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 ...

110 by 80.5 cm.; 43 1/4 by 31 3/4 in.

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.

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 ...