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Pesta Raya 2023: Orkestra Melayu Singapura brings keroncong music back to the fore
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Orkestra Melayu Singapura's Simfoni Keroncong Nusantara concert will showcase both traditional and modern styles of keroncong music.
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SINGAPORE – Mr Amri Amin, music director of home-grown Malay orchestra Orkestra Melayu Singapura (OMS), remembers a time when keroncong music was the popular music of its day in Singapore.
“Back in the 1970s, you could hear it on the radio,” he recalls fondly.
