4 October 2025 | SAT | 8:00PM | $200
Join us for an enchanting evening with the renowned Duo AR from Japan, featuring Tosiya Suzuki on recorder and Tadashi Tajima on shakuhachi. This exceptional concert will highlight Duo AR’s mastery of traditional repertoire alongside a collaboration with HKNME, showcasing newly commissioned works created specifically for them. Esteemed Asian composers will contribute to this exciting partnership, blending traditional influences with contemporary innovation.
Works by Berio, Hosokawa, Charles Kwong, Ken Ueno and Suguru Wagatsuma.
This project has been made possible through the generous support of the James Chen and Yuen-Han Chan Professorship Fund in Music at HKU.
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Artistic team
Performed by | Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Recorder | Tosiya Suzuki
Shakuhachi | Tadashi Tajima
Composer | Charles Kwong
Composer | Ken Ueno
Composer | Suguru Wagatsuma
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Programme
1 Japanese traditional 鶴の巣籠 Tsuru no Sugomori
2 Luciano Berio - Gesti (1966) for treble recorder
3 Toshio Hosokawa - Mana (2022) for shakuhachi and recorder
4 Charles Kwong - Uchronia (2025) for shakuhachi and string quartet*
*This new work is commissioned by Hong Kong New Music Limited in 2025 with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund.
5 Ken Ueno - Transcription is An Act of Empathy (2024)
6 Suguru Wagatsuma - The Words from Time (2025)