TEMPO.CO, Surakarta - The Surakarta administration has collaborated with the Indonesian Keroncong Musician Association (Hamkri) in Surakarta to hold the fifth Solo Keroncong Festival 2013 from ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Gapura Surya Nusantara Terminal of Tanjung Perak Harbor in Surabaya captivated foreigners who are boarded on MV Seabourn Odyssey cruise ship with keroncong music. The Bahamian ship ...

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Music conductor Ahmad Muriz Che Rose, known for helming local and traditional music performances with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO), is relishing a big night soon with the Simfoni Budaya: ...

SINGAPORE – Mr Amri Amin, music director of home-grown Malay orchestra Orkestra Melayu Singapura (OMS), remembers a time when keroncong music was the popular music of its day in Singapore. “Back in ...

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Part of the Esplanade’s Pesta Raya – Malay Festival of Arts, Simfoni Keroncong Nusantara was a veritable showcase of keroncong, a popular musical art form unique to the Malay Archipelago. The name ...

TRADITIONAL music enthusiasts from Melaka's Peranakan Chinese community are working to preserve the cultural heritage of keroncong through workshops for students. Organising chairman Daniel Ang Yam ...

Keroncong, a slow, crooning music style that has long been around in Indonesia, is about to get a makeover from popular young Indonesian composers in the hope of making it appeal to a wider audience.

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