Front Row

What it takes to make the Monkey god come alive and sing in this production that will take place in the Istana Budaya. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The dancers give us a view into the process of their creation which is inspired by Haruki Murakami’s novel Norwegian Woods. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Getting a view into contemporary Chinese art and the kind of market that it is from the perspective of someone from an international art auction house. She details good art, excellent and bad copies, contemporary Chinese ink paintings, and what characterizes art as Chinese. And the million-dollar question of how is art by a new-comer valued. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This outstanding music educator, a recipient of the Commemorative Medal of Honour for Services to Music, and the Distinguished Leadership Award for Services to Music Education, is also a viola player. He tells about listening to music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What’s the difference between a piano duet and four hands at a single piano? A pianist with an upcoming concert this weekend tell us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The olive tree theme is explored under Raed’s lens to show the Palestinian people from a different perspective. The feelings that the artist wants to convey through his work offer contrast in comparison to those sentiments that arise in the mass media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pauline preps us all for the upcoming dance performance taking place this weekend. Know the history, the influences, the motifs and then go see for yourself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Theatre company, Revolution Stage, brings its rebranded and restaged production which originally drew on and from participants in an acting workshop. This time around, nine established performers take the rein and what will be the differences? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The graphic visualizer describes his projection-mapping exhibit that melds music by Daft Punk,geometrical images and the spoken word from none other than Malcolm X. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four adult singers, now friends, bound by their love for performance and music, come together to share stories and songs that shaped their musical preferences. A varied repertoire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The singer is Texas-born, London-based but raised on a diet of 1920’s jazz and black-and-white movies. She tells how this mix shapes her music which got its start in Paris. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The actors tell about this stage adaptation of six-time Emmy Award-winner Mo Willems' best-selling book. It is a tale about a friendly bus driver who leaves us (the audience) with one simple instruction: "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!" However, the Pigeon can be persuasive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This project is a marriage of bicycling, visual art and music. The artists are trying to take this project around the world, from KL to London. Its a performance to raise the awareness of cycling, go green. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From rain-songs, war chants, spells to thunderstorms, the choir brings these in the context of their intended performance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BFM gets acquainted with the fresh and youthful baton in the MPO to discover what his signature will be when he conducts. Ciaran McAuley shares the process of getting music from the page to the stage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Getting up close to Mozart, the quintessential classical musician and gaining some insights into a Clarinet Quintet, String Quartet, Oboe Quartet--pieces to played at an upcoming recital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bringing art from Spain to Malaysia, the gallery takes time out to point to the characteristics of works from the country that give birth to Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Joan Miro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In its upcoming 2014 season-end (docutaiment) musical, the performance company offers a journey through the history of music theatre. Some on the artistic team share what it takes to capture the story of the two greatest musical centres of the world: Broadway and West End. This production also wraps up of the company’s 20th anniversary celebrations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

These performers point out that pure energy in their live shows differentiates them. Maybe it comes from teaching young people music and soaking up their enthusiasm when these performers are not on stage in front of an audience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the first recipient of the WOLO Artist’s Residency Program, Dr Hedley Roberts shares how art captures the in-betweenness of things: the space between lovers, the space between the person taking a selfie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Creative industries are meant to contribute over RM33billion to Malaysia's GDP by 2020. Is the creative industry ready to step up? Or is this just a rhetorical question? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Making traditional performing arts connect with the young. Pusaka is participating in the Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival and with a stage of its own. The curators share what they will do to bring young buns into seats to watch and engage with the many traditional performing arts in the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Arts--the stepchild of most economies, more so in emerging ones--is often seen as an industry standing in the corner or going door-to-door with a tin-cup seeking donations to produce visual products or performances. Some accept this as a necessary tension in the industry; others do not. Representatives from the Ministry of Finance and MyPaa tell how they are sustaining arts. See omnystudio.com...

Though quite young and relatively new to the scene, Evelyn Feroza Fernandez is a singer that serious music lovers flock to. While in love with current artists are Bruno Marz, Ed Sheeran, Pink and the late Amy Winehouse, she describes herself as an old soul, listing her favourites as Ray Charles, Etta james, Ella Fitzgerald and Shirley Bassey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The productions under review this month are A Streetcar Named Desire and Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.