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Cambodian Tenor –
pic: Phal Sopheary
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Yusuke Kimoto
conducts the Worldship Symphony Orchestra
this Saturday afternoon at
the Kizuna
Hall, Cambodia-Japan
Cooperation Center (CJCC),
on the site of the Royal University of Phnom Penh. The
concert is free and provides a rare chance to see a performance by a
symphony orchestra in Cambodia.
The
orchestra
has
travelled all the way
from
Japan and
will
be performing
with locally
based Khuon 'Cambodian Tenor' Sethisak,
mezzo-soprano Ai
Iwasaki and
the Angkor
National Youth Orchestra.
The
program of music includes works
by E.Strauss, Bartok, Borodin and the late King Father Norodom
Sihanouk.
Check out the video below to see a recent television appearance by Khuon Sethisak performing a song from Sihanouk's 'La Forêt Enchantée'. Not many people are even aware that such a wonderful operatic tenor can be heard in Cambodia. It will definitely be worth making the journey to the University on Saturday for this concert (however watch out for the nasty roadworks taking place at the junction of Russian Boulevard and Mao Tse Tung Boulevard!). The Worldship Symphony Orchestra also performs on Monday at Ecole Paul Dubrule in Siem Reap.
Check out the video below to see a recent television appearance by Khuon Sethisak performing a song from Sihanouk's 'La Forêt Enchantée'. Not many people are even aware that such a wonderful operatic tenor can be heard in Cambodia. It will definitely be worth making the journey to the University on Saturday for this concert (however watch out for the nasty roadworks taking place at the junction of Russian Boulevard and Mao Tse Tung Boulevard!). The Worldship Symphony Orchestra also performs on Monday at Ecole Paul Dubrule in Siem Reap.
Khuon Sethisak studied
voice in Italy and
Russia.
He won the prestigious 'Bella Voce' prize in Moscow in 1996
He won the prestigious 'Bella Voce' prize in Moscow in 1996
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Clayton
England
– pic:
Richard Marshall
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Leng Pleng is
pleased to note the recent opening of a new music venue on Street 51
(a few blocks north of Sihanouk Boulevard) in Phnom Penh. Check-in
Cowboy
is, as the name suggests, a wild-west themed restaurant with
local duos or trios performing most nights. This Sunday evening I
will be bringing The
Jumping Jacks
down there for a good
ol' hoe-down.
Wearing of cowboy hats is encouraged but not compulsory.
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Cambodian Space Project - pic: Monika Rittershaus. Members of CSP play Equinox as Bokor Mountain Magic Band on Friday |
Film-maker
Marc Eberle
contacted Leng
Pleng
this
week to
let us know that a version of his documentary The
Cambodian Space Project – Not Easy Rock'n'Roll
will be shown by
the
British
Broadcasting Corporation this
Monday night.
I'm
not quite sure whether it would be either legal or possible to watch
the BBC Four channel from Cambodia, but I
am
sure you already
know how to sort out the logistics.
The full-length version of Marc's film will be released later this
year.
Phnom-Penh based record
label Invisible Agent
have
a new release out.
Audio
Mainline's
new
EP
'Soma' is a great selection of cinematic, ambient and electronica
tracks produced right
here
in Cambodia. Check
out the video below for a preview and check out
the
Invisible Agent website
for more information.
Whatever you're up to over the next few days, stay safe out there and... see you around the traps!
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JOE WRIGLEY
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