We meet Western symphonic orchestras right beside Gamelan ensembles, the classical pianist as well as the Keroncong artist, a Chinese orchestra as well as the irritating and fascinating sounds of the divers ethnic groups called Orang Asli. “The range of living music in Malaysia is diverse, it seems as diverse as the different forms of life that the Malaysian people live right beside each other, with well grown modern cities next to stoneage nomads. Ingo Stoevesandt wrote in his website on Southeast Asia music: “Like in Indonesia we face an interesting culmination of cultures in Malaysia: Several forms of musical experience get mingled as it is the Gamelan ensemble combined with traditional instruments of the Arabian peninsula or the call of the Muezin sharing the plucks of the flat indigenous sape guitar. Traditional Islamic-style music endures mainly in Kelantan.
Malay music is influenced by Islamic prayers and Middle Eastern and Arab music as well as music from Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Europe.
Middle Eastern music is popular with Muslim Malays. Malaysia's multi-cultural and multi-racial heritage is most prominently exhibited in its diverse music and dance forms.
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