Percussive Piano Hong Kong 2015 Laurens de Boer X Hong Kong Composers Pianist from the Netherlands Gifted Dutch pianist Laurens de Boer Exploration of jazz-groove piano hybrid with Hong Kong Composers Laurens de Boer, a multi-facetted pianist from the Netherlands, his work traverses between avant-garde classical music and contemporary music. The “Percussive Piano Project” initiated by Laurens in Europe is one of his recent highlights. He commissioned composers to compose new piano pieces. Laurens’s project is characterized by a canorously modulated blend of virtuoso jazz between varying key strokes, immaculately exploring the possibilities of jazz groove within percussive piano playing. Laurens’s collaboration with Hong Kong composers promised to impress audience with the intricacies of piano hammers and strings. Added to the newly composed piano pieces ‘The Groove is in the Groove’* by Leung Chi-hin, ‘Yin Yang Yin-Yang’* by Viola Yip, ‘Messages from the Clouds’ by Ng Cheuk-yin and ‘Discovering…a Mystery’ by Wong Chun-wai, music pieces composed by European composers will also be presented in this edition of Percussive Piano Project Hong Kong. (*World Premiere) # Commissioned by Apple Tree Music Publishing Limited in 2014 with partial sponsorship from CASH Music Fund. Composers﹕ Hong Kong Leung Chi-hin Viola Yip Ng Cheuk-yin Wong Chun-wai The Netherlands João Artur Moreira Carlos Jacques Anderson Paul M. van Brugge Michiel Mensingh Florian Magnus Maier About Laurens de Boer - Co-founded Co-founder of a piano/percussion duo ‘De Watertoren’ - Member of “Het Zuiderzee Orkest”, an orchestra with a steadfast focus on cross-disciplinary music including contemporary music, avant-garde jazz - Collaborate with different composers and to use different music genres to build up his artistic uniqueness 22.2.2015 (SUN) 8pm Hong Kong City Hall Theatre $150, $100, $75* *Discounted tickets for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minder, and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients. Ticketing Enquiries：3761 6661 Programme Enquiries：2526 7800 / [email protected] Credit Card Telephone Booking：2111 5999 URBTIX Internet Ticketing: www.urbtix.hk Website：www.flowermusic.hk The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the content and the time of programme.