In the framework of the Connecting Spaces Hong Kong – Zurich, a group of musicians from Zurich and Hong Kong joined hands to compose and perform new works over high-speed network.

Telematic music is the live performance via the Internet by musicians in different geographic locations. Over the course of one week, two teams of professional and student musicians, composers, engineers and video artists from Zurich and Hong Kong joined force via high-bandwidth Internet, examining new creative tools and performance formats.

To mark the closure of this week-long workshop, Conflux featured two ensembles that take place in Hong Kong and Zurich simultaneously, breaking the barriers of geography, time and space and bringing a new music experience to the audience.

The concert included commissions for the composers Lam Lai and Christopher Keyes.

Program

Christian Wolff: Edges (1969)
Joachim Flüeler: Game I: Roles (2016)
Isang Yun: Inventionen (1983/84) “Harmonie”
Christopher Keyes: Antiphone in Memory of Pierre Boulez (2016)
Bruno Maderna: Serenata per un Satellite (1969)
Lam Lai: The Raindrops (2016)

Performance on July 2, 2016

Ensemble Hong Kong

Ensemble Zurich

Giulia Cudini, Matthias Ziegler, flute
Barnabas Völgyesi, clarinet
Hannah Walter, violin
Zhang Kai Ju, saxophone
Hanspeter Ehrsam, Ernesto Coba, Johannes Schütt, audio
Benjamin Burger, Joel De Giovanni, video

Curated by

William Lane and Matthias Ziegler

Performed by

musicians from the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble & Fellows from The Modern Academy (Hong Kong); staff and students from ZHdK (Zurich)

Co-presenters

The Modern Academy, Connecting Spaces Hong Kong – Zurich

In partnership with

Department of Music, Hong Kong Baptist University, Zurich University of the Arts

Location Hong Kong

Location Zurich