Austin Yip

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

Solo

  • 《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)
  • KangDing Love Song (2015/2022)

    KangDing Love Song was arranged in 2015 for ABRSM Piano Mix 2 (2015), and has subsequently been listed as a set piece in ABRSM Grade 2 Piano Exam for 2023-2024 (published in 2022). This arrangement is especially arranged for piano player of around ABRSM grade 2 level, with a focus on melody and accompaniment, as…

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    KangDing Love Song (2015/2022)
  • 《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)
  • 《述懷》Song of Pilgrimage (2020)

    for sanxian solo, dedicated to Zhao Taisheng

    《述懷》Song of Pilgrimage (2020)
  • 《末》Omega (2019)

    for violin solo Premiered by Patrick Yim and Linda Yim on 8 November, 2019 at AC Hall, HKBU. Programme Notes Omega foresees the last generation of human being, and it summerises the life of Generation X, Y and Z. Omega is originally composed as the cadenza of my Violin Concerto No.1: Generation, but it can…

    《末》Omega (2019)
  • City Beats (2019)

    for harpsichord, electronics and video Premiered by Kawai Chan, harpsichord at Recital Hall, Hong Kong Baptist University on 5 April, 2019 during “The Keyboard of the 21st Century” conference. Awarded winner of “Best Music Video” in Eurasia International Monthly film Festival, Moscow, Russia (April, 2019) Official selection of “Music Video” in Indie Visions Film Festival…

    City Beats (2019)
  • 《萬里》Miles Upon Miles (2018)

    For amplified violin and electronics Purchase here. Premiered by Patrick Yim in Hong Kong History Museum, 28 January, 2018. Perform by Patrick Yim and Austin Yip in Playhouse, Abrons Art Center, New York, 18 July, 2018 during New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. Perform by Patrick Yim on 21 September, 2018 in Sheung Wan Civic Centre…

    《萬里》Miles Upon Miles (2018)
  • 《蝶戀花》Die Lian Hua (2013)

    For flute solo Commissioned by Izumi Nikaido Purchase the CD here. Premiered by Izumi Nikaido in Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall on 17 October 2013. Performed by Izumi Nikaido in Recital Hall, Hong Kong City Hall on 11 January, 2015. Performed by Linda Chatterton in DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York on Saturday,…

  • 《逸》Yi (2015)

    for guzheng solo Commissioned by Hong Kong Composers’ Guild Premiered by Ngai Kawa in Sai Wan Ho Amenities Centre Theatre on 26 March, 2017, organised by Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble