Nov
1
to Nov 2

Hand Rolled Cigarettes Live Music Score Performance

Film is an art form that combines visual and audio elements. As we endeavor to explore the diversity of cinematic experiences, our mission is also to highlight the talents of industry creators. Inspired by several young composers who recently brought new voices to the scene, HKAFF is organising its first ever cine-concert at the Festival. In collaboration with iii Iris Liu and Hanz Au, as well as local sound artist Karen Yu and trumpeter Atlas Iu, this live music show featuring an original composition for Hand Rolled Cigarette (17th HKAFF Opening Film) will certainly be a feast for all senses. Do not miss this chance to experience a refreshing cinema experience! Complimentary drinks and food will be provided.

Musicians

Iris Liu (iii)
Local independent musician and film composer, Iris’s music style outstands the crowd as an infusion of classical, pop and jazz. In 2021, she released her debut album “EYE EYE EYE” and co-founded Crash Music Production with Hanz Au, thereby composing for Hand Rolled Cigarette, A Guilty Conscience and Left on Read. In 2024, Iris was a co-nominee for Best Original Film Score for Time Still Turns the Pages at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards alongside Hanz Au and Jolyon Cheung.

Hanz Au
A percussionist, sound artist and curator from Hong Kong, Karen is currently the Artistic Director of Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong, the co-founder of chamber percussion group, The Up:Strike Project, and an Associate Musician of Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. A keen collaborator of different formats and worldwide music festivals, she develops her practice around improvisation with sound objects and bodily movements.

Karen Yu
Local independent musician and film composer, co-founder of Crash Music Production, with Hand Rolled Cigarette as the studio’s debut project. Other composing projects include A Guilty Conscience and Left on Read. In 2024, Hanz was a co-nominee for Best Original Film Score for Time Still Turns the Pages at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards alongside Iris Liu and Jolyon Cheung.

Atlas Iu
A classically trained trumpeter, electronic music artist and music producer, Atlas has performed for numerous orchestras and bands, such as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Macau Orchestra and more. Aside from classical music, he is also in demand as a pop / jazz trumpeter in the Hong Kong Pop scene. Since 2019, Atlas has started releasing electronic music under the alias “telvanni26” and as part of the DJ producer duo JVSY.

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Ticket Price $280
Discount Price $250 (including bcinephile or MOViE MOViE Members / Students / Senior Citizens / Eslite Members [Black & Gold])
Ticketing: www.cinema.com.hk

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Support Hong Kong film talents and brewers! Each ticket comes with a free can of Young Master beer, to be distributed at the screening venue before the show starts. A pack of Lay’s Crispy Fries will also be distributed after the show. 
Craft beer will only be distributed to persons aged 18 or above.

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HICCUP (Sound Forms 2024) at Tai Kwun Contemporary
Oct
25
to Nov 9

HICCUP (Sound Forms 2024) at Tai Kwun Contemporary

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Do hiccups control you, or do you control the hiccups? Does the artist control the artwork, or does the artwork perhaps control the artist? 

HICCUP—a festival of body and sound co-presented by Tai Kwun Contemporary, Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong (Sound Forms), and Per.Platform—will host an array of sonic art, live performances, and interactive installations.

Hiccups are involuntary actions taking place in the body, an uncontrolled and unexpected spasming of the diaphragm that results in sharp, rhythmic sounds. HICCUP has invited sound and performance artists from Hong Kong, Chongqing, Taipei, Bangkok, and Tokyo to present work juxtaposing both modes of artistic practice—performance art rooted in sound and sonic art rooted in performance. Will the differences and similarities in the artists’ creative thought processes be amplified? Will the audience experience any unexpected chemical reactions? 

HICCUP features fourteen artists in eight performances and one workshop; sound waves bounce off found objects and materials, generating vibrations that viewers affect, changing the soundscape as they walk through the space; reflect on the body’s conscious and unconscious “behaviours” and “actions” and the physical poetry that blurs their borders, infiltrating our perception of time and space.

CMHK Curator: Karen Yu
Per.Platform Curator: Florence Lam
Tai Kwun Contemporary Education and Public Programmes Curator: Veronica Wong
Tai Kwun Contemporary Programme Coordinator: Sonia Cheng 

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Lychee Goklok
Aug
17
8:00 PM20:00

Lychee Goklok

Ticket Price: $150 ($250 for both ticketed concerts 15/17 August)

Clarinetist Linus Fung invites you on an immersive sonic journey through the diverse environments of Lai Chi Kok. In his new composition Lychee Goklok, Fung blends live improvisation with evocative field recordings, creating a shape-shifting soundscape. Drawing inspiration from malls, the MTR, and urban atmospheres, this dynamic suite swirls between foreground and background, as the live ensemble interacts with pre-recorded samples. Listeners will be transported through familiar and unexpected sonic narratives, experiencing the hidden acoustic tapestry of Lai Chi Kok in captivating new ways. Whether you’re a fan of experimental, electroacoustic music or simply curious, Lychee Goklok promises an engrossing and sensory-immersive listening experience, showcasing the creative potential at the intersection of improvisation and field recording.

Programme

Linus Fung: Lychee Goklok for clarinet, percussion, erhu and electronics

Artists

Linus Fung, clarinet and live electronics

Karen Yu, percussion

Longman Luk, erhu

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Echoes: Kaija Saariaho Tribute
Aug
15
8:00 PM20:00

Echoes: Kaija Saariaho Tribute

Ticket Price: $150 ($250 for both ticketed concerts 15/17 August)

In memory of the late, renowned composer Kaija Saariaho, HKNME presents an electroacoustic chamber concert celebrating her extraordinary artistic legacy. This tribute features the highly anticipated Hong Kong premiere of Saariaho’s masterwork, Lichtbogen, a captivating fusion of acoustic instruments and cutting-edge technology. The evening also includes other significant electroacoustic works by Saariaho, immersing listeners in her evocative sonic language. Complementing this programme is the world premiere of a new piece by local composer Chan Kai-young, echoing Saariaho’s blend of instrumental and electroacoustic textures. This concert offers a transformative exploration of musical expression, where the boundaries between the acoustic and electronic realms become delicately intertwined.

Programme

Kai-young Chan: Shattered Voices* for flute, viola, cello and fixed media (world premiere)

Kaija Saariaho: NoaNoa for flute and electronics

Kaija Saariaho: Vent Nocturne for viola and electronics

Kaija Saariaho: Lichtbogen for 9 instruments and electronics

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Jun
21
8:00 PM20:00

Dog Star Festival Chapter 2: Hands

Sound artists Ken Ueno and Karen Yu present an evening of pieces foregrounding the stylized use of hand gestures in the generation of noise, reacting against the decoupling of physicality and sonic output. Expect humans operating on noise boxes, snare drums, contact mics, small speakers, transducers, and all other manners of bespoke constructions.

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In Between Lines and Dots (Visiting Artists at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
Mar
28
8:00 PM20:00

In Between Lines and Dots (Visiting Artists at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)

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PROGRAMME

John Cage - Ryoanji

Louis Andriessen - Workers Union

Compositions by HKAPA students

Curator:

Dr. Joyce Tang

Visiting artists:

William Lane, viola

Linus Fung, clarinet

Karen Yu, percussion

Vicky Shin, conductor/percussion

Composers:

Lok Tim Chan

Bethia Kong

Illuminatius Yan Ling Ng

Pak Kan Pong

Katie Hoi Ching Tang

Presenter:

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

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Sounding Tomorrow (Hong Kong New Music Ensemble 15th Anniversary NME15)
Mar
8
to Mar 9

Sounding Tomorrow (Hong Kong New Music Ensemble 15th Anniversary NME15)

NME15 Program:

F.A.C.E.S is a multimedia theatre composition that delves into the tensions that arise from the interaction of actors with visuals, sounds, and a chess game. Inspired by the “Game of The Century” (1956) during the Cold War– the famous match between Donald Byrne and a young Bobby Fischer. The work unfolds in two distinct realities: the cerebral, consisting of sound and visual elements, and the physical, featuring actors engaging with chess pieces. As the tension escalates, these realities intertwine, blurring the lines between thought and action, culminating in a dramatic denouement.

Reception & Opening Performances: 
8 MAR 2024 | FRI | 7-9PM

Installation:
9 MAR 2024 | SAT | 12-8PM

Performances:
9 MAR 2024 | SAT | 4-5:30PM  
9 MAR 2024 | SAT | 6-7:30PM 

Artists:
Esther Wu (HK)
Thanakarn Schofield (TH)

Performers:
Karen Yu
William Lane

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Hyperspace
Jan
31
8:00 PM20:00

Hyperspace

31 January 2024 | Wed | 8pm
Free with registration

Programme
This programme is part of NME15.

Hyperspace is an installative telematic performance that speculates a possibility for simultaneous acoustics. Four performers, from Oslo, Montreal, Mexico City and Hong Kong, with each of them performs a feedback turntable developed by Viola Yip. The instrument highlights the acoustics of each performing space, which will be simultaneously transmitted, juxtaposed and spatialized as a performative hyperspace in the Multimedia Theater of the School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong.

Performers: Noam Bierstone (CAN), Jennifer Torrence (NO), Diego Espinosa Cruz González (MEX) and Karen Yu (Hong Kong)

Instruments, installation and electronics: Viola Yip

Technical assistants: Tim Chan and Adam Pultz

Concept: Viola Yip

Viola Yip

Originally from Hong Kong, Viola Yip is a Berlin-based interdisciplinary sound artist and performer. She has been interested in creating new self-built musical instruments and sound works in the intersection of composition, performance, improvisation and sound art, exploring various relationships between media, materiality, space and our musical bodies in experimental music.

Her instruments and performances have been presented in music festivals and venues such as Issue Project Room in New York City, The Mannes School of Music, Look and Listen Festival, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Cycling ‘74 Expo, Hong Kong Arts Center, Sonic Arts Research Center at Queen's University Belfast, University of Huddersfield, QO-2 Brussels, A L’arme! Festival Berlin, Moers Festival, Seanaps Festival Leipzig and Pinakothek der Moderne Munich.

She received an Honorary Mention from Giga-Hertz-Preis 2021 at Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Supported by SoundLab, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong

NME15 is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Disclaimer: The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 

Hong Kong Arts Development Council fully supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.

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Vocalising the unsung matters
Jan
13
2:00 PM14:00

Vocalising the unsung matters

An art installation and percussive performance encapsulated by a sonic envelope of Hong Kong street sounds invites you to value tenacious unsung matters of everyday life.

Unit 8, Cattle Depot Artist Village

Installation: 
11 JAN 2024 | THU | 4-9PM
12 JAN 2024 | FRI | 10AM-9PM  
13 JAN 2024 | SAT | 10AM-1PM
14 JAN 2024 | SUN | 10AM-9PM

Music Performance(s)
13 JAN 2024 | SAT | 2-3PM
13 JAN 2024 | SAT | 4-5PM
13 JAN 2024 | SAT | 7-8PM

Eric So, composer
Kate Siu, artist

Performers:
Karen Yu, percussion
Samuel Chan, percussion (guest)
Eugene Kwong, percussion (guest)

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shadow mudras with Ken Ueno
Oct
15
8:00 PM20:00

shadow mudras with Ken Ueno

On October 15, Freesound and Arraymusic Co-present an exciting evening of music by Karen Yu and Ken Ueno.

Featuring music by Karen and Ken, performed by the composers, and joined by Jason Doell, this is an exciting opportunity to hear amazing sounds from some of the most exciting composers working today.

With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Toronto Arts Council, the SOCAN Foundation, Arraymusic, the Canadian Music Centre, and Society Clubhouse.

Both Noise Box Cantos and Shadow Mudras were developed collaboratively by Ken Ueno and Karen Yu recently as reaction to their experience being pitted in improvisative situations against a collective of modular synthesizer players. After a critical mass of a few modular synth players is reached, it is hard to discern the individual contributions of each performer. Outnumbered in such a context, Ueno and Yu, felt alienated and determined that such performance contexts were at odds with the core values of their respective performance practices as a vocalist and percussionist.

Program

Wavelengths by Ken Ueno
for vibraphone and electronics
Performer, Karen Yu

Noise Box Cantos
Performers, Ken Ueno and Karen Yu

the wind is unseen,
Performer, Karen Yu

The Aleph
Solo for Extended Voice
Performer, Ken Ueno

Shadow Mudras
Performers, Ken Ueno and Karen Yu

Questions & Accessibility Requests

Freesound is committed to meeting the needs of our audience to the best of our abilities. If you have a question or request, we want to hear from you!

If you have an accessiblity-related question or request(s), please contact Paolo Griffin at freesoundseries@gmail.com

COVID Safety Measures

Masks are recommended

If you have any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home regardless of the test results.

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Stress & Flow: Chamber Percussion Concert by The Up:Strike project
Sep
5
8:00 PM20:00

Stress & Flow: Chamber Percussion Concert by The Up:Strike project

The Up:Strike Project presents 《Stress and Flow: Chamber Percussion Concert》as the annual concert of the year. After a brief hiatus, The Up:Strike Project returns to the stage with a new program of three commissioned works. The concert opens with an intriguing quartet by Alexis Lamb Matters/Mind, followed by the world premiere of a vibraphone quartet by Ken Ueno and a duo of found objects by Esther Wu. Joined by Dr. Rebecca Iloyd-Jones from Griffith University, The Up:Strike Project will present the Asian Premiere of Alejandro Viñao’s new percussion quartet––Stress and Flow. The organicity and virtuosity of humans performing complex polyrhythms on percussion instruments has always been Viñao’s compositional interest. As part of the international commissioning consortium and having the privilege in this geography, The Up:Strike Project is excited to deliver this exquisite work to the Asian audience.

Alexis C. Lamb (b.1993) 亞歷克西斯・蘭姆

Matters/Mind (2021)

for percussion quartet 敲擊四重奏

Performers: Samuel Chan, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Eugene Kwong, Bevis Ng


Ken Ueno (b.1970) 上野 健

Phase Patterns of Likeness Slightly Off (2023)

for four vibraphones for The Up:Strike Project

寫給The Up:Strike Project的顫音琴四重奏

Performers: Samuel Chan, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Matthew Lau, Bevis Ng



-Intermission-


Esther Wu (b.1996) 胡旨澄

Clockwork Menu (2023)

for found objects duet 現成物二重奏

Performers: Matthew Lau, Karen Yu 


Alejandro Viñao (b. 1951) 亞歷杭德羅・維諾

Stress and Flow (2018)

for percussion quartet & electronics 電子與敲擊樂四重奏

  1. Bright and Dark

  2. The Sound Behind

  3. Luz y Sombra en Lindaraja

Performers: Samuel Chan, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Eugene Kwong, Bevis Ng

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Euphonia
Jul
29
2:00 PM14:00

Euphonia

an outdoor performance-based installation with a newly invented 3D-printed and up-cycled Euphonia Organ by Swiss/ Dutch artist Kaspar König

由瑞士/荷蘭藝術家卡斯帕．孔尼創作的戶外大型管風琴裝置及互動演出

Swiss-Dutch artist Kaspar König is bringing his latest invention, the Euphonia to Hong Kong. König, whose recent creative practice and research focus on urban intervention, ecological sustainability, and site specificity of music, is known for his imaginative invention of devices and installations built with innovative use of 3-D printing and up-cycling.

Euphonia is an instrument played by the wind, built with 3D-printing technology and used organ pipes. Musicians from Hong Kong will join Kaspar to perform with the instrument during its debut in the city.

以製作大型戶外裝置見稱的瑞士/荷蘭藝術家卡斯帕 · 孔尼將會於暑假期間為香港 觀眾帶來他的最新發明：《風力管風琴》。

孔尼善長以 3D 列印和再生利用的方式發明和建構藝術裝置。今次的《風力管風琴》亦是採用了 3D 列印技術和再生風琴管建成，而且是一部利用風吹奏的大型樂器。香港音樂家將與孔尼一起與觀眾互動、演奏這件最新研發的樂器。

ARTIST 藝術家 

Kaspar König 卡斯帕 · 孔尼 (Switzerland / The Netherlands 瑞士 / 荷蘭)

21-29.7.2023 


Peng Chau 坪洲

Free Admission 免費節目 

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Jul
7
to Jul 9

The Dreaming

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Inspired by the wisdom of indigenous people, this music performance features multi-sensory elements and celebrates our roots and new beginnings


Since the beginning of time, human beings have asked questions about our existence, desires, and fears. In response to this endless endeavour, music director Olivier Cong and Freespace Ensemble invite you on an imaginative journey fusing music, dance, and film this July to explore our collective states of being and nothingness.

Inspired by indigenous cultures, The Box in Freespace is transformed into a mystical space filled with sounds that blend world music and electronic elements and a set that draws power from the discovery of our inner selves.

Directed by Cong, the multimedia concert features musicians Mike Yip, Nelson Fung, Karen Yu, Ho Yi-on and Nelson Hiu, who improvise pieces from Cong’s upcoming album Tropical Church. Artistically directed by Vanessa Choi, the show opens up a conversation between the musicians, the dance artist Hou Xuchen and film director Linus Chan, whose film explores modern people’s acts of gazing and our daily woes.

About Freespace Ensemble:Our cross-genre ensemble is a collaboration of Hong Kong musicians brought together to experiment with new compositions and arrangements across a range of genres and showcase the talent of emerging local artists.


Concept, Composer and Music Director: Olivier Cong 

Freespace Ensemble:

Synthesiser and Vocal: Olivier Cong
Electric Guitar: Mike Yip
Double Bass: Nelson Fung
Percussion: Karen Yu, Ho Yi-on
Multi-instruments: Nelson Hiu

Concept and Artistic Director: Vanessa Choi
Choreographer: Lee Chia-ming*
Dancer: Hou Xuchen
Film Director, Writer and Editor: Linus Chan
Lighting Designer: Bert Wong
Scent Designer: Ziuhey Tse
Ceramic Artist: Yu-ting Cheng

*Appears by courtesy of the Hong Kong Dance Company

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Baker's Lung
Jun
29
to Jun 30

Baker's Lung

a performance-based exhibition about bread making, with live music performances by Canadian professional baker and brass performers Felix Del Tredici and Kalun Leung

由加拿大專業麵包師暨銅管樂演奏家費利克斯與演奏藝術家梁家綸創作，一個結合專業烘焙經驗和長號演奏的現場音樂演出及裝置展覽

Baker’s Lung, the second event of the #musicismore series combines professional baking experience and music practice. Both music and food are communal experiences that connect us as human beings, “Baker’s Lung” aims to amplify this connection and explore the relationships between sound and the making of bread.

Inspired by Felix Del Tredici, a Canadian brass performer and professional baker for one of Montréal’s most popular artisanal bakeries. Baker’s Lung offers a glimpse into a baker’s life and work environment that the public rarely experiences, a sonic playground that invites introspection about the relationship between trombones and sourdough, acoustics and ingredients, and our lungs and flour. 

This interactive art exhibit will feature newly created sound sculptures, musical instruments, media art, and live performances. Together with multifaceted performing artist Kalun Leung, “Baker’s Lung” will take you on a sensual and thought-provoking journey where you can experience music with your hands, eyes, and nose. Come and enjoy the delicious baking smell and explore the possibilities of sound in this music bakery!

Del Tredici’s sourdough starter from Montréal will be offered to attendees as part of the exhibit (while stock last)

#點只音樂 節目第二砲《肺怎忘餐》互動藝術展覽是一個結合專業烘焙經驗和音樂的新作。由專業麵包師暨長號演奏家費利克斯（Felix Del Tredici）及聲音藝術家暨長號演奏家梁家綸創作，探索麵包製作與聲音之間的微妙關係。

費利克斯現為加拿大蒙特利爾其中一間最受歡迎的手工麵包店的全職烘焙師，作品受到他日常在麵包店艱辛的工作，以及他作為專業低音長號演奏家及音樂藝術家的背景啟發，透過《肺怎忘餐》探索麵包製作與長號音樂藝術形式之間的關係。展覽場地將化身成一所聲音遊樂場，讓你窺探平時鮮為人知的烘焙生活及工作環境，並以獨特的即興表演及裝置藝術形式帶給你一個獨一無二的音樂 x 烘焙體驗。

《肺怎忘餐》互動藝術展覽將展出全新創作的聲音裝置、樂器、媒體藝術，以及在特定日子的現場演出，帶您踏上一段感官和發人深省的烘焙音樂旅程。歡迎您以不同觸覺與作品互動，享受烘焙香味，並用手、眼睛和鼻子探索音樂的可能性！

費利克斯於蒙特利爾親自培養的酸種將於展覽期間派發予觀眾（數量有限，派完即止）。 

ARTISTS 藝術家 

Felix Del Tredici 費利克斯 (Canada 加拿大) | Kalun Leung 梁家綸 (Canada 加拿大)

Date for the exhibition 展覽日期：29.6.- 4.7.2023 

Time and date of the performance sessions 現場演出時間丶日期：29-30.6.2023 | 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pmBlack Box & Gallery, Goethe Institut Hongkong, Hong Kong Art Centre 香港歌德學院 歌德藝廊及黑盒子(香港藝術中心) 

Free admission to the exhibit and performance sessions. To secure your place for the performance, please register in advance展覽及演出均免費入場，請預先登記預留表演門票


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Jun
1
to Jun 16

"Scoring Motion" Research Residency at the Seoul Dance Center

Together with Lawrence Lau, Joseph Lee and Karen Yu, the artistic trio is invited to the Seoul Dance Center for a two-week residency to share their on-going research on the notion of scoring as a tool for cross-disciplinary collaboration and creation over the past few years, and to conduct a co-research process, with the participation of the local artists, on how scoring is also a multifaceted tool to review their own artistic practice and to understand the artistic practice of others.

During the residency, the trio aims to initiate dialogues with the local performing arts community and share their approaches to choreography, composition, improvisation and performance. By doing so, to learn and explore how this methodology can be adopted as a creative tool for performance-making, conversations and idea exchanges in a different cultural context. 

There are three major events for different groups of participants. Upon arrival, an Artist Talk will be hosted to introduce the artist trio, their experience in cross-disciplinary collaboration and individual’s artistic practice, as well as getting to know the practitioners in the local performing arts scene. Followed by a 3-day workshop for performance-makers to explore and create through the designed scoring exercises, which leads to the final presentation. Titled Scoring Motion: Three Days, Three Mediums, Three Minutes, an exhibition involving demonstration and presentation will be held at the end of the residency at Seoul Dance Center to conclude the experience by sharing our findings and to showcase the works created by the participating artists, along with future developments of this project.

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Put Yourself Inside the Box to Think Outside Of It - Contemporary Music Performance Lecture (HKAPA, The Orchestra Academy)
Apr
27
4:30 PM16:30

Put Yourself Inside the Box to Think Outside Of It - Contemporary Music Performance Lecture (HKAPA, The Orchestra Academy)

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Guest Lecture (Invitation from The Orchestra Academy)

Through examining a series of work samples and a workshop on “Letter Piece 1” by Matthew Shlomowitz, this lecture unfolds the forms of communication between musicians and composers and its implication on collaboration, and explores how intention plays a vital role in establishing forms of interpretation in contemporary music performances.

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Since When
Apr
14
to Apr 17

Since When

As percussionist

Concept and words lyrics by Chow Yiu-fai. Music and songs by Joyce Tang. Since When is their first musical and lyrical co-creation, supported visually and spatially by Chan Wai-lap and other artists. The music is performed live by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, iii (Iris Liu) and a choir of young singers, with installations featuring audio-visual recordings by students from Hong Kong Baptist University. Since When invites us to join the journey of seeking, finding, remembering, imagining, hopefully recognizing, reclaiming what used to belong to us …

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Jan
14
2:30 PM14:30

Unlock Body Lab: Open Research Week 2023: Practising Spectrum (Workshop)

Decoding and Interpreting Scores for Motion

Deriving from the original workshop, Scoring Motion, this one-off workshop will extend the research by decoding the performance texts / composed scores dedicated for performers, not limited to any specified area of performers. Scores and texts have been functioning as instructions and documentations in the long history of music, as well as dance Labanotation, and later on, becoming the vital element in the Fluxus movement and performance art. Thus, the possibilities embodied in scores provides a basis for cross-media artistic practice. How do we, as performer, establish our own interpretation based on these notations and instructions?

Through using notation as a vehicle, this workshop will focus on identifying the capacity for creative input, and embodying performer’s interpretation through examining and understanding the intentions of the score creator and its relation to the performer’s artistic decisions.

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Sound Forms 2022: Bounding in Void
Nov
12
8:00 PM20:00

Sound Forms 2022: Bounding in Void

As curator

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聲形2022：虛無界限

Sound Forms 2022: Bounding in Void

12 & 13 NOV 8pm (SAT & SUN)     Amy Chan & Kin Lam 陳一云 及 林建霖

15 & 16 NOV 8pm (TUES & WED) Lazarus Chan, Lam Yip & Law Yuk Mui 陳朗丰， 林葉及羅玉梅

18 & 19 NOV 8pm (FRI & SAT)   Michele Chu & Sudhee Liao 朱凱婷及廖月敏

大館F倉展室

Tai Kwun F Hall Studio

Sound Forms 2022: Bounding in Void

Sound surrounds us in every way: in the air, through the ground and within our bodies, unconfined, how do we embrace and adapt to an unfamiliar space sonically?

Co-presented by Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong and Tai Kwun Contemporary, the fifth edition of Sound Forms take place at Tai Kwun F Hall on November 12-19 2022. This year’s festival returns with a focus on collaborative sound performances as an attempt to establish sound as a bridge between different artistic practices.

Curator: Karen Yu

聲形 2022﹕虛無界限

聲音無時無刻包圍著我們：在空氣之中、從地面之下、在我們的身體之中，無邊無界。我們如何從聲音體認並抱擁陌生的空間呢？

由現在音樂及大館當代美術館合辦的第五屆聲形聲音藝術節將於2022年11月12 – 19日再臨大館F倉。今年的節目將會以藝術家合作的聲音演出為主，希望能以聲音作為聯繫不同藝術形式的橋樑。

策畫人﹕余林橞

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Chasing Waterfalls (Asian Premiere, New Vision Edition)
Nov
5
to Nov 6

Chasing Waterfalls (Asian Premiere, New Vision Edition)

As percussionist of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

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Symbiosis of humans and machines in an AI opera

You never step into the same river twice: it’s the same with the digital landscape, which changes in the blink of an eye. 

The AI opera chasing waterfalls, depicting the human pursuit of the intangible digital self, receives its world premiere at Dresden’s Semperoper this September. Co-commissioned by the New Vision Arts Festival, this opera – developed and co-presented by the German multimedia artist collective “phase7 performing.arts” – makes its Asian premiere in Hong Kong. Local rising musical star Angus Lee co-composes the music and also assumes the role of conductor, while Berlin's Studio for Sonic Experiences “kling klang klong” contributes the electro-acoustic composition alongside the innovative AI voice which was specially created together with T Systems MMS –  following the algorithms of the music, AI therefore engages in deep learning and gradually becomes sentient…

We are somewhere between Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. AI learns to simulate pixels and the singing voice, even challenging real-life opera singers. “Ego” (I) and “Ego fluens” (the fluid I) chase each other to the point where it becomes hard to differentiate between real and fake. In the end, even the audience becomes a part of the digital waterfall.

As boundaries gradually dissolve, can “I” insist on my veracity and ability to think as “human”?

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Pearlescence - marimba chamber concert (Samuel Chan x NOVA Ensemble)
Oct
18
8:00 PM20:00

Pearlescence - marimba chamber concert (Samuel Chan x NOVA Ensemble)

As percussionist of NOVA Ensemble

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Pearls are some of the most fascinating existences. They come in a variety of colors, contours and characters, yet each individual pearl is unique and beautiful - that echoes the chamber music written for marimba, the glorious instrument known for its warm tones and rich timbres.
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Pearlescence features an evening of chamber music for marimba and various instruments. Together, the award-winning percussionist Samuel Chan and the musicians from NOVA Ensemble will present works from the lyrical masterpiece of Puts, to the whimsical works of Hoffman and Akiho.
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The concert also features esteemed lighting designer Amy Chan, whose vivid creativity will highlight the luster of these musical hidden gems.

❍ 演出曲目 | Programme ❍
Joel Hoffman - 6-8-2-4-5-8*
Andy Akiho - LIgNEouS 1*
Pol Belardi - Gentle Machinery*
Bright Sheng - Hot Pepper
Angus Lee - ... ché la diritta via era smarrita**
Peter Eötvös - Psy*
Kevin Puts - And Legions Will Rise

*香港首演 | Hong Kong premiere
**委約作品，世界首演 | Commissioned, World Premiere

❍ 備註 | Remarks ❍
- 節目總長約90分鐘，設有中場休息。遲到者須待適當時間方可進場。
- 歡迎6歲或以上觀眾入場欣賞

- Duration: Approximately 90 minutes with an intermission. Latecomers may have to wait until a suitable time to enter.
- Suitable for age 6 and above

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❍ 門票 | Tickets ❍
HKD 240 | HKD 160 *
* 適用於全日制學生、60歲及以上人士、殘疾人士及其看護人、綜援受惠人士
* for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities & the minder and CSSA recipients

❍ 早鳥優惠 | Early-bird Discount ❍ HKD 220 ❍
由即日起至2022年10月3日早上10時，於購票時使用優惠碼「MARIMBA20」即可享早鳥優惠門票
Enter discount code "MARIMBA20" to enjoy early-bird ticket, valid until 10am, 3 Oct,2022.

「Pearlescence — 馬林巴琴室樂音樂會」獲香港藝術發展局支持演出。香港藝術發展局全力支持藝術表達自由，本計劃內容並不反映本局意見。
“Pearlescence - Chamber Music for Marimba” is kindly supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Hong Kong Arts Development Council fully supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.

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