Langkawi Live – One Earth Music Festival

Come November 2nd and 3rd, Langkawi will again host Langkawi Live – One Earth Music Festival. An innovative and exciting music festival featuring some of Malaysia’s and the region’s most prominent musicians, Langkawi Live 2012 will maximise the picturesque beachfront setting of the Frangipani Langkawi Resort & Spa which will again play host to this year’s event. The festival is timed to start each day at sunset on both evenings.

Malaysia’s foremost jazz pianist and music producer Michael Veerapen will lead the Michael Veerapen Project featuring Saxman Koh from Bangkok. Other artistes to appear include: Amir Yussof, Reza Salleh, Liyana Fizi, Poova, local islanders Panji Warisan and the surprise, Langkawi Love Band.

The first Langkawi Live was staged in 2011 and the organizers plan to make this an annual event on the picturesque tropical island of Langkawi. The main objective of the festival is to promote Langkawi internationally as an eco-friendly holiday destination and to encourage the local community to keep the island clean and green.

This year’s focus is the Rivers Project a joint effort between LADA and the National Hydraulic Research of Malaysia (NAHRM) to rehabilitate the rivers of Langkawi, and a video is being produced that will be launched at this year’s One Earth Music Festival.

While the music will remain the main attraction, the underlying message throughout the festival will be about preserving the island’s environment by recycling and conservation through adopting the principles of sustainable development.

There is a need to convince the local islanders that their survival and prosperity is dependent upon keeping the island clean and that the island’s development must be sustainable.

To this end, and in addition to the two-day music festival which will feature a variety of musical genres ranging from folk to soul, traditional Malay and jazz, concurrent  activities and programmes will be organized  throughout the festival including eco tours, a documentary on the Rivers Project  and other eco related activities.

With these clearly stated objectives for staging Langkawi Live the organizers hope that the tropical setting and the great music on the beach will remind visitors just how beautiful and precious  the island's environment is and of the need to protect it.

For more information and bookings, please go to the website at www.langkawi-live.com or contact our Hotline at: +60 16 6619-0032 or Catherine Xavier at mice@aosconventions.com