Date: 9 July 2021
Venue: Concert Hall, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Conductor: Sharon Andrea Choa
Winner of the 'Academy Concerto Feast' - performed by HKAPA Academy Symphony Orchestra

SPIDER (2020) for symphony orchestra

Performed by International Ensemble Modern Academy

"An empty something...something empty..."

Alice Hoi-ching Yeung is a composer and instrumentalist from Hong Kong and a participant of the 5th International Young Composers Academy Ticino. 

Alice composes music with various styles which were characterized by her life, emotions, and philosophical nature. She studied composition and electronic music at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2017. She is starting the master's composition degree at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague in 2021 with receiving the Excellence Scholarship from the conservatory. Her works have been commissioned and performed by Hong Kong Composers’ Guild, Hong Kong Gaudeamus Dunhuang Ensemble, Ligeti Quartet, HKAPA Academy Symphony Orchestra, Chinese Orchestra, and Contemporary Ensemble, Takuya Otaki, Ross Aftel, among others. She was the awardee of CASH Composition Scholarship 2021, Parsons Outstanding Composition Student for Creative Music Scholarship 2021, Viola & Ruan Composition Scholarship 2019, The Society of APA Local Scholarship 2019.

"The piece 'Ding! Dong! Cha!' was inspired by the Cantonese pictophones. Ding, Dong, and Cha are very sonorous words in Cantonese, which are also the name of my three little cats. In this new work for ICTUS ensemble, the contrast between the Cantonese sonorousness and the laziness of cats will be drafted and constructed."

Alice Hoi Ching Yeung (China 2002): Ding! Dong! Cha!

live performance with percussion quartet, electronics, and video. all electronics derived from sonification of the installation file for Windows 98.

performed by Maria de la Calle, João Borralho, Ludovica Ballerina, and João Brito as part of KonStruct.23, December 8, 2022 (https://www.slagwerkdenhaag.nl/nl/producties/konstruct23). recorded by Gregor Connelly and Adam Roček, mixed by Gregor Connelly.

Untitled.exe (live, audio only) || KonStruct.23

The Signum Quartet

Florian Donderer  - Violin
Annette Walther - Violin
Xandi van Dijk - Viola
Thomas Schmitz - Cello

Remnants

for 4 female voices

The piece uses fragments and relics from the original text of John Milton's Paradise Lost. In the centre of it, Eve's lament for her expulsion from Paradise.

Performance 17.05.2023 in the context of the 69th International Rostrum of Composers
Recording 16.05.2023 in Amare, The Hague

Voice 1- Kristia Michael
Voice 2- Meia Oei
Voice 3- Hella Termeulen
Voice 4- Vanessa Guinadi

recording assistance- Zeynep Oktar

Eve's Lament / vocal quartet

Performed by Quatuor Bozzini (Clemens Merkel, violin 1; Alissa Cheung, violin 2; Stéphanie Bozzini, viola; Isabelle Bozzini, cello)

Sept 22, 2023, Montréal, CA @ Salle Bleue

Recording engineer: John Klepko

String Quartet No. 2 “Three Busy Monsters” (2023)

for 5 female voices, 5 clarinets, 5 trombones, 5 cellos, Percussion, Piano and Harpsichord

"The deeper you go...the deeper you go...the deeper you go...deeper you go...you go...you?"

Various suites from Pastry and Seasons 5 + 6 of "Chef's Table" on Netflix. This playlist features the incredible musical talents of Sebastian Ornemark, Tyler Sabbag, Uriel Vanchestein and often Miguel Hernandez on Viola. Please take some time to check out their work as well!!
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I'm so so proud to share this latest batch of music with you guys. Each chef's story is meaningful in a different way and I'm thrilled that some of them belong to those who have been historically overlooked and/or mishandled.

Each episode of Chef's Table presents a unique challenge in finding a musical voice appropriate not only to place and scene, but also to the inexplicable dynamics of the human journey. In some cases it took genuine soul searching, more late nights than I care to admit, being plain old wrong and lots of heart to produce a worthy idea. But it's worth every drop of sweat if a story moves even a single person for a single minute, so thank YOU for searching this music out and for your attention :)

As Always I'd love to honor the musicians who make the pencil dance on the page. The Bratislava Symphony Orchestra was conducted by David Hernando Rico and the Symphonica Recording Orchestra was conducted by Vladimir Martinka. Our small ensemble recordings were made here in Los Angeles at Tyler Sabbag's Animaux Studios. Shout outs to Mikala Schmitz, Morgan O'Shaughnessy and Miguel Hernandez!!

I hope you enjoy the tunes!

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I'm ever humbled and sincerely thankful for all your kind words about the show and music. To hear your experiences have been meaningful remains the coolest thing ever to me. May you have many, many more good ones!

Soundtrack release is a future possibility! If you are interested more info, please contact me directly.

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Watch the series on Netflix: www.netflix.com/title/80007945
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String Quartet No. 2 “Three Busy Monsters” (2023)

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