FORMIDABLE - A Multidisciplinary Artwork...

AJCAACO, as a music-based group, should promote music to its members. Thus, I am going to recommend this interdisciplinary work - FORMIDABLE - involving Pipa and other art forms that will be held in the Arts House this month.

Ghost Opera & The Mad King

Having seen another interdisciplinary art work - Ghost Opera & The Mad King (with pipa, cello, violin, viola, Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet, Percussion, Piano/Harpsichord, Singing) with Xiao Ting, Siew Hwa and Lijia, I will strongly advise music-lovers to explore beyond the purist intepretation ('orthodoxy') of Chinese orchestra music. I believe FORMIDABLE, like Ghost Opera & The Mad King, will bring to you a novel and entertaining musical journey:

Concert Title: FORMIDABLE
Performance Group: Ah Hock and Peng Yu
Date: 27, 28, 29, 30 September 2007
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Chambers - The Arts House
Ticket Price: $36 (Full Price), $21 (Concession)

FORMIDABLE is an interdisciplinary work, dealing with Pipa, Visual Arts, Dance and Sound Design which involves artists and musicians like Samuel Wong (musician - pipa), Darren Ng (sound artist), Hayden Ng (costume designer), Michael Loke (sculptor) etc.FORMIDABLE stems from our research of war. We were particularly intrigued by the epic that happened when the collapse of the Qin Dynasty, the final battle of Xiang Yu (Chu) and Liu Bang (Han). There are two very interesting pieces of pipa traditional music that depicts the very same battle, one from the perspective of the victor and vice-versa.

Interesting synopsis of this artwork right? Probably, this can be a AJCAACO outing for those who are interested in finding out more about the plethora of musical forms available out there. Believe me that there is no boundaries in how music can be juxtaposed after attending similar performances.

Interested people, please let me know and I will find out the ticketing information from Samuel.

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~~Ah Liang~~