MONA

FOMA
2011

SOUND CLOUD
(GONG III)
A Site Specific Sound Installation-Performance
Composer/Installation Artist: Samson Young
Live Performance: Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

TUESDAY JAN 18 – 1PM, 2:30PM, 4PM

WEDNESDAY JAN 19 – 1PM, 2:30PM, 4PM
THURDAY JAN 20 – 1PM, 2:30PM, 4PM
INSTALLATION OPEN DAILY JAN 18 – 20, 11AM – 5PM
TMAG, BONDSTORE
SAMSON YOUNG
http://www.thismusicisfalse.com
Samson Young (b.1979) is one of
Hong Kong’s most sought-after
composers today. With formal
training in music composition, an
eye for visuals and a keen interest
in emergent technologies, Young
has been known to combine his
diverse expertise into uniquely
intermedia experiences. His works
are fundamentally informed by an
engagement with new cultural-
technological paradigms, yet
deeply grounded in the classical
musical tradition. Young’s creative
output spans the widest possible
range: from composition for
orchestra and gameboys, to
amusement ride-turned-sound
installation, to ensembles of ipad
and iphones, to multimedia music
theatre. Described by Sequenza
21 as “epic, dark and fun,” a sense
of play that comes from breaking
down preconceived boundaries
unifies all of his work.
Young belongs to a new breed
of composer-artists whose work
speak to communities across
disciplinary divides. In 2007,
Young became the first from Hong
Kong to receive the Bloomberg
Emerging Artist Award with his
audio-visual project “the Happiest
Hour.” In 2009, CNN’s global
portal CNNgo named him one
of the top “20 people to watch
in Hong Kong.” Young was Hong
Kong Sinfonietta’s artist associate
in the 2008/09 season, and
since then he has maintained
a close relationship with the
orchestra, working in the capacity
of composer-director in a range
of multimedia productions. These
include: Electric Kinderszenen, a
piano-installation project featuring
Colleen Lee; Box of Revelation, a
multimedia rendition of Messiaen’s
Quatuor pour la fin du temps; and
the popular “Know-Your” concert
series.
Young is a regular guest at festivals
around the globe, including:
Sydney Springs International New
Music Festival (Australia 2001),
the Canberra International Music
Festival (Australia 2008), ISCM
World Musid Days (Australia
2010); the Bowdoin International
Music Festival (US 2004), Bang
on a Can Music Summer Music
Festival (US 2005), Perspectives
International Festival of Media
Art (US 2009); Internationales
Musikinstitut Darmstadt (Germany
2006); Dark Music Days
(Iceland 2008); Kuala Lumpur
Contemporary Music Festival
(Malaysia 2009); Microwave
International New Media Arts
Festival (HK 2004), October and to present the highest quality
Contemporary (HK 2007 and contemporary music to Hong Kong
2009), Le French May (HK 2004 audiences on a regular basis.
and 2009), and the Hong Kong In October 2008 members of the
Arts Festival (HK 2009 and 2010). Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
His music received performances by were resident at the Shanghai
Hong Kong Sinfonietta, New Jersey Conservatory. Since 2009 the
Symphony Orchestra, London NASH HKNME has presented regular
Ensemble, City Chamber Orchestra concerts in Hong Kong, with tours
of Hong Kong, Bang on a Can and Mainland China, Malaysia (to the
summer institute fellows, Network Malaysian Contemporary Music
for New Music, New Millennium Festival) and Singapore. The HKNME
Ensemble, SO Percussion, Sydney will be featured at the 2010 New
Song Company, Hong Kong New Vision Arts Festival and in 2011 will
Music Ensemble, among others. tour to Australia, Taiwan, Singapore,
Young is currently a Ph.D fellow at Thailand and Cambodia.
Princeton University, and an assistant
professor in Critical Intermedia Art at William Lane – viola/Artistic
Director
the School of Creative Media, City
University of Hong Kong. His mentors Loo Sze Wang-sheng &
include Chan Hing-yan and electronic Melissa Doecke – flutes

music pioneer Paul Lanksy.
Leung Chi Shing – clarinets

Carmen Ho – manager
HONG KONG NEW MUSIC
ENSEMBLE
http://hknme.org/
The Hong Kong New Music
Ensemble is a chamber ensemble,
formed in 2008. The HKNME
presents the best new music in
Hong Kong by local Hong Kong
composers, Asian composers and
also by important international
figures. It intends to foster interesting
interdisciplinary collaborations,