Date: 22 Oct 2024 - 22 Oct 2024
Concert: 7:00–8:00p.m.
Admission: 6:40–6:55p.m.
Venue: Drake Gallery, 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU
90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Performers:
Patrick Yim | Violin
Loo Sze Wang | Sheng
Programme:
Joyce TANG: Points of Intersection (2024)
LAM Bun-ching: Two Pieces for Violin and Sheng (2024)
CHAN Hing-yan: Decaptych Epiphany (2024)
Joyce Beetuan KOH: L’écho d’une aventure (2024)
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Transnational Sonic Encounters: Violin Meets Sheng, Part II continues the recital series that commenced this musical exchange in January 2024. American violinist Patrick Yim and Hong Kong sheng performer Loo Sze Wang will reunite to premiere four new compositions. This concert commemorates the cultural fusion between the violin and sheng, fostering a distinct musical dialogue that intertwines their rich traditions with contemporary expressions. The commissioned composers—Chan Hing-yan, Lam Bun-ching, Joyce Beetuan Koh, and Joyce Tang —will infuse their unique styles and creativity into the compositions, offering the audience a fresh perspective on violin and sheng music.
Performers:
(Patrick Yim | Violin)
Praised for his “deeply expressive, finely nuanced playing” (The Strad Magazine), “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 performed chamber music with Juilliard, Emerson, St. Lawrence, Pacifica, and Ying Quartet members, and musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Cleveland Orchestra, and New York Philharmonic. He performed with the Cleveland Orchestra on tour in the USA and Europe, and at Carnegie Hall with the Emerson Quartet violinists. His recordings, including numerous world premieres, have been published by Albany, Naxos, Navona, Ravello, and Acis. A strong advocate of contemporary compositions, Yim has commissioned more than 50 works to date, including a substantial body of work for violin with non-Western instruments.
(Loo Sze Wang | Sheng)
Loo Sze-wang is a prize-winning and the foremost sheng (Chinese mouth-organ) virtuoso of his generation in Hong Kong, championing both traditional and contemporary repertoires. Equally active as soloist and chamber musician, he has been featured several times at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the contemporary music festival Musicarama and Radio Television Hong Kong. His performances have been heard in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the USA, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Singapore, Korea and China.