While the city sang symphonies of tyre screeches and car honks, inside Kuala Lumpur’s oldest shopping centre Sungei Wang Plaza, over 2,000 music aficionados were serenaded to melodies that overshadowed the booming thunder and warmed the chilly night.
Croatian pianist Maksim Mrvica (Maksim) brought the house down at Mega Star Arena KL with a comprehensive setlist of dynamic arrangements that was exhilarating, leaving the audience with major post-concert depression.
The show opened with New World Concerto, a rendition of Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No.9 in E Minor “From the New World” Op. 95: Allegro con fuoco, which showed off Maksim’s expertise as a pianist.
Followed by Glorietta, a collaboration between Czech composer Tonci Huljic, the track’s intricate melodies and dynamic rhythms transported the audience to a world where classical and modern music coexist harmoniously.
