Dr. Mohd Fairuz Zamani, commonly known as Fairuz Zamani, is an academic, pianist, composer, and music researcher currently serving at the Faculty of Creative Arts, Universiti Malaya (UM), where he holds the position of Deputy Dean (Postgraduate, Research & Innovation). His research focuses on contemporary Malaysian music composition, with particular interest in developing analytical frameworks for the works of Malaysian composers and advancing scholarship in Southeast Asian music studies. Dr. Fairuz has published in several esteemed academic journals, including Muzikološki Zbornik, Malaysian Journal of Music, Harmonia: Journal of Arts Research and Education, Wacana Seni, Resonancias, and 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature. He has led research projects aimed at promoting Malaysian piano repertoire to wider audiences and currently oversees a grant focused on analytical methodologies for selected works by Malaysian composer Razak Abdul Aziz. In addition to his journal publications, Dr. Fairuz is the author of Songs of the Kampung, published in Springer's Asia in Transition series, a Scopus-indexed scholarly book series that explores social, cultural, and artistic developments across Asia. He also serves as the Series Editor of Creative Research in Arts and Technology in Asia (CReATe Asia), a Springer book series dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary research in the creative arts, technology, and innovation throughout the Asian region. Beyond academia, Dr. Fairuz is an active composer. Since joining the Malaysian Composers