Collaborative Events
Yeung Sin-tung Jessie: Dasein
Yeung Sin-tung Jessie is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), majoring in Music and minoring in Government and Public Administration and Theology. She previously studied at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and was a student in its Junior Music Programme. Upon leaving Munsang College, she studied composition with Ms.…
Read MoreClaudia Molitor: Auricularis Superior, or let your ear muscles roam
Claudia Molitor (b. 1974) is a composer/artist whose work draws on traditions of music and sound art but also extends to video, performance and fine art practices. Exploring the relationships between listening and seeing as well as embracing collaboration as compositional practice is central to this work. Recent work includes Sonorama with Electra Productions, Turner Contemporary…
Read MoreArvo Pärt: Fratres
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) is one of those composers in the world whose creative output has significantly changed the way we understand the nature of music. In 1976, he created a unique musical language called tintinnabuli, that has reached a vast audience of listeners and that has defined his work right up to today. There is…
Read MoreChristopher Ming-kin Hung: Visual Reverberating
Christopher Ming-kin Hung (b. 1977) is a Hong Kong-based composer of over 70 works which are inspired by a fusion of Western and Eastern philosophical concepts. His compositions have been performed in over 20 countries in various contemporary music festivals, including the 2015 ISCM World Music Days in Slovenia, the 2016 Beijing Modern Music Festival…
Read MorePeco Chui: Fragrance
Peco Chui (b. 1978 in Hong Kong) graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in piano performance. He studied piano with celebrated performer Ms. Nancy Loo. A professional singer-songwriter, he has also written songs for well-known artists, such as Eason Chan, Pak Ho Chow, Alfred Hui, Kay Tse, Bibi Zhou, Cloud Wan,…
Read MoreIgal Myrtenbaum: Comping the Empty Wheel
Dr. Igal Myrtenbaum is a composer, lecturer and educator. His work and passion ranges from synchronizing sounds to studying how people synchronize, through learning communities and multi-cultural environments. Composing both electronic and music for acoustic instruments, his projects and works are performed world-wide and he is giving lectures and clinics to a variety of audiences from…
Read MoreAlice Ping Yee Ho: Begin
Alice Ping Yee Ho (b. 1960) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian composer acclaimed for her “distinctly individual”style and “organic flow of imagination”. She has written in many musical genres and received numerous national and international awards, including the 2016 Louis Applebaum Composers Award, the 2014 Prince Edward Island Symphony Composers Competition, the 2014 Kitchener Waterloo…
Read MoreOlli Koskelin: Animal II
Olli Koskelin (born 16 April 1955) was tutored in composition by Jukka Tiensuu and Eero Hämeenniemi as well as the French composer Tristan Murail. Koskelin also studied the clarinet at the Helsinki conservatory and musicology at the University of Helsinki. He has taught music at the Dance Department of the Theatre Academy in Helsinki since…
Read MoreKaren Tanaka: Sleep Deeply
Karen Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1961. Her works have been performed by distinguished orchestras and ensembles including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France among many others. After studying composition at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, she moved to Paris in 1986 to study…
Read MoreAdrian Lam: Recreational Mathematics
Adrian Lam graduated with a degree in Mathematics from the University of Oxford and obtained his M.Phil. in Music from the University of Hong Kong. He learned the piano with Eva Lue, Colin Stone and Raymond Fischer, and studied composition with Christopher Colemen, Christopher Keyes and Joshua Chan. He holds a distinction in LTCL Piano,…
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