About Flavia de Souza
In 2009, Flavia was awarded the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, a French Knighthood for Arts and Letters, from the French Government. The investiture was held at...
Flavia started her first piano lessons at the age of four years with her mother, Mrs. Lydia de Souza, and sat for her first piano examination, Grade Two of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of...
In October of 1967, Flavia began studying music seriously for the first time in Paris. She opted for the piano instead of...
Since her return home late 1977, Flavia was immediately invited to give several recitals in Kuala Lumpur and in Penang and Ipoh, two towns on...
Flavia was the recipient of Four Cultural Awards: to Australia in 1986, to Austria in 1991 and twice to Norway, in 1994 and in 1997. In 1986, after giving a recital at the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, she was invited...
In 1987, Flavia opened her own music studio, the Atelier de Musique - 'Music Studio' in French - in Petaling Jaya, a suburban town skirting Kuala Lumpur. Initially she taught students seeking...
From 1992 until 2007, Flavia contributed articles as a freelance writer to the News Straits Times, NST, an English language newspaper daily. The editor, Fatimah Abu Bakar, who commissioned her to...