Performed Live by the Chamber Orchestra of Boston
September 20th, 2014
David Feltner, Conductor
Peter Dunn, Sound Engineer

Elisha Azure V1 141110

Puisi: A. Samad Said
Muzik: Az Samad

Peludah Warna

Kuasa gusar kini menggelegak murka; 
warna kuning diisytihar racun terbisa.
Diragutnya baju-T segeram tenaga
dan diumum itulah busana bahaya.

Tapi, kita jahit semula perca kain,
menjadikannya panji terindah dan tulen.
Warna kuning yang teramat tenang dan syahdu
kita kembalikan damai ke dalam qalbu.

Kini cahaya mentari mungkin diramas
dan sinar kuningnya juga mungkin dicantas.
Memanglah mereka kini peludah warna
sedang menghimpun lendir kahak sebanyaknya.

Kerana nikmat amat lama berkuasa,
kuasa pun seolah menjadi hartanya.

1. 7. 11.                     A. SAMAD SAID


Peludah Warna

Nicola Fiorino, cello
Giampaolo Nuti, piano

Fluendo, for cello and piano

ASIAN Meeting Festival 2017 
Day 6 Sapporo Art Park

Performers: 
Oren Ambarchi (Melbourne), Ikuro Takahashi (Sapporo), Yii Kah Hoe (Kuala Lumpur) and Dj Sniff (Hong Kong)

Improvisation by Oren/Ikuro/Kah Hoe/Sniff (Excerpt)

Raining, goes dark. I am inside the hut and waiting for the cranes. 24-bit, 48000 Hz, Tascam Dr-100 MK III, Azden mixer, primos.

Waiting For The Cranes. Matsalu National Park, Estonia On September 15, 2018

// IMPROVISED MUSIC NIGHT//

Hyelim Kim(taegŭm), Yii Kah Hoe (xiao)
Date & time: Saturday, 29 December, 8:30pm
Venue: RAW Art Space

Duet improvisation on Taegŭm and Xiao by Hyelim Kim and Kah Hoe (ending Part)

Sounds of Nature for Sape and Chinese Orchestra
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra / Chew Hee Chiat
Sape / Salomon Gau
Composer / Yii Kah Hoe

Date of performance: 2018.4.21
Venue: Hong Kong Cultural Center

Sounds Of Nature for Sape and Chinese Orchestra (excerpt 1)

Peter Neville, percussion; St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University

entoptic (2018) for percussion and live electronics (first performance)

a 12 min 12 seconds long tribute to Ravi Shankar

by Marco Lucchi / piano, tools

12 dicembre 2012

12.12.12. (for Ravi Shankar)

Black-And-Yellow Broadbill, Eurylaimus ochromalus

Kubah's forests are pulsing with life, and the soundscapes that can be heard in this national Park are among the most incredible I have ever experienced. This recording features the incredibly powerful sounds of Empress cicadas, along with the melodic song of the White-rumped Shama, and the rhythmic ' te-hoop 'calls of Golden-whiskered Barbets.

This sample is an excerpt of the track "Dusk Rhythms" from the album Rhythm of Kubah - https://wildambience.com/albums/rhythm-of-kubah/

Dusk - Empress Cicadas & White-rumped Shama

Dusk - Empress Cicadas & White-rumped Shama - Recorded in Borneo's rainforest

YII Kah Hoe is a Malaysian composer and improviser. Yii was the winner of 11th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards (Malaysia, 2014), the winner of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Forum for Malaysian Composers (Malaysia, 2007), the 3rd Prize in the International Composition for Chinese Orchestra (Singapore 2006), the finalist of International Composers Competition "Città di Udine" (Italy, 2010). 

Yii has been recognized as one of the major voices among Southeast Asian composers of his generation. His music has been widely performed in Asia, America, and Europe by ensembles such as Ensemble Mosaik, Interensemble, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore, The Claremont Concert Choir, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Birmingham Symphonic Winds, Pan-Pacific Ensemble and musicians such as Peter Veale, Christopher Redgate, Moritz Ernst, Jürg Henneberger, Maruta Staravoitava, Anne Harley, Luisa Sello, Duplum Duo and etc.

Yii’s music is perceived as bold and avant-garde. His works use sounds and rhythms of many traditional instruments from various ethnic cultures. The sensitivity of space that Yii mastered as an artist (Fine art) in his younger years is also evident in his music. 

In the fall of 2015, Yii was the Erma Taylor O’Brien Distinguished Visiting Professor at Scripps College in Claremont. Yii engaged in music education and the organization of a contemporary music collective, concerts and a festival in Kuala Lumpur, contributing intellectually and socially in the field. Yii was the festival director of Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival 2009, the festival director of SoundBridge festival 2013, the president of Society of Malaysian Contemporary Composers (2014 – 2016) and a senior lecturer at SEGi College Subang Jaya, Malaysia since 2000.

Duet improvisation on Taegŭm and Xiao by Hyelim Kim and Kah Hoe (ending Part)

Kah Hoe YII