Konsert Lentera Timur
| Residency show by Siti Nurhaliza | |
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| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| Venue | Istana Budaya |
| Associated album | Cindai, Sahmura, Sanggar Mustika , Lentera Timur , Klasik and Seri Balas |
| Start date | 20 September 2013 |
| End date | 24 September 2013 |
| No. of shows | 4 |
| Siti Nurhaliza concert chronology | |
Konsert Lentera Timur (Malaysian for the Eastern Beacon Concert; also known as Konsert Lentera Timur Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza) was a residency show and revue by Malaysian recording artist, Siti Nurhaliza. Held on four non consecutive nights in September 2013 at Istana Budaya, this was her first concert in which the songs performed were mainly driven by traditional Malay and folk music genres. Many of the songs were taken or derived from her four solo traditional albums: Cindai (1997), Sahmura (2000), Sanggar Mustika (2002) and Lentera Timur (2008). During the course of the four-night concert, she performed more than 30 songs and was backed by 40-piece traditional Malaysian orchestra, Orkestra Traditional Malaysia (OTM). The musical backing included an amalgamation of sounds from different traditional musical instruments, including strings and percussion that are synonymous with Malaysia's multiracial culture – Rebana, Er-hu, Sitar and Sapeh.
Though tentatively scheduled as a three-night concert, from 20 to 22 September, a fourth date was added to fulfill the demands from Siti's fans, fans of traditional music, and guests of Malaysia's Ministry of Tourism and Culture – the concert's official sponsor and patron. Although she was plagued with a sore throat and cough in the days before the concert, Siti's performance received positive reviews and critical acclaim for her ability to maintain vocal control while simultaneously energetically performing traditional dances.
On 27 October, the concert was revealed to be the most successful solo concert ever held at Istana Budaya, where it managed to collect more than RM 900 000 surpassing record previously made by Jamal Abdillah.
Born and raised in a traditional music inclined-family (her grandfather Bachik Abdul Rahman was a famous local violinist and her mother, Siti Salmah Bachik was a traditional music singer), Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza began planning for a full traditional-themed concert beginning in 2010. The chance for such a performance came when Istana Budaya decided to collaborate with Orkestra Tradisional Malaysia (OTM) to have a full concert in which the set list was composed of traditional Malay songs and folksongs. The name of the concert was actually taken from one of her traditional albums, Lentera Timur (Eastern Beacon).
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