Robb Report Malaysia: Unveiling the Louis XIII Malaysia Limited Edition

The world in the 1920s came following the end of the First World War. The era that followed, with the Jazz Age and Roaring Twenties would come to define the period in the United States. Over in France, the extravagance of Art Nouveau evolved into Art Deco and the artistic period would then collide with culture and society to birth exuberance – the années folles (crazy years) – like never before. Along came George Gershwin, American composer and pianist who studied in Paris. In 1924, on a train journey to Boston, and working with a five-week deadline to produce a new composition of a jazz concerto, the seeds were sown for his famous Rhapsody in Blue, a modern piece of music which blends classical and jazz music in an experimental concert. The premiere of Rhapsody in Blue – with Gershwin himself on the piano – would go on to stun the audience of the concert hall in snowy Manhattan and the world, a musical creation which would be called as a historic document and also a rarity. Fast forward a century and we find ourselves at Park Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, looking across the entire city skyline from the world’s second tallest building, Merdeka 118. Here, we are joined by Sibu-born, award-winning pianist Hii Mei Lin who has gone on to carve a career in the very same city where Gershwin originated, earning her post-graduate music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and performing with world-renowned pianists around the world, as well as garnering many awards for her artistry on