SimonCheongGetaranJiwCD

CD – Variations on a Malaysian song op 125 ‘Getaran Jiwa’

Simon Cheong’s new CD! ‘Getaran Jiwa’Simon Cheong, a Malaysian guitarist. Playing Catalan folksongs, Granados, Rodrigo, Leo Brouwer, Simon’s Malaysian classical guitar arrangements and the World Premiere of John Duarte’s Variations on a Malaysian song op. 125 ‘Getaran Jiwa’ Recorded and Produced by John Taylor at Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, England 14-16 March 2016. CD liner notes…

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Critique, Commentary and Rectification by Simon Cheong

Critique, Commentary and Rectification by Simon CheongonNathan Fischer’s Pride, Pedagogy and Performance:Getaran Jiwa, Variations on a Malaysian Song op. 125, by John Duarte This paper was written after I had read Nathan Fischer’s Pride, Pedagogy and Performance which I had found on the net on 26 August 2015 and set about writing this paper on 30 August….

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International Guitar Research Centre Conference 2016 – Simon’s paper

Simon Cheong’s Lecture-Recital, ICGR Conference 2016 – A photo albumIGRC Conference 17-23 March 2016 – My photo albumRecording of a World Premiere International Guitar Research Centre (IGRC) Conference18th to 23rd March 2016Lecture-Recital onJohn Duarte’s contribution to the classical guitar repertoire in Malaysia:Variations on a Malaysian song op. 125, ‘Getaran Jiwa’ andVariations on an Indonesian song…

Carlos Bonell’s blog – From Cambridge to a Chinese feast in Kuala Lumpur

Carlos Bonell’s blog – From Cambridge to a Chinese feast in Kuala Lumpur

This article was copied from Carlos Bonell’s Blog. When Carlos showed me his blog and on what he has written about his visit here in Malaysia, I asked him for permission to reproduce it here onto our website and he generously granted me the right to reproduce any of his essays on the blog here…Thank…

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A false notion by Clifford Cheam – to quote – ‘Classical Guitar is dying’!?

A false notion by Clifford Cheam – to quote – ‘Classical Guitar is dying’!? From a video clip made by William Kok posted on the Society’s Facebook page. Since this video was posted onto the Society’s Facebook , as the President of the Classical Guitar Society (Malaysia), I feel that I am responsible for correcting…