 冬季学校
      • Forum Wallis 2019
    • 2018 >
      • Call for score : ASEAN Youth Ensemble (AYE) 2018
      • 2018 Banaue International Music Composition Competition
      • Ding Yi - Composium 2018
      • Call for application: 2018 International Gugak Workshop
      • PYO CALL FOR SCORE 2018
      • ​Call for scores - 35th ACL Festival and Conference Taiwan 2018
      • Ars Electronica Forum Wallis 2018 CALL FOR STEREO OR QUADROPHONIC ACOUSMATIC WORKS
      • 寻找中国的声音——第六届刘天华奖中国民乐室内乐作品征集简章
      • 2018 Breaking music - International Composition Competition
      • Call for Composition - Breaking New Ground
    • 2016 >
      • ACL 2016
    • 2015 >
      • ACL Philippines 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013 >
      • 32nd Conference and Festival 2014, Japan: Call for Scores
      • ACL 2013 (Asian Composer League)
      • Ninth Thailand International Composers Competition 2013
      • 5th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival and Ensemble TRANSMISSION
      • New Gamelan Music Festival: Call for Scores
      • Singapore Chinese Orchestra Composer Workshop 2013
      • Chamber•Sounds Regional Call For Chamber Opera Proposals 2013
      • Beijing International Composition Workshop 2013
  • Events
    • 2021 >
      • SoundBridge Virtual 2021
      • Hong-Da Chin Concert Presented by No Exit Ensemble
      • Ding Yi Music Company Composium 2021
    • 2019 >
      • Music improvisation workshop by Otomo Yoshihide
      • 琴弦两岸 - 马来西亚、新加坡小提琴与钢琴作品音乐会
      • Soundbridge 2019 >
        • Soundbridge 2019 - Flyer
      • Into the Sound
      • From NY To KL
      • Natural Spectra by Christoven
      • Cello Recital by Friedrich Gauwerky
      • 4th SoundBridge Contemporary Music Festival 2019
    • 2018 >
      • The 9th Malaysian Composers Concert Series 2018
      • European Journey
    • 2017 >
      • Piano Recital by Simon Nabatov
      • SoundBridge 2017 >
        • An Introduction to the festival
        • Support Messages
        • Gallery
        • 2017 SoundBridge Booklet
        • Soundbridge 2017 booklet for download
        • Post production review >
          • 五棰半 :音桥音乐节| 当代亚洲音乐的发光站
          • 邹向平 :​“音桥当代音乐节”见闻四则
          • Post production review by Teh Tian Yoon
    • 2015 >
      • SoundBridge 2015
    • 2013 >
      • KLC Malaysian Composers Concert Series 2013
      • Young Southeast Asian Composers Shone at Festival
      • ACME and Studio MusikFabrik (Chinese Version)
      • SoundBridge 音橋 2013 >
        • Festival Event Details >
          • Support Message
          • Concert 1 - SoundBridge
          • Concert 2 - Malaysian Voices III
          • Photography and Calligraphy Exhibition
          • Musicians and Artists
          • Malaysian Composers
          • Young Composers
          • Panelist
    • 2010 >
      • Composer Workshop Series I
  • Articles
    • SoundBridge 2021 - People's Music Magazine Feature
    • Sin Chew Daily Feature on SMCC & SoundBridge
    • Tracing Art Music Compositions and Composers in Malaysia
    • Malaysian Young Composers' Workshop 2021
    • 现代音乐永远的夏天 马来西亚第三届“音桥当代音乐节”之热效应 - 邹向
    • 森林里的艺术世界 - 李茜云
    • Interview with Peter Vaele - by Ruth Rodrigues
    • 新音乐中的新音乐 ——参观 2011 多瑙厄申根新音乐节 文/杨琳
    • 多元且專注─2011年第四屆上海當代音樂周總評-林芳宜
    • 亞洲音樂先鋒-亞洲作曲家聯盟暨2011亞太音樂節-林芳宜
    • SKETCHES: THE MANILA COMPOSERS LAB 2009 - BY HUEYCHING CHONG
    • JONAS BAES ON PATANGIS-BUWAYA [2003]
    • Koji Nakano New Approach to
    • Composers+ Summer Academy 2017 By Dr. HueyChing Chong
    • The Barcelona Modern International Composition Course 4th Edition 2017/18 ​By Dr. HueyChing Chong, Oct 2019
    • Atlas Lab 2016 By Dr. HueyChing Chong, Oct 2019
    • BUILDING BRIDGES: Concert 5 (SoundBridge IV), presented as part of the 4th SoundBridge Contemporary Music Festival By Jon Lin Chua
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