John Dip Silas Trio + Leon Yuen

At the age of 18, after being enrolled to study music at the Australian International Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, John Dip Silas was exposed to jazz music and decided to pursue that as his art. Since graduating with a BMu’s in 2010, John has been an active member of the Malaysian jazz scene and also currently teaches at jazz faculty of University of Malaya as the jazz piano tutor as well as facilitating the jazz ensemble.

He has performed at an array of jazz venues around Australia, Singapore, China and Malaysia, and has worked with a number of internationally acclaimed and accomplished musicians, such as Shunzo Ohno (Japan), Michael Simon (Venezuela), Teriver Cheung (Taiwan), Diege Maroto (Mexico), James Flynn (Australia) and many more. John is also on the committee that organised the first Malaysian Jazz Piano Festival in 2014 and is currently working on future Malaysian Jazz Piano Competitions and Festivals.

Leon Yuen is a young and vibrant harmonica player who has been making mark in the music scene as a soloist as well as collaborating with various musical acts such as Michael Veerapen, Julian Chan and modern jazz band, NewSound. Leon is the winner of 2018 Jazz Talent Competition and was the runner-up for the 5th Seoul International Harmonica Festival in 2017.