ILHAM CONTEMPORARY FORUM (MALAYSIA 2009 – 2017) 21 May 2017 - 8 October 2017 Level 5 / Tingkat 5 Curatorial Tour / Lawatan Bersama Kurator: 21 May, 11am -- ILHAM Contemporary Forum is a project exhibition which aims to explore what is currently happening in Malaysian arts and culture. Collaborative by nature, ILHAM has invited seven project curators — a range of professionals from various fields and positions, all under 39 — to select visual artworks and cultural projects, produced within the last eight years. This selection of over 35 artworks and cultural projects will be included in the Contemporary Forum exhibition. The exhibition will serve as a prompt (rather than a survey exhibition) to discuss and debate what has been happening over the last few years in the local arts and cultural scene. The seven guest project curators are Kat Rahmat, Mark Teh, Ridhwan Saidi, Ong Jo-Lene, Tan Hui Koon, chi too and Azzad Diah Ahmad Zabidi. The exhibition is facilitated by Gallery Director, Rahel Joseph, and guest facilitator, Lee Weng Choy. This exhibition is a pilot project which may become a regular platform for ILHAM. The Contemporary Forum aims to be an experiment and to ask questions. It is a series of enquiries from the ground level — lateral conversation between different voices. This exhibition will be a starting point for other activities, from public forums to workshops, which will further explore what is contemporary art and culture in Malaysia today. After the public forums and workshops, ILHAM will produce a publication documenting the processes and the activities of The Contemporary Forum. CURATORIAL TOUR Gallery tour highlighting key works from the exhibition ILHAM CONTEMPORARY FORUM. 21 May, 11am -- PAMERAN THE ILHAM CONTEMPORARY PROJECT MALAYSIA 2009 – 2017 The ILHAM Contemporary Forum, adalah sebuah projek terbaru dari Galeri ILHAM dengan pendekatan eksperimen meneroka dunia seni dan kebudayaan Malaysia, hasil gabungan professional jemputan dari pelbagai bidang dan jawatan, kesemuanya berumur di bawah 39 tahun, menghasilkan sebuah pameran seni. ILHAM telah memilih tujuh kurator projek iaitu Kat Rahmat, Mark Teh, Ridhwan Saidi, Ong Jo-Lene, Tan Hui Koon, chi too dan Azzad Diah Ahmad Zabidi yang ditugaskan untuk mengenal pasti lima karya seni atau projek budaya yang telah dihasilkan di dalam lingkungan lapan tahun kebelakangan ini (“projek budaya” termasuk filem, fesyen, persembahan, komik, rekaan dan sebagainya). Pameran ini akan dikelolakan oleh Pengarah Galeri, Rahel Joseph, dan pengelola jemputan, Lee Weng Choy. Pameran ini tidak bermaksud menjadi sebuah tinjauan aliran kontemporari, namun bertujuan untuk membuka ruangan debat dan perbincangan terhadap perkara-perkara yang berlaku di dalam dunia kesenian dan kebudayaan tempatan. Selain itu juga, ILHAM Contemporary Forum menggunakan pameran sebagai batu loncatan untuk mengembangkan lagi aktiviti-aktiviti seterusnya, dari forum umum sehingga bengkel, yang diharapkan dapat menjana lebih banyak lagi persoalan dan kajian terhadap dunia seni dan budaya Malaysia. Sebagai kesimpulan kepada pameran, forum dan bengkel yang diadakan, ILHAM akan menerbitkan sebuah buku yang mendokumentasikan segala proses dan aktiviti keseluruhan projek ini. LAWATAN BERSAMA KURATOR Lawatan yang dikendalikan kurator yang bertujuan memberi penerangan tentang pameran dan karya-karya penting di dalam pameran ILHAM CONTEMPORARY FORUM. 21 Mei, 11am

The Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (MPYO) continues to bring its youthful enthusiasm through its music in its upcoming concert on Sunday, 11 June 2017 at 3.00 pm at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP), further affirming its status as a youth orchestra to be reckoned with. Officially launched on 13 January 2006, the MPYO’s main objective is to encourage and nurture local young musicians’ passion and appreciation of all genres of symphonic music. As a ‘stage for young talent’, each section of the orchestra receives professional coaching from the more senior Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) musicians. Besides major cities in Malaysia, the MPYO has brought the beauty of its music to audiences in Singapore and Brisbane, Australia. For its DFP concert this time around, under the baton of Harish Shankar, the ensemble of talented musicians will present a programme which consists of Grieg’s In Autumn written in 1866. This work won first prize at the Swedish Academy’s composition contest after the composer rearranged it for a piano duet. Next comes Cello Concerto composed by Dvořák in 1895, one of the best-known works in the repertory. This concerto is infused with the spirit of the composer’s native Bohemia and its premiere took place in London in 1896, conducted by the composer himself. Performing this work with the MPYO is MPO’s very own cellist, Csaba Koros. Closing this concert is Sibelius’ most popular and frequently played Second Symphony, written in 1901; it embraces a symphonic world of towering strength and ranks as one of the most magnificent creations in the orchestral repertory. It was premiered by the Helsinki Philharmonic a year after its composition. Beguile in the brilliant musicianship of our very own MPYO, only at DFP!