Yamaha Electone Festival 2012

Yamaha Electone Festival 2012

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Winner of Festival Category - Ensemble Junior : Fatasgjorir

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.

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 


 

The winners of the Yamaha Electone Festival 2012 are selected by a panel of juries that comprised of music personalities and educationists.
 
CONCOURS CATEGORY
OPEN AGE SECTION
Name       : Roger Tang Chun Yean
Song Title : Who Cares
Grand Prix Award
Name       : Lim Wan Sim
Song Title : Elegy
Distinguished Award
Name       : Link Xin Wei
Song Title : Windscape
Encouragement Award
JUNIOR SECTION - PRIMARY
Name       : Lim Ying Li Beatrice
Song Title : The Rapids Adventure
Grand Prix Award
Name       : Lee Chloe
Song Title : Fiesta Fantasy
Distinguished Award
Name       : Renesia Kow Yee Hui
Song Title : Rapture
Encouragement Award
JUNIOR SECTION - TEENS
Name       : Liew Mei Xin
Song Title : Daphnis Et Chloe-Danse Generale
 Grand Prix Award
Name       : Chuah Min Ling
Song Title : Tropical Island
 Distinguished Award
Name       : Nicholas Law Jun Hong
Song Title : Treasure Expedition
 Encouragement Award
 
FESTIVAL CATEGORY
SOLO SECTION - JUNIOR
Name       : Kelvin Lau
Song Title : Pirates of The Caribbean
Most Outstanding Award
SOLO SECTION - SENIOR
Name       : Wai Pei Len
Song Title : Harry Potter
Most Outstanding Award
ENSEMBLE SECTION - JUNIOR
Name       : Whiz Kids
Song Title : Into the Light
Group Members : Lee Hong Le, Lee Yi Xuan, Chloe Hong Li Jie
Most Outstanding Award                                  
ENSEMBLE SECTION - SENIOR
Group Name : Fantasfjorir
Song Title     : Orange Sunshine
Group Members : Roger Tang Chun Yean, Kong Zie Lik, Link Xin Wei, Bernadine Jeanne Abeysekra
Most Outstanding Award                                       
Congratulations to all the winners!
 
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Winner of Concours Category - Junior Section (Teen) : Liew Mei Xin. 
She will be representing Malaysia for Asia Pacific Electone Festival 2012 in Indonesia.
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Winner of Concourse Category - Open Age Section : Roger Tang Chun Yean.
He will be representing Malaysia for Asia Pacific Electone Festival 2012 in Indonesia.
 
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Winner of Concours Category - Junior Section (Primary) : Lim Ying Li Beatrice
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Winner of Festival Category - Ensemble Junior : Whiz Kids
 

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All Participants of Yamaha Electone Festival 2012