LCSD to launch lecture demonstration "A Cultural Journey through World Music"
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The series of four lectures will be hosted and curated by Eugene Leung, a local Central Asian musical instrument dutar performer with a fine grasp of ethnomusicology. Through introducing histories and cultures, demonstrating musical instruments and sharing personal experiences, Leung and other musicians will respectively lead participants to appreciate the ethereal zen of Japan's shakuhachi, the surging rhythms of West Africa's Mande music, the fierce passions of Spain's flamenco music, and the exquisiteness of Central Asia's classical music.
Details of each lecture are as follows:
Lecture 1: Japanese Shakuhachi Music
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Date: June 14 (Wednesday)
Speaker: Yukio Chidori (shakuhachi)
Demonstrator: Lee Utaetta (shamisen)
The shakuhachi is a bamboo flute, and is one of the most representative traditional musical instruments of Japan. The speaker will introduce Japanese traditional music and a variety of shakuhachi music genres, from court music, religious music, folk music to modern shakuhachi repertoire.
Lecture 2: West African Mande Music
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Date: June 21 (Wednesday)
Speaker: Halen Mory Woo (kora)
Demonstrators: Cecilia Au (percussion) and Justin Siu (percussion/cello)
The music culture of the Mande people of West Africa has a long history. It is also their important means of communication and message transmission. The speaker will demonstrate a variety of West African rhythms by playing the djembe and the dunun (African drums). In addition, an instrument called the kora (African harp) will be introduced together with Western instruments to demonstrate a modern style of music.
Lecture 3: Spanish Flamenco Music
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Date: June 28 (Wednesday)
Speaker: Kelleigh Poon de Rubio (flamenco singing)
Demonstrator: Ashley Chan (flamenco guitar)
Flamenco is an art form that exists as part of the system of folk music which originated in the Andalusian region of southern Spain. It was inscribed onto the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010. The speaker will introduce the history and characteristics of flamenco music, and demonstrate the different forms of flamenco through singing and guitar playing.
Lecture 4: Central Asian Classical Music
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Date: July 5 (Wednesday)
Speaker: Eugene Leung (Uzbek dutar)
Demonstrator: Tung Tsz-ching (Uyghur satar)
Through demonstrating the traditional music of the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan, including the classical "shashmaqom", which is on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and its representative instrument, the two-stringed lute dutar, participants can hear the unique sound of diversified cultures in the Central Asian region.
Eugene Leung graduated from the University of Cambridge and completed a Master of Music in Ethnomusicology from Goldsmiths, University of London. He later visited Uzbekistan and Tajikistan several times to learn the two-stringed lute dutar with renowned local players. He has been an active figure on the Hong Kong music scene promoting the traditional music of Central and West Asia, and has taken part in performances and exhibitions as curator and music director.
"A Cultural Journey through World Music" is one of the programmes of the "World Music" Series. All lectures ,conducted in Cantonese, will be held at 7.30pm at the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Space Museum. Tickets priced at $80 (for each lecture, with free seating) are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_1536.html.
Ends/Friday, May 12, 2023
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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