Thomas Hecht Piano Concert

December 5, 2008
7:30 pm	to	10:30 pm

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Evening Concert with Dr. Thomas Hecht in Medan City

Thomas Hecht is Head of Piano Studies, Associate Professor, Piano at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore (NUS).

As described by Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music American pianist Thomas Hecht has appeared on five continents as soloist, chamber musician and as a member of the internationally acclaimed duo-piano team of Hecht & Shapiro, winners of the Munich International Two Piano Competition and the USA National Duo Piano Competition.  He has performed in many of the world’s cultural centres, appearing with leading orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, Belgrade String Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Highlights of recent tours include performances at the Lincoln Center in New York, the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, recitals in Korea, Taiwan, Italy, South Africa, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro, and concerts throughout all the major centres of Australia and New Zealand.

Thomas Hecht is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory where he won first prize in the concerto competition and the Kaufmann Award for excellence in chamber music.  He later pursued graduate studies with the legendary pianist Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Institute, and became the first pianist to be appointed as Fleisher’s teaching assistant. His achievements were recently celebrated at Peabody where he was presented with the coveted Young Maestro Award,honouring alumni who have distinguished themselves in their performing careers.

Dr. Hecht enjoys a well-deserved reputation as one of the leading teachers of his generation, having produced a multitude of young prizewinners in competitions throughout the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.  He has served on the jury panels of the Geneva and Gina Bachauer International Piano Competitions in addition to the national piano competitions of Japan, Thailand, Australia and South Africa. He receives regular invitations to summer piano festivals, including performances in Sydney, Beijing, Wellington and Brasov (where he was recently named Honorary Professor of Piano at the University of Transylvania), and continues to be in frequent demand for guest lectures, workshops and music conferences throughout the world.

Dr. Thomas will be appearing in Medan for an evening concert and the event details are as follow:

Performance:
Soler Sonatas
Francis Poulene: Trois Novelettes
Albeniz: Iberia, Book 1
Hecht: Toccate Giocoso (1978)
Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Time & Place:

Friday 05 December 2008 at 19.30 WIB
Chandra Kusuma Auditorium
Komp. Cemara Asri

For tickets contact:

Symphony Musical Art Centre
Jl. P.J. Nehru No. 11C Medan
Tel: +6261 4538597

Afgan Love Concert

December 12, 2008

8:00 pm

Afgan Love in Concert

Another music event - concert will fill the hearts and soul of Medan People. If you love Indonesian music or want to have a feel of the art and culture of Indonesian music, you may want to checkout Afgan Love in Concert on 12 December 2008

Afgan Syah Reza is a newcomer in the music industry of Indonesia with releasing his debut album CONFESSION NO.1 on Januari 2008.

Produced by Wanna B Production and distributed by PT Sony-BMG. Afgan’s album consists of 13 songs including his key songs “Terima Kasih Cinta, Sadis,  Klise,  Tanpa Batas Waktu“.

His music are derived from pop, soul, R&B dan jazz, the album was produced with contributions from famous musicians from Indonesia such as Fajar LMN, Harry Budiman (producer Tangga), Deddy Dhukun, Dian HP and Bebi Romeo as composer.

Afgan born in  Jakarta 27 Mei 1989 is the second child of 4 children from Lola Purnama dan Loyd Yahya. He was brought up in a family of music lovers.

The Concert:

Date: 12 December 2008
Place: SELECTA ROYAL BALLROOM Lt. 5
Jl. Listrik No. 2 Medan
Time:: 20.00 wib - finish
Ticket Box: Atrium Grand Palladium Mall
VIP: Rp. 250.000,-
Standard: Rp. 150.000,-

K-One Live Concert

January 1, 2009
3:00 pm	to	6:00 pm

K-One Live Concert in Medan 01 January 2009

Any plans on how to celebrate the coming NEW YEAR 2009?

First debut from K-One on 17th October 2003 with 5 singers :

1. Gino,
2. JR,
3. Kido,
4. Darren
5. Li Yang

As a new group singer, they already made 3 albums in the same year the group were formed. Their first album released was known as “We ‘r K-One”

Apart from having good vocals, K-One is also famous for their fabulous dancing, TV presenter and as actors in Taiwanese drama, such as :” Prince turn to Frog”, “Smile Pasta”,”Lu Guang Sen Lin”, and still a lot more.

The name of K-One means fight beyond limits.

K-One was recording under the same studio with 5566 & 183 club.

“Zhi jing zhi dian” was released in 2004 and the album became the best seller soundtrack album with 150.000pcs sold.

In 2005,”Yong Gan Gu Ai” was released. it was a fast beat dance including some sentimental songs. They achieved Ist position in music chart.

In the album they were working in 2006, they co-orporated with foreign producers besides of Taiwan’s producer such as those from Japan and Denmark.

In 2007, they made an album collection which called with .”Mei Hao. Ji Nian Ri ”

They are also popular in advertisements, they are multi talented artist.

This is a great opportunity to see your favorite artist in Berastagi. Reserve now! Seats are limited.
The concert will also feature Guest Star Ivy Hsu, sister of Evonne Hsu

THE CONCERT

• Date: Thursday, 1 January 2009
• Place: MIKIE HOLIDAY STAR THEATER, Berastagi - North Sumatra - Indonesia
• Time: 15:00 WIB

TICKET PRICE:

• VIP: IDR 500,000 ;
• Executive: IDR 300,000 ;
• Standard: IDR 250,000
• Standing I: IDR 250,000
• Standing II: IDR 150,000

TICKET SALES & INFORMATION
MIKIE SALES OFFICE
Kompleks Multatuli Indah Blok C 30 - 31
Medan 20151 , Indonesia
Phone : +62 61 4539957

JJ Lin Live Concert

Meet Your Favorite Artist in Berastagi Medan!

JJ Lin Live Concert 17 Aug 2008 on Indonesia’s Independence Day

Once in a while, Medan will host live concerts with young international artist including the legendary Jacky Cheung a while back.

This time, on 17 Aug 2008, the independence day of Indonesia, Mikie Holiday ( Resort & Hotel at Brastagi ) will bring JJ Lin to Medan Brastagi.

A brief introduction of JJ Lin:

JJ Lin (Lin Jun Jie) who started his debut April 2003 in Taiwan with album “Le Xing Zhe” that popular in Mainland China . Within six months that album was sold 700.000 copies. From Mainland China itself it sold out more than 400.000 copies. It’s really an amazing rank for JJ which was only 22 years old. It makes JJ becomes a new comer who has broken out the sale. In 2004 with his song Jiang Nan , JJ became more popular in Hongkong , Taiwan and Mainland China .

Hit songs: Jiang Nan, Cao Cao, Yi Qian Nian Yi Hou, Baby Baby, Zhi Dui Ni Suo, Dou Jiang You Tian, Hui You Na Me Yi Tian, Ting Bu Dong Mei Guan Xi, Jin Hua Lun and many more.

Hence, if you are a fan, this is a great opportunity to see JJ Lin Live in Concert in Medan Brastagi.

In addition, expect to see Independence Day Musical Fireworks at Mikie Funland @ 11 pm on 17 Aug 2008!

Information about the Concert:

MEET & GREET
Date: Sunday, 17 August 2008
Place: MIKIE HOLIDAY BALLROOM, Berastagi - North Sumatra - Indonesia
Time: 13:00 WIB
Latest JJ’s Original CD is available here !
Join our Meet & Greet and get JJ’s autograph on your CD .

THE CONCERT
Date: Sunday, 17 August 2008
Place: MIKIE HOLIDAY STAR THEATER, Berastagi - North Sumatra - Indonesia
Time: 17:00 WIB

TICKET PRICE

• VIP: IDR 1,000,000
• Executive: IDR 550,000
• Standard: IDR 500,000
• Standing I: IDR 400,000
• Standing II: IDR 300,000

TRANSPORTATION
Bus from MEDAN - BERASTAGI - MEDAN will be provided.

TICKET SALES & INFORMATION
MIKIE SALES OFFICE
Kompleks Multatuli Indah Blok C 30 - 31
Medan 20151 , Indonesia
Phone : +62 61 4539957