Cirque de la Symphonie

Dewan Filharmonik Petronas

This ‘is an exciting production designed to bring the magic of cirque to the music hall’. I decided to purchase a ticket and attend the performance after viewing the 2020 Season of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra online. ‘For more than ten years, it has thrilled and bedazzled veteran concertgoers and new patrons as they see accomplished aerial fliers, acrobats, contortionist, dancers, jugglers, balancers and strongmen perform to ‘live’ symphony music.’

This time, the performance was highlight by high flying young lady who performed various contortions by using a huge cloth banner attached to wire and pulley all while playing classical renditions, usually upside-down, on a specially designed violin and in keeping with orchestral arrangements being performed by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.

‘Performers include world record holders, gold medal winners of international competitions, Olympians and some of the most experienced cirque talent ever seen. Their performances are uniquely adapted to stage accommodations shared with the symphony and each artist’s performance is choreographed to the music arranged in collaboration with the conductors’. On this occasion, the conductor was Gene Chang, and the music being played was of several well-known broadway musicals.

‘When the Artis of Cirque de la Symphonie perform in from of a full orchestra, and incredible fusion of these two great art forms takes place. The aerialists and acrobats turn the concert into a three-dimensional entertainment extravaganza and the orchestra seems to play with enhanced enthusiasm.’

NOTE: No photo taking allowed during performances.