Date: 14 Oct 2025 - 14 Oct 2025
Language: English
Admission: 6:45–7:00 p.m.
Concert: 7:00–8:30 p.m.
Venue: Drake Gallery, 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU
90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Program: New works by Chan Hing-yan, Ken Ueno, Timothy Page, JunYi Chow, and Mao Zhu,
alongside Chen Xiaoyong’s Interlaced Fragments (2004) for viola and sheng.
Free admission. Please click here to register for the performance.
Performer:
Patrick Yim | Violin
Loo Sze Wang | Sheng
Zhang Ying | Pipa
(Zhang Ying appears by kind permission of the
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.)
Grammy Yeung | Zheng
In the third Hong Kong installment of his Transnational Sonic Encounters project, acclaimed American violinist Patrick Yim joins forces with a trio of Hong Kong’s most celebrated musicians—sheng virtuoso Loo Sze Wang, pipa master Zhang Ying, and zheng star Grammy Yeung—for an unforgettable evening of boundary-defying music. This groundbreaking performance features world premieres by stellar composers: Chan Hing-yan, Ken Ueno, Timothy Page, Mao Zhu, and JunYi Chow.
This concert presents a fresh take on cross-cultural music-making, where Eastern and Western instruments meet in thoughtful, contemporary dialogue, weaving a vibrant tapestry of sound that honors tradition while embracing innovation. The performance highlights the distinct character of each instrument, creating music that is both cohesive and richly individual. The result is a richly textured sound world—subtle, inventive, and resonant—that invites listeners into a shared space of exploration and exchange.
(Patrick Yim | Violin)
Praised for his “deeply expressive, finely nuanced playing” (The Strad), “dazzling technique and passionate interpretations” (The Whole Note), and “vivid imagination” (Fanfare), Honolulu-born violinist Patrick Yim made his solo debut with the Honolulu Symphony and has since performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician.
Yim has collaborated with members of the Juilliard, Emerson, St. Lawrence, Pacifica, and Ying Quartets, as well as musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. He has toured with the Cleveland Orchestra throughout the U.S. and Europe, and performed at Carnegie Hall with violinists of the Emerson Quartet.
A passionate advocate for new music, Yim has commissioned over 50 works, many of which explore the intersection of the violin with non-Western instruments. His discography includes numerous world premieres released on Albany, Naxos, Navona, New Focus Recordings, Ravello, and Acis.
Yim is Assistant Professor of Violin and Faculty Fellow at the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
(Loo Sze Wang | Sheng)
Loo Sze-wang is one of Hong Kong’s foremost sheng (Chinese mouth-organ) virtuosos, widely recognized for his artistry across both traditional and contemporary repertoires. A prize-winning musician, he is active as both a soloist and chamber performer, and has been featured at major events including the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Musicarama, and broadcasts on Radio Television Hong Kong.
Loo’s performances have taken him to stages around the world, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Singapore, Korea, and Mainland China, where he continues to champion the expressive range and versatility of the sheng.
(Zhang Ying | Pipa)
Zhang Ying is the Principal Pipa of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO). A rising star from Mainland China, she has garnered multiple accolades, including the Silver Award (Youth Section, Pipa Specialism) at the inaugural Chinese Instrumental Music Competition in 2002 and First Prize (Youth Section) at the 2004 Longyin Cup International Ethnic Instrument Competition.
As a frequent soloist with the HKCO, Zhang has been featured in major performances, including the orchestra’s Japan tour, where she performed Kong Zhixuan’s pipa concerto A Fantasy of Flying Apsaras. Beyond her orchestral work, she has also given solo recitals in both Hong Kong and Mainland China, establishing herself as a dynamic and expressive voice in contemporary Chinese music performance.
(Grammy Yeung | Zheng)
Yeung Ching Ho Grammy earned her Master of Music in zheng performance from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and a music degree from the University of Hong Kong. She studied with Mrs. Chin King and Dr. Xu Lingzi, and received the Rayson Huang Scholarship (2017–2019) and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund Scholarship (2019–2021).
She has performed in Mainland China, Macau, Bali, Singapore, and London, and given solo recitals at venues including Tai Kwun, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Palace Museum, and major universities in Hong Kong. Supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and selected for LCSD’s Hong Kong Artists Series, she presented two solo recitals at Hong Kong City Hall Theatre. Critics have praised her “clean and solid technique, clear and pure tone, and precise, steady interpretation.”