Alter Egos

Hong Kong Chamber Music Society
proudly presents

Alter Egos
Concert by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

Date and time:
Thursday 28 June, 2018
(Concert at 7:15pm / Dinner at 8:30pm)
 
Location:
Central

Admission: 
Concert only: Adult $355; Student $195
Concert and Dinner: Adult $690; Student $530
 
Programme:
Bartok: Contrasts
Mozart: Trio in Eb major “Kegelstatt”, KV 498
Schumann: Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), 4 Pieces, Op. 132
Kurtág: Hommage à Schumann

About the musicians:

Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

The Ensemble has led numerous world and regional premieres of important contemporary works — a number of which commissioned by the HKNME — at prestigious music festivals and venues around the world, including the Hong Kong Arts Festival, New Vision Arts Festival (HK), Tongyeong International Music Festival / ISCM (South Korea), ECHOFLUXX Festival of New Media (Czech Republic), CYCLE Music and Art Festival (Iceland), Shanghai New Music Week (CN), Beijing Music Festival (CN), Hong Kong Week (TW), MONA FOMA (Australia), Hong Kong Music Series (London), Angel Orensanz Center (New York City) and Wilsey Center for Opera (San Francisco).

The Ensemble has collaborated with renowned organisations such as Zuni Icosahedron, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Guangdong Modern Dance Company, soundpocket, Studio Acht and Alice Theatre Laboratory. The HKNME has also been invited to organise events in partnership with the Hong Kong Arts Centre, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Spring Workshop, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Osage Gallery and the Goethe-Institute Hongkong. The HKNME is also a regular collaborator with music departments of many tertiary institutions in Hong Kong, including the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts where the Ensemble was Resident Company from 2015 – 16.
The HKNME has been annually funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council since 2012.