KOTA KINABALU -- The annual Music Fest at the Tip of Borneo is back for the fifth time.
This time, however, it will be held for two days, beginning July 16, instead of one, as in previous years.
And for the first time, Sing Out Asia, a Japan-based non-profit organisation comprising singers and performers from Asia, will participate in the four-hour event, starting 5.30pm.
Sabah Tourism Board (STB) chairman Datuk Seri Tengku Zainal Adlin said, with an additional day, the board expected better turnout than last year's 2,000 domestic and international tourists.
The music fest is a musical experience like no other, performed amidst a dramatic sunset with a spectacular ocean view at Tanjung Simpang Mengayau in Kudat, the northern most tip of Borneo.
The location is a two-and-a-half hours' ride from Kota Kinabalu.
"We are delighted that Sing Out Asia, has chosen Sabah as their first ever performance in Malaysia.
"Amongst the line-up they brought are an original 18-member Japanese chorus group from Okinawa, N'jami, that blends Japanese folk songs using instruments made of corals and shells, to create a unique Asian sound, and Indonesian trio Lala, Imel and Marko, featuring award-winning singer-songwriter Imela Kei," Tengku Zainal told a press conference at the STB office here today.
Other performers are soul and R&B artist Art Thomya (Thailand), Lang (Laos) and Julianne and Nino (the Philippines).
Sing Out Asia managing director Saburo Hatano, who was also present, said the four-year-old group's performance in Sabah would be the fifth, after Jakarta, Taiwan, Taipei and Tokyo.
On the domestic front, Malaysia's singer-songwriter and musician Amir Yussof, Sabah's accoustic guitarist and award-winning composer Roger Wang, and Sabah's one and only full orchestra Jesselton Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) will perform,
This time, however, it will be held for two days, beginning July 16, instead of one, as in previous years.
And for the first time, Sing Out Asia, a Japan-based non-profit organisation comprising singers and performers from Asia, will participate in the four-hour event, starting 5.30pm.
Sabah Tourism Board (STB) chairman Datuk Seri Tengku Zainal Adlin said, with an additional day, the board expected better turnout than last year's 2,000 domestic and international tourists.
The music fest is a musical experience like no other, performed amidst a dramatic sunset with a spectacular ocean view at Tanjung Simpang Mengayau in Kudat, the northern most tip of Borneo.
The location is a two-and-a-half hours' ride from Kota Kinabalu.
"We are delighted that Sing Out Asia, has chosen Sabah as their first ever performance in Malaysia.
"Amongst the line-up they brought are an original 18-member Japanese chorus group from Okinawa, N'jami, that blends Japanese folk songs using instruments made of corals and shells, to create a unique Asian sound, and Indonesian trio Lala, Imel and Marko, featuring award-winning singer-songwriter Imela Kei," Tengku Zainal told a press conference at the STB office here today.
Other performers are soul and R&B artist Art Thomya (Thailand), Lang (Laos) and Julianne and Nino (the Philippines).
Sing Out Asia managing director Saburo Hatano, who was also present, said the four-year-old group's performance in Sabah would be the fifth, after Jakarta, Taiwan, Taipei and Tokyo.
On the domestic front, Malaysia's singer-songwriter and musician Amir Yussof, Sabah's accoustic guitarist and award-winning composer Roger Wang, and Sabah's one and only full orchestra Jesselton Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) will perform,
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