{"id":1631,"date":"2014-12-16T02:26:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T02:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=1631"},"modified":"2015-04-10T02:28:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T02:28:32","slug":"standing-ovation-for-mastro-johari-salleh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/tahun-2014\/dicember-2014\/standing-ovation-for-mastro-johari-salleh\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Ovation For \u2018Mastro Johari Salleh\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Ftahun-2014%2Fdicember-2014%2Fstanding-ovation-for-mastro-johari-salleh%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=1631&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"newsitem_tools\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\"><span class=\"createdate\">TUESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2014 16:00<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/JOHARIS01.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin<br \/>\nPix Ikhwan Hashim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KUALA LUMPUR, 13 December 2014 \u2013 Concert &#8216;Maestro Johari Salleh&#8217; jointly organised by The National University of Malaysia (UKM) and Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) in collaboration with Kuala Lumpur City Hall received a standing ovation prompting an encore from the conductor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The concert was in appreciation of the services of Datuk Dr Johari Salleh as a leading musical figure of the nation. Johari who is UKM\u2019s Principal Fellow led the orchestra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Artists, including Alyah, Nassier Wahab and Johana Johari, his daughter sang popular standards including <em>Berdebar Rasa Hati, Papaku, Duniaku, Gadis Kota, Kau Yang Terindah<\/em> dan\u00a0<em>Hati Lebur Jadi Debu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Johari showcased his prowess as an arranger interpreting the works of other musicians like P Ramlee, Gus Steyn, Jimmy Boyle and Alfonso Soliano.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many in the audience were made up of relatives and acquaintances of those artists who became guides or mentors to Johari when he served at RTM beginning in 1961 until 1982.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The concert was also graced by performances of Jimmy Boyle\u2019s son, Jimmy junior and Alfonso Soliano\u2019s daughter Isabella \u2013 who played the piano and sang.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jimmy gave a rendition of a medley of his father\u2019s songs, <em>Putera Putri<\/em> and <em>Jauh jauh<\/em> while Isabella Soliano gave her jazz interpretations of some local standards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The concert received overwhelming response from local jazz, &#8216;standards&#8217; and &#8216;pop&#8217; fans, prompting Johari to give an &#8216;encore&#8217; performance in appreciation of the audience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Singapore-born composer is a musical legend in Malaysia. He has vast experience in composing, arranging and conducting while also mentoring budding young musicians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The concert \u2013 the first of its kind \u2013 was attended by Deputy Vice-Chancellors Prof Datin Noor Aziah Mohd Awal (Students and Alumni Affairs), Prof Dr Imran Ho Abdullah (Industry and Community Relations) and Broadcasting Director-General Datuk Hj Abu Bakar Abdul Rahim.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/JOHARIS02.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/JOHARIS03.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2014 16:00 By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin Pix Ikhwan Hashim KUALA LUMPUR, 13 December 2014 \u2013 Concert &#8216;Maestro<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/tahun-2014\/dicember-2014\/standing-ovation-for-mastro-johari-salleh\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1634,"parent":1162,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1631","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1631\/revisions\/1636"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}