Yeung-ping Chen, South China Normal Universityįor for flute, violin, qin, pipa, and pianoĬommissioned and supported by the US-China Music Institute It originates in objects which I seek to resonate with, respond to and then depict.” In the case of An Ink Artist’s Two Seasons I felt this impulse to be ink master Lui’s enlightening remark: “For art, form matters. It is sometimes of interest to a composer to recall the original impulse – the “creative germ” – of a compositional project. Widely regarded as a trail- blazer in Chinese art and a leading figure in the New Ink Art Movement in Hong Kong, Lui charted a new path in his quest to connect Chinese art with the times and to contrive new “forms” for the genre. This two-movement miniature is based on two paintings of Lui Shou-kwan (1919-1975), namely Autumn 1964 and Winter 1968, both currently housed in M+, Hong Kong. The work was commis- sioned by the US-China Music Institute and was written specially for a project entitled “Ink Art and New Music” held at Bard College Conservatory of Music on 9 April 2022. Listed below are all seven new compositions, with program notes and the artworks that inspired them.Ĭommissioned by the US-China Music Institute, supported by YS LiuĪn Ink Artist’s Two Seasons was composed between February and March 2022. In the third phase the newly created musical works will receive their world premieres during the Ink and Sound conference on April 8-9 2022 at Bard College with performances given by Bard’s Student Ensemble of Chinese and Western instruments and again in June 2022 at the University of Hong Kong. Yiwen Shen ‘10 (Tianjin Juilliard School) each delivered a lecture to their mentees, four outstanding composition students selected from Bard and HKU, along with members of the public.ĭuring the second phase of the project, composers and their student mentees worked on new compositions inspired by individually chosen works from the M+ collection of 20th and 21st century ink art. Hing-yan Chan (HKU), and Bard Conservatory alumnus Dr. Yeung-ping Chen (South China Normal University), Prof. The project began in September 2021 with four virtual lectures, conducted in a masterclass style, on composing for mixed ensembles inspired by ink art.
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