2023-05-10 17:05:33
The “TICA Percussion Art Festival”, hosted by Toolbox Percussion, was held just last month. For two consecutive weeks, a communication platform focusing on international percussion art groups, musicians and enthusiasts was built in Hong Kong , bringing a series of concerts, performance lectures, master classes, composition workshops and other activities, participants are like participating in a challenging percussion spring camp that tempers their creativity.
Text: Huang Zixiang Picture: Knocking Xiang
This year’s “TICA Percussion Art Festival” is the first following the local “return to normal”. The last “TICA Percussion Art Festival” with physical performances is already in 2020. Shao Junjie, the artistic director of Percussion Xiang, shared, I can’t deny that I have a lot of feelings, and I understand that music is to connect with each other and move everyone through live performances. However, the preparation process is indeed difficult. Compared with switching to the Internet during the epidemic, more technical support and coordination work, this year seems to be in one Two years of substantial work will be done within this year, but it is certainly worth it to see the final results and the growth of the team. Due to the epidemic, he has not produced or performed for a long time, and there are many unforgettable things this year, like the composer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew. Andrew Moses (Andrew Moses) missed the connecting flight when he was in transit, which made them mess up. Finally, with limited manpower, he rushed to deal with visas, transfers, hotels and other matters, and successfully “dismantled the bomb”. He mentioned that it is both a challenge and a study to hold an art festival by tapping on the resources of small and medium art groups in Xiangxiang.
This year’s “TICA Percussion Art Festival”, I not only witnessed its formation step by step, but also was a guest of many performances. I felt a lot and opened my eyes. “TICA Salon Concert: Oliver. Hubbard – BGM” featuring American cello star Oliver. Oliver Herbert was in charge, and the repertoire was also arranged by him, including the first movement of Bach’s Second Suite in D minor: Prelude; Paul. Paul Desenne’s “Song of the Jaguar” first movement: Gypsies, second movement: Amazon’s tomb, etc. His cello solo performance is excellent, and then he added Japanese-American percussionists Fujii Haruka played together, and it was also very exciting. The premiere of Andrew. Moses’ commissioned work “Ecstasy Inside” is particularly impressive. This song uses a lot of technology combined with electronic equipment. It seems that the resonant frequencies of the cello and thunder are transmitted to the Each other has become a two-in-one sound loop, which is rarely seen in other contemporary music performances.
In fact, “TICA” (Toolbox International Creative Academy; International Collaborative Creative Academy) not only focuses on percussion music, but also explores string music and percussion music creative performance as an entry point. Shao Junjie feels that string music has many The sound of percussion music, sometimes percussion music is very “string”, like marimba and vibraphone, which can make lyrical linear melody, so he wants to try more with this special combination of orchestration , practice “TICA” emphasizes creativity, technology, as a bridge and other music education concepts.
In the art festival, the “Salon Concert: The Voice of Overseas”, featuring New Morse Code, also has a duet performance of cello and percussion, among which is Lin Zijun’s “Records of Overseas Chinese” , combined with the recording of interviews with immigrant musicians in Queens, New York City, the cello and percussion music played together in such a sound environment, adding an extra layer of cultural significance and sound texture. It has to be mentioned that the percussion Xiang that kicked off the “Salon Concert: Voices from Overseas” brought Nafennier. The Hong Kong premiere of Nathaniel Stookey’s masterpiece “Trash Orchestra” is eye-catching. The percussion instrument is composed of recycled waste and everyday objects, such as pans, trays, oil drums, and bicycle wheels. , bird cages and more, even a saw! The orchestra strikes a tight, exciting and unique beat, which is very brilliant.
Unite as one
In the “TICA Closing Concert”, the Colin Currie Quartet made its finale appearance. This contemporary percussion troupe from the UK brought the audience multiple scenes of passionate and highly skilled performances, as if they were knocking on the American minimalist music pioneer Steve. In Steve Reich’s “Drumming” (Part 1), a row of drum arrays is arranged, and the whole song is constructed with different counterpoints and speed changes, just like weaving an airtight but tight net with precise drum sounds , which amazed music fans. This concert features Vietnamese-American composer Vikki. Viet Cuong concluded with “Next Week’s Tree” arranged for percussion and strings, Ke Lin. Carrey shouldered the command, leading his Colin Carrey Quartet teammates, percussion Xiang, and Oliver. The ensemble of art festival artists such as Hubbard and New Morse Code burst out with a well-structured and exciting movement, drawing a successful conclusion to the entire art festival. “Tree”, as the theme song of “TICA Percussion Art Festival”, sends a message to the art festival and the team, like a tree that grows steadily and vigorously, inspires more people, and spreads its branches and leaves.
The “TICA Percussion Art Festival” on this side has come to a successful conclusion, and on the other side, percussion and music. Heart (Musica del Cuore), invited the American string quartet Del Sol String Quartet to perform at the Eaton Club in Central today (May 11), bringing a joint performance of contemporary music groups and local percussion ensembles, which can provide It is definitely a good thing to bring more rare contemporary music and percussion performances locally, and it is worth continuing to pay attention to music fans.
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