The Malaysian Jazz Piano Festival (MJPF) is celebrating its 11^th Festival on the 21st to the 23rd of June at klpac.  It began when a few of Malaysia’s top Jazz pianists decided to organise a Jazz festival which paid particular focus and attention to the role of Jazz Pianists and also to the needs of young jazz piano students in 2013. It remains unique in the world of Jazz Festivals and since then the MJPF has gone on to become the longest consistently running Jazz Festival in Kuala Lumpur.

The MJPF focusses on two key aspects namely Education and Performances. The mornings and afternoons of the festival are dedicated to workshops, clinics and theory classes for young jazz students and musicians. They are conducted by the industry’s top professionals and the topics are carefully decided each year by MJPF’s committee.  All workshops and clinics are free of charge and the instructors themselves gladly share their knowledge without payment or expectation of payment. This has been the spirit of MJPF where musicians come together to help each other to progress and, in that way, build a true music community.

The night concerts provide a showcase and a platform for young musicians to display their skills and they also allow for professional musicians to perform with each other and to encourage younger musicians to continue to raise the standard of jazz in Malaysia. As with the clinics and workshops, all participating musicians perform for free, solely for the sake of building this community and helping each other to succeed in what has to be one of the most difficult careers to make a living in.