Fête de la musique 2008

Launched by the French Ministry of Culture twenty-six years ago, Fête de la Musique (World Music Day) has been a successful event worldwide. It is held in more than one hundred countries every 21st of June, the day of the summer solstice. It is largely spontaneous in nature and is open to amateur and professional musicians with different backgrounds and styles who want to perform: choir, classical music, jazz, electro, rock, reggae, rap… In Malaysia at the occasion of Fête de la musique 2008, The Embassy of France in Malaysia, The Alliances Françaises de Kuala Lumpur and Penang, HELP University College and George Town College will organise a series of open stages and free concerts in Kuala Lumpur, Damansara, Klang and Penang.

20 June from 3:30am to 10:30pm @ HELP University College
21 June from 3:00pm to midnight and 22 June from 2:00pm – 8:00pm @ Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur
21 June from 2:00pm to 6:00pm @ Klang Parade
28 June @ New World Park (10am - midnight) and Khoo Kongsi (6pm-midnight) in Penang

Don't miss at the Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur:
Saturday, 21 June
3:00pm - 6:30pm
Acoustic performances, R'n'B: Doppelganger Open Mic & Gigs, Chapter Seven, MCKLiens, Good Morning Joe, King Lhota, Cent M & Cruz...

6:30pm - midnight
Pop, Rock, Alternative: Fourletterstory, Of a broken Promise, Footchilde, Beat the System, Velro, Skudap Skudip, Octopus Sushi, Bluestankers, Slunk, Ardens, Gazzo, Psycho Anthem, The Garrison, Frequency Cannon, Ciplak, Blister, PG 165, Zeal, Khodless Kill...

Sunday, 22 June
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Rock: Joanna & Co, Love Stereo, Mixing Red and Blue, Terra Incognita, Nuk, Unexpected Mercy, Army of Three, An Honest Mistake, Bus Company, Free to Fall, Aunty Mable's

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Classical and traditional music: Jayalakshmi Sekhar's Students, Enjoi, Dewangga Sakti, piano, violin and guitar solos...

7:00pm - 8:00pm
French Electro: DJ corbO & DJ gonzO

The full programme will be available from June 10th 2008 on the websites:

www.ambafrance-my.org , www.alliancefrancaise.org.my, www.FAF08.com, www.help.edu.my, www.hict.edu.my

Group Exhibition
7-23 June 2008

"Views and Angles"

Elias Yamani Bin Isamail, Azad Daniel bin Haris, Isnian Bin Ibrahim, Nurul Azmah and Rini Hashim Md. Binti are four young Malaysian artists graduated from Limkokwing Creative Technology University and The

One Academy. They are invited for a group exhibition dealing with perception. Inspired by the French artist Marcel Duchamp, they aim to show that Art does give new interpretations of the world that we are living in and other factors that give birth to new idea or views.

Series of collages by Elias: the combination of organic and geometric simultaneously with the simplicity and complexity of nature brings the idea of sophistication of nature itself.

Ink and Pen works by Azad: entitled "The Social Order", the work is based on a series of sketches started five years ago. It became a visual diary of things which impacted and affected him personnaly.

Photographs by Isnian: exploring different colors and textures, he loves the feeling of emptiness of space and of alienation and abandonment.

Paintings by Nurul: she blends color spontaneously and experiments the effects of staining on a surface, collecting a range of unexpected movements.

Paintings by Rini: this show is her first nervous attempt in creating a body of work that expresses youth, isolation of girls who are neither pre nor post-pubescent and innate furry 'comrades'.

From June 6th to the 23rd 2008. Opening Saturday, June 7th at 7:00 pm

Opening Hours: from Monday to Saturday from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm

ADMISSION FREE

Venue: Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur
15, Lorong Gurney, 54100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03.26.94.78.80

French-German-Malaysian Student Film Competition

1 April - 31 August 2008

Produce a video short films that highlight the importance of
learning foreign languages (here: German/French) in an innovative
and creative manner.

Theme: "Say it in Fench, say it in German, express yourself visually and verbally as best as you can – anything goes"

The film genre/category can be documentary, fictional, or animation.

- link to : More infos (linked to doc "FMG Conditions")
- link to : Entry Form (linked to doc "Entry Form")

Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur
15, Lorong Gurney. 54100 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03 26 94 78 80

NEW WORKSHOPS STARTING IN JANUARY 20087

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For more information, contact,
At Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur,
15 Lorong Gurney, off Jln Semarak,
Tel: 03-2694 7880