Hong Kong-born Louis Siu takes centre stage on timpani unveiling a spectrum of dazzling percussive sounds unique to these drums.Together with his friends on Chinese and Western percussion, Siu takes the audience on a sonic journey exploring the rhythms and timbres of their instruments with mesmerising music.
With numerous awards for his outstanding performances, Siu has played in Asia, Australia and the US. His dedication to performing contemporary music has led him to premiere compositions by various modern composers. In this recital, Siu will perform newly commissioned compositions by Alain Chiu and Austin Yip, alongside dramatic and frenetic pieces by Elliott Carter and William Kraft.
Related Festival PLUS programme(s)
Louis Siu Timpani Mallet-making Workshop
Leo Yu (The Blue Hydrant)
Elliott Carter
Excerpts from Eight Pieces for Solo Timpani
Ross Edwards
Marimba Dances for solo marimba
Dave Hollinden
Cold Pressed for solo percussion
Alain Chiu
Resonantia Part 1 (world premiere)
Austin Yip
Resonantia Part 2* (world premiere)
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Rhythm Gradation for solo timpani
Alex Orfaly
Rhapsody No 2 for solo timpani
William Kraft
Timpani Concerto No 1 (arranged for piano and percussion ensemble)
Percussion
LOUIS SIU^
CHAU CHIN-TUNG^^
RIEKO KOYAMA^^
VICKY SHIN
Piano
CYNTHIA CHAN
* Commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival with support from CASH Music Fund
^ By kind permission of the Macao Orchestra
^^ By kind permission of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Leo Yu (The Blue Hydrant)
