Music Night “When We Meet”

Fri 15 May 2015, 8 pm
ATK

From the organizer:

“When We Meet” – A night bringing together two of Malaysia’s leading improvisation artists in saxophone and voice, with Hanoi’s electronic artist Luong Hue Trinh.

Featuring:
LUONG HUE TRINH [VIETNAM] – Electronics
YONG YAN-SEN [MALAYSIA] – Tenor Sax
KOK SIEW-WAI [MALAYSIA] – Voice

Program

Solo Saxophone: Yong Yan-sen
Duo Electronics and Voice: Luong Hue Trinh, Kok Siew-Wai
All together: Kok Siew-Wai, Yong Yan-sen, Luong Hue Trinh.

Tickets: 100,000 VND.

About artists

LUONG HUE TRINH – Electronics

After studying from 1998 – 2010 at the Vietnam National Academy of music, Luong Hue Trinh graduated with honors in Jazz keyboard. In 2003 she was granted Exceptional Student by the Association of Yamaha Music, Japan. Since 2010 to now, she has been approaching electroacoustic music and being under the strong influence by SonX. Her music has been presented, exhibited, performed in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Phillipines, Indonesia, China, Turkey, Denmark, US, Norway, Australia, Japan and the UK. Her work was published by the Urban Arts Berlin in the Synthesis Vol. 1 online and tape format in a compilation of sound works by female composers from many countries in the world.

YONG YAN-SEN – Tenor Sax

Yan-sen is an improvised saxophonist and artist-organizer. He has played at the Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival, Mosaic Festival Singapore, Choppa Eclectic Improvised Music Festival, Turn Around Free Jazz & Improvisation Festival amongst others. Yandsen’s debut LP of solo saxophone improvisation was released by Doubtful Sound (France) in 2013. Yan-sen, together with Darren Moore and Brian O’Reily, form an improvised trio called Game of Patience. They have toured to Japan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Yan-sen and KOK Siew-Wai has formed Reflex Reactions, an improvised duo with voice and saxophone. Yandsen is one of the founders and co-director of Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival (KLEX) since 2010.

KOK SIEW-WAI – Voice

SIEW-WAI is an improvised vocalist, video artist and artist-organizer. She has participated in festivals such as Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival, Asian Meeting Festival (Japan), Playfreely (Singapore), Choppa Eclectic Improvised Music Festival (Singapore), Busan International Video Art Festival (Korea), International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherland) and more. In February 2015, Siew-Wai joined the Ensemble Asia Orchestra led by Otomo Yoshihide, and performed three concerts in Tokyo and Kyoto. YONG Yan-sen and Siew-Wai formed Reflex Reactions, an improvised duo with voice and saxophones. Siew-Wai is one of the founders, festival director and curator of the Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival (KLEX).