Austin Yip

A composer connecting literature, sound, and technology to create music that explores meaning, imagination, and new ways of expression.

Electroacoustic

  • 《言》The Dialects (2023)

    for violin and electronics “The Dialects” is supported by the New Music USA Creator Fund 2023. Programme Notes The first movement, “Martial Arts,” draws inspiration from a visit to a martial arts center in San Francisco Chinatown, where a private collection of 1920s-1950s Cantonese opera manuscripts is stored. While working on the materials, I heard…

    《言》The Dialects (2023)
  • Ross Alley Music (2023)

    for live coding, percussion quartet and video Open studio at 41 Ross, San Francisco Chinatown by Brian Chan, Lei-lei Hoi, Louis Siu and Austin Yip on 5 November, 2022. Screened in Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre on 20 April, 2023 during TICA Festival. While curating Ross Alley Music, there were a few problems, and…

    Ross Alley Music (2023)
  • Art Central X UOB Art Space (2022)

    Original music for the event opening. Written for erhu, pipa, guzheng and electronics, in collaboration with Desmond Leung’s interactive ink art installation “The Bloom of Water Lilies ” and Alice Ma’s choreography. Performed at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 25 May, 2022. //quoted from Art Central Hong Kong’s website The Bloom of Water Lilies is…

    Art Central X UOB Art Space (2022)
  • First Steps into Nature (2022)

    Original Music for Biodiversity Picture Books Dancing with Spotted Dove Flying Tiger Common Tiger Chinese Banyan Treasure “ECF Nature Connection : First Steps into Nature – Environmental Education Programme for Kindergarten Teachers and Children”is an environmental education and community action project under the Environment and Conservation Fund and the Environmental Campaign Committee. Project funded by…

    First Steps into Nature (2022)
  • 《關於那獸》This is All About That Monster (2021)

    for violin, electronics and video (or dance) Violin recorded by Patrick Yim. Programme Notes “This is All About That Monster” started as a collaboration between Gloria Pang, a choreographer, and I in early 2021. At the beginning Gloria sent me a few clips of her improvised movements with Stella Tsui, another dancer, and she mentioned…

    《關於那獸》This is All About That Monster (2021)
  • 《大》Mega (2020)

    for violin and electronics Programme Notes “Mega” is everything inclusive—heard and unheard, seen and unseen. 《大》包含所有東西-聽到與聽不到的,看到與看不到的。 “Mega”, for violin and electronics, premiered by Patrick Yim on 20-21 April, 2021 (2 performances) at JC Cube, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong.

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    《大》Mega (2020)
  • 《思緒之內》Inside the Mind of… (2020)

    for violin, electronics, EEG device and videoperformed by Patrick Yim Premiered during MacDowell National Benefit on 19 October 2020 Programme Notes “Inside the Mind of…” was drafted during my residency as a response to elderly’s dementia, and itwas completed during summer 2020 in Hong Kong. The work requires pre-recorded violin part,which serves as the “memory”.…

    《思緒之內》Inside the Mind of… (2020)
  • 《虛空之下》Underneath//Emptiness (2020)

    for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, electronics and video Programme Notes Commissioned by Unheard-of//Ensemble, “Underneath//Emptiness” is inspired by the sound heard in Hong Kong MTR/ New York Subway trains and stations, two of the world’s busiest underground transit system. I have always been fond of sounds heard underground, perhaps it was influenced by one of my…

    《虛空之下》Underneath//Emptiness (2020)
  • Philosophy ONE – microsecond (2018/2020)

    for electronics and video Included in TransCultural Exchange’s “Hello World” project. See here under “sound” Radio Broadcast BBC Radio 3 (UK) – Late Junction, 11pm, 30 August 2018. Co-Op Radio 100.5FM (Vancouver, Canada) – Soundscapes, 9pm, 4 July 2018. Fresh Art International (US) – Podcasts on multi-platforms, 10am, 25 July, 2018. Resonance FM (London, UK)…

    Philosophy ONE – microsecond (2018/2020)
  • Eurydice (2017/2019)

    In collaboration with Centre de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne Premiered in Castle of Cerisy, Normandy, France on 17 May, 2018 during the International Video Dance Festival of Burgundy. Screened on 7-14 October, 2018 at Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània, Valencia, Spain during the 5th Encuentro internacional de video-danza y video-performance. See here. Screened on 2-3 December,…

    Eurydice (2017/2019)