Marzelan Salleh has lived in Malaysia and UK. His music such as Bani Jawi, Bangkit, Puteri Gunung Ledang, Rukun, Hijrah, and Tarian Cinta have been inspired by Asian nuance and Western European music combined with transcultural contemporary ideas. His music has been performed in United Kingdom and Malaysia alongside composers such as John Pickard, Michael Ellison, and Dieter Mack. Performances of his compositions at major international music festivals and concerts include New Music in the South West, Bristol New Music Festival, Contemporary Music Venture Concert Series and University of Bristol’s New Music Ensemble Concerts. Marzelan Salleh has worked and collaborated with prestigious music ensembles and musicians namely, Quatuor Bozzini, the Brodowski Quartet, New Music Ensemble Bristol, and Manos Charalabopoulos, to name a few. Marzelan Salleh has attended composition workshops and masterclasses by renowned composers and musicians such as Pierre Boulez, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, John Pickard, Trevor Wishart, Philip Glass, and Nigel Clarke. Marzelan Salleh received his PhD in Composition from the University of Bristol under the supervision of Dr. Michael Ellison, and previously did his Masters in Composition at the University of Salford with Prof. Alan Williams. Marzelan Salleh’s first involvement in music began as a saxophonist in St. John Institution Kuala Lumpur’s marching band. After which he enrolled into Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia, where he studied clarinet and obtained a first class degree. Composing music has always been his main interest, which led him to obtain a scholarship to pursue contemporary music composition in the UK.

Dr. Azizah Mainal is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya.  She has been teaching physical chemistry courses at the department since 2007.  Her research interest is on liquid crystals which started with the studies on field-induced liquid crystal director alignment to presently, on the stability of naturally occurring liquid crystals. Her other interest is on science communication, and she was the editor of CONNECT, the first Faculty of Science’s newsletter (2017-2019.) She is currently a member of SEMARAK, a platform formed at the Faculty of Science to inform, excite, and influence the university community and the mass via various science communication activities. She also forms Artify Science which is a gathering of literature and art enthusiasts sharing their readings, creative writings, poetry, songs, paintings and, etc.

Dr Ahmad Syadi is an Associate Professor and Senior Consultant Cardiologist. He is active in research and has published extensively in the field of cardiology as well as being involved in many investigator initiated and industry driven clinical trials. He has received many recognitions for his contributions in cardiology by international and local governing bodies: Fellowship of National Heart Asscociation of Malaysia (FNAHM) Fellowship of the Asean Federation of Cardiology (FAsCC) Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) Fellowship of Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Intervention (FSCAI) He has been appointed in various national and international key positions. His recent appointments are as below: Chairman of the Malaysian Society of Atherosclerosis (2024-2027) Chairman of the Malaysian NCVD-ACS Steering Committee (2022-2025) Council Member of the National Heart Association Malaysia (NHAM) (2024-2027) Council Member of the Asia Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease (APSAVD) (2024-2025) Organising Chair of the Asia Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease Congress (APSAVD) 2023 Scientific Chair of the Malaysian Live Interventional Cardiology Conference 2023 Clinical Practice guideline in Dyslipidaemia writting committee 2023 Dr Ahmad Syadi is also active in undergraduate and postgraduate teachings. He has produced many PhD and Master graduates under his supervision.