Profile 人物简介

	Mohd.Kamrulbahri Hussin  坎穆鲁 胡欣(from www.apu.com.my)  A.P.U Hailing from Kelantan, Kamrul was exposed at an early age to traditional arts and music through his father, who is an exponent of 'Main Petri', the art of ritual healing. When he was in his teens, Kamrul had picked up a number of traditional Malay instruments such as the gendang, rebab, gong and serunai. It was also during this time that he was exposed to the 'Wayang Kulit' a traditional form of puppet theatre and learnt to be a 'dalang' (puppeteer). Upon leaving school, Kamrul journeyed into Kuala Lumpur and enrolled in the National Academy of Arts (Akademi Seni Kebangsaan) where he currently lectures) and graduated with a Diploma in music majoring in Malay and Western percussions. During his time as a student at the Academy, Kamrul picked up many more instruments. Traditional instruments such as the gambus, seruling, gamelan, tak lempong and western instruments such as the congas, bongos, timpani, djembe,classical guitar and steel drums. Kamrul has been appointed musical director for many modern and traditional theatre productions, among them the prestigious Venice Film Festival in Italy and has collaborated on many cultural exchange programs such as 'Many Skins, One Rhythm', 'Kua Etnika' in Jakarta, Indonesia and 'Window to Asia' in Hanoi, Vietnam. Kamrul is also a well sought after musician and sessionist backing and touring with local and international artistes such as Raihan on their UK tour, Siti Nurhaliza, M.Nasir, Ning Baizura, Ramli Sarip, Tan Sri S.M.Salim, Sadao Watanabe, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) and Zainal Abidin, just to name a few. Kamrul credits his expertise and skills to his teachers, the late Pak Hamzah Awang Amat and Asian Fukuoka Culture prize winner, Pak Nasir Yusoff, Pak Ibrahim Senik, Pak Ismail Mamat and his father,Pak Hussin. Kamrul also currently teaches music to local universities such as ASK, UPM, UKM and UITM. Kamrul plays traditional Malay instruments and western percussions in Aseana Percussion Unit.