Dear Weiwuying Unlimited member, this is a non-Weiwuying-presented program. You can buy ticket directly via the link below.
- ●Duration is 110 mins with 20 mins intermission.
- ●Suitable for age 7+.Children under age 7 need to be accompanied by an adult.
- ●Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
- Applicable for Weiwuying Unlimited member
For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
Weiwuying - TIFA Contemporary Music Platform| Lin Liao X Hong Kong New Music Ensemble 'The Sound of Bloom's Epoch'
This concert curates works of young composers to celebrate the acoustic aesthetics of the next generation. Programs include awarded pieces of young composers to present contemporary music from diverse cultural backgrounds of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia, and respond to earlier works of George BENJAMIN. The concert explores a century of transformation after classical music entered the modern era.
In 2008, William Lane moved to Hong Kong and established the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble to break the boundaries of forms and to bring a variety to the contemporary music performances. In Hong Kong, a place full of the unknown, he transforms the audience's imagination of music. Hong Kong New Music Ensemble has developed to a collective of fifteen professional musicians, and has been praised by CNN as one of the most avant-garde music groups in Hong Kong. The ensemble is now composed of 12 members and several deputy members, performing in various venues with different ensemble combinations. Over the years, the ensemble has performed many masterpieces of contemporary composers and premiered a number of new works by local and overseas composers, including works commissioned by the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.
Conductor|Lin Liao
Born in Taichung, Lin majored in Music Theory and Composition at the National Taipei University of the Arts. In 1993, she moved to Austria and studied conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She graduated in 2000 with distinction. In 1998, Liao Xiaoling started working as an opera accompaniment and conductor at the Chemnitz Operahaus in Germany until the end of 2001. In the 2001/2002 season, she served as the chief resident conductor of the Lutherstadt Wittenberg State Opera. From 2002 to 2005, she served as the chief resident conductor of the Schleswig-Holstein State Opera. In recent years, Liao has worked vigorously in contemporary music and received much attention. Since 2015, she has been invited to work as the artistic director and permanent conductor of Ensemble Laboratorium.
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Founded in 2008, the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble (HKNME) is hailed as “one of Hong Kong's most progressive groups of musicians” (CNN). Widely praised for its innovative programming, the Ensemble's productions include concerts, educational outreach events, and interdisciplinary collaborations and research projects with artists from different artistic fields.
The HKNME currently consists of fifteen core members who perform in versatile combinations in a variety of settings. Over the years, the HKNME has performed masterpieces of the contemporary repertoire as well as numerous premières by composers from Hong Kong and overseas, including many commissioned by the HKNME itself.
Program
Chia-Ying LIN (Taiwan):Viaggio della Seta (2017)
Daniel LO (Hong Kong):Poids (2018/19)
LIU Wei-Chih (Taiwan):The Fire of Zhu-Que (2014)
Lisa ILLEAN (Australia):Cantor (2017)
George BENJAMIN:At First Light (1982)
Production Team
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Sponsor
Weiwuying - TIFA Contemporary Music Platform| Lin Liao X Hong Kong New Music Ensemble 'The Sound of Bloom's Epoch'
This concert curates works of young composers to celebrate the acoustic aesthetics of the next generation. Programs include awarded pieces of young composers to present contemporary music from diverse cultural backgrounds of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia, and respond to earlier works of George BENJAMIN. The concert explores a century of transformation after classical music entered the modern era.
In 2008, William Lane moved to Hong Kong and established the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble to break the boundaries of forms and to bring a variety to the contemporary music performances. In Hong Kong, a place full of the unknown, he transforms the audience's imagination of music. Hong Kong New Music Ensemble has developed to a collective of fifteen professional musicians, and has been praised by CNN as one of the most avant-garde music groups in Hong Kong. The ensemble is now composed of 12 members and several deputy members, performing in various venues with different ensemble combinations. Over the years, the ensemble has performed many masterpieces of contemporary composers and premiered a number of new works by local and overseas composers, including works commissioned by the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.
Conductor|Lin Liao
Born in Taichung, Lin majored in Music Theory and Composition at the National Taipei University of the Arts. In 1993, she moved to Austria and studied conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She graduated in 2000 with distinction. In 1998, Liao Xiaoling started working as an opera accompaniment and conductor at the Chemnitz Operahaus in Germany until the end of 2001. In the 2001/2002 season, she served as the chief resident conductor of the Lutherstadt Wittenberg State Opera. From 2002 to 2005, she served as the chief resident conductor of the Schleswig-Holstein State Opera. In recent years, Liao has worked vigorously in contemporary music and received much attention. Since 2015, she has been invited to work as the artistic director and permanent conductor of Ensemble Laboratorium.
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Founded in 2008, the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble (HKNME) is hailed as “one of Hong Kong's most progressive groups of musicians” (CNN). Widely praised for its innovative programming, the Ensemble's productions include concerts, educational outreach events, and interdisciplinary collaborations and research projects with artists from different artistic fields.
The HKNME currently consists of fifteen core members who perform in versatile combinations in a variety of settings. Over the years, the HKNME has performed masterpieces of the contemporary repertoire as well as numerous premières by composers from Hong Kong and overseas, including many commissioned by the HKNME itself.
Program
Chia-Ying LIN (Taiwan):Viaggio della Seta (2017)
Daniel LO (Hong Kong):Poids (2018/19)
LIU Wei-Chih (Taiwan):The Fire of Zhu-Que (2014)
Lisa ILLEAN (Australia):Cantor (2017)
George BENJAMIN:At First Light (1982)
Production Team
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Sponsor
Dear Weiwuying Unlimited member, this is a non-Weiwuying-presented program. You can buy ticket directly via the link below.
- ●Duration is 110 mins with 20 mins intermission.
- ●Suitable for age 7+.Children under age 7 need to be accompanied by an adult.
- ●Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
- Applicable for Weiwuying Unlimited member
For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit