Music

It is the third collaboration between the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt and the Goethe-Institut Hongkong.

Our first collaboration was in 2008 when „Fantasy of the Red Queen“, one of the chamber operas produced by the Ensemble Modern and the Chinese composer Liu Sola, was performed under the umbrella of the New Vision Arts Festival 2008. It was in the same year when the Ensemble Modern, together with the Siemens Arts Program, initiated the project “into…” – a compositional approach to the Pearl River Delta. In 2008 and 2009 five composers from Germany and England visited Hong Kong and the cities in Pearl River Delta for one month respectively and put their impressions into compositions of contemporary music after their residencies. The compositions were subsequently presented in Berlin, Frankfurt and Hong Kong in 2010.

February 2012 sees our third collaboration, and now the fundamental question of the „into“ project - what does it mean to compose and to perform in today’s globalised world - will be the subject of discussion in an academic context.

From Feburary 5 to 11 we have invited the “International Ensemble Modern Academy” to Hong Kong and the general public will have the opportunity to participate at the Academy's worldwide unique seminar for contemporary music composition. Professors and students of the Academy (based in Frankfurt am Main) will work with young composers and musicians from Hong Kong for one week, trying out their own works on different stages before performing it at a concert on February 10. This is another artistic exchange initiative that Goethe-Institut Hongkong promotes, building on the existing cooperation with the Ensemble Modern.

Programme:

Composition Workshop (1)
6.2.2012 (Mon), 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Recital Hall, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Mike Yuen Wai-fung (Faces)
Lam Lai (Frozen Second)

Roundtable Discussion
6.2.2012 (Mon), 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Goethe-Institut Hongkong
"Megalopolis: Challenges for Composers and Musicians in a Globalised World"

Speakers:
Dr. Joshua Chan
(Hong Kong Composers’ Guild)

Prof. Johannes Schöllhorn
(Academy of Music Cologne)

Prof. Chan Wing-wah
(Centre for Creative & Performing Arts, HKU SPACE)

Mr Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne
(International Ensemble Modern Academy)

Dietmar Wiesner
(International Ensemble Modern Academy)

Mr. Daniel Lo Ting-cheung
(Participating student composers from Hong Kong)

Moderator:
William Lane
(Hong Kong New Music Ensemble)

Composition Workshop (2)
7.2.2012 (Tue), 9:30am – 12:30pm
Lee Hysan Concert Hall, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Leung Chi-hin (Blank Shadow)
Chen Yeung-ping (Trace of the Solar Luminosity)
Wong Chun-wai (Nhemamusasa)

Composition Workshop (3)
7.2.2012 (Tue), 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Lee Hysan Concert Hall, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chan Kai-young (The Nightmare Escape)
Fung Dic-lun (Le Cortege De La Lumiere)
Daniel Lo Ting-cheung (Megalopolis)

Instrumental Lecture Demonstration
10.2.2012 (Fri)
12:30pm – 2:00pm
D1-LP-04, Lecture Theatre, Tai Po Campus, The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Speakers:
Mr Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne (Violin)
Dietmar Wiesner (Flute)

Concert:
10.2.2012 (Fri), 5:00pm
Lee Hysan Concert Hall, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Presented Composers and Works
Birke Bertelmeier (Germany)
Folklick (2011) (World Premiere)

Martin Grütter (Germany)
Zirkelspielchen (2011) (World Premiere)

Niklas Seidl (Germany)
chlor chlor & pommes mit adoleszenz (2011) (World Premiere)

Stephan Quandel (Germany)
Pas de deux et demi　(2011) (World Premiere)

Mike Yuen Wai-fung* (Hong Kong)
Faces (2011)

Lam Lai* (Hong Kong)
Frozen Second (2011)

Leung Chi-hin* (Hong Kong)
Blank Shadow (2009-10)

Chen Yeung-ping* (Hong Kong)
Trace of the Solar Luminosity (2010-11)

Wong Chun-wai* (Hong Kong)
Nhemamusasa (2011)

Chan Kai-young* (Hong Kong)
The Nightmare Escape (2011) (World Premiere)

Fung Dic-lun* (Hong Kong)
Le Cortege De La Lumiere (2011) (World Premiere)

Daniel Lo Ting-cheung* (Hong Kong)
Megalopolis (2011) (World Premiere)

*Only four of these pieces will be presented in the above concert.
Free Admission on a first-come-first-served basis.
Programme Enquiries & Reservations: 2722-1630；info@hkcg.org
Programme and Artists are subject to change.

Co-presented with: Hong Kong Composers' Guild

In collaboration with: Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie and Instituts für neue Musik Köln

Supported by:
Music Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
School of Music, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Department of Cultural and Creative Arts
The Hong Kong Institute of Education
Department of Music, Hong Kong Baptist University
Department of Music, The University of Hong Kong

We would like to thank Lufthansa for their support.