Yamaha Electone Festival 2012

The Yamaha Electone Festival, an annual event organized by Yamaha Music (M) Sdn Bhd was held on the 1st July 2012 in Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Pusat Pelancongan Malaysia (MaTiC). This Electone event is the stage for these Electone performers to express themselves and demonstrate their skills and creativity. It is a competition where contestants from as young as 8 years old vie for the prestigious award to be one of the country’s best Electone players of the year!

The origin of Electone Festival dates back to 1964 in Japan and has made a remarkable progress since its creation in 1959. This event is a pedestal for Electone enthusiasts to express themselves and highlight their creativities and skills using the highly versatile Yamaha Electone Organ. Thus, it gives a very good opportunity to these groups of enthusiasts to express their feeling and sentiments in front of the audience.

The Electone is a versatile keyboard instrument and it plays an essential part in the Yamaha Music Education System. With its unlimited tone colours, it is excellent for music of any genre, including original, orchestral and popular music. It is also suitable for Solo playing, Ensemble playing and accompanying.

Yamaha Music (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has been organizing this competition jointly with Yamaha Music Schools around the country since the month of April till May this year. The preliminary rounds were held in Penang, Johor Bahru, Klang Valley and Sandakan.

This event has two categories namely; Concours and Festival. Grand Prix winners of the Junior and Open Age section in the Concours category will represent Malaysia in the ASIA-PACIFIC ELECTONE FESTIVAL (APEF) 2012 which will be held on the 9 September 2012 in Indonesia.

In the Festival category, there are two sections i.e Open Solo and Free Style whereby contestant can showcase their creativity in any performance style, incorporating other musical instruments or vocal through which they can share the joy of performing music with their friends.