Patrick Yim and Joel Smirnoff, violins; Kai-Young Chan: “Echoes of the Autumn Night” for Two Violins (2018):
August 31, 2019: Recital at 小宇宙劇場 (Little Universe Theatre), Rizhao, Shandong, China
August 30, 2019: Performance and Masterclass at Qufu Normal University 曲阜师范大学，Shandong, China
August 18, 2019: Recital at the Burgh House & Hampstead Museum, London, UK
August 12-15, 2019: Performances at the New Music for Strings Iceland Festival (Repertoire including Chen Yi Memory for solo violin and Angel Lam Mist of Scented Harbour for solo violin), Reykjavik, Iceland
July 30-August 11, 2019: Artist Teacher: Performing and teaching at the Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Music Festival, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria, Germany
June 18-19, 2019: Performance and Masterclass at the Summer Music Academy at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music, Boulder, Colorado, USA
June 14-29, 2019: Performances at the Flatirons Chamber Music Festival, Boulder, Colorado, USA
May 26, 2019: World Premiere of Violin Concerto No. 1, “Generation”, by Austin Yip with HKFWO at Jockey Club Auditorium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
May 24, 2019: Pre-concert Talk for Hong Kong Philharmonic: Classics Series: Quotation of Dream (Jun Märkl, conductor; Ping & Ting Piano Duo and Michael Wilson, soloists), Hong Kong Cultural Centre
May 3-8, 2019: Recitals with pianist Jennifer Heemstra in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Presented by the Pitch Pipe Foundation. Repertoire includes works by YAO Chen, Austin YIP, Elena KATS-CHERNIN, and Edvard GRIEG (Sonata No. 3).
May 2, 2019: Recital with pianist Jennifer Heemstra at the American University of Sharjah, Dubai, UAE. Repertoire includes works by YAO Chen, Austin YIP, Elena KATS-CHERNIN, and Edvard GRIEG (Sonata No. 3).
April 29-30, 2019: Recitals with pianist Jennifer Heemstra in Kolkata, India, presented by Kolkata Classics. Repertoire includes works by YAO Chen, Austin YIP, Elena KATS-CHERNIN, and Edvard GRIEG (Sonata No. 3). http://kolkataclassics.com/
April 27, 2019: Performance at the Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) – TIFA Contemporary Music Platform. Works by Daniel LO (Hong Kong), Chia-Ying LIN (Taiwan), LIU Wei-Chih (Taiwan), Lisa ILLEAN (Australia), George BENJAMIN (UK).
April 6-7, 2019: Performances at the Tongyeong International Music Festival 2019 (Repertoire: Juri Seo: Respiri (2016) *Asian Premiere; Peng Liu: Eclipse II (2018) *World Premiere; Donald Reid Womack: Concerto for Geomungo and Ensemble *World Premiere; Daniel Lo: Poids (2019) *World Premiere), Tongyeong Concert Hall, Black Box, Tongyeong, South Korea
March 30, 2019: With composer George Tsontakis and violist Born Lau before performing Tsontakis KnickKnacks for violin and viola (Hong Kong)
March 30, 2019: Performing works by George Tsontakis and Johannes Brahms with violist Born Lau, cellist Richard Bamping, and pianist Yoonie Han
February 18, 2019: With composer George Tsontakis and pianist Kiu Tung Poon after performing the Hong Kong premiere of George Tsontakis’ “Three Sighs, Three Variations” at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
January 26 and 27, 2019: Performances of Brahms Violin Concerto
December 1, 2018: Saturday Music Platform (Presented by Kung Music Workshop & Tai Kwun Center for Heritage and Art), 4:00-6:00pm, Tai Kwun Laundry Steps (10 Hollywood Rd., Central).
https://www.taikwun.hk/en/exhibition/detail/saturday%20music%20platform/90
November 21, 2018: Performance and Masterclass at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) with pianist Alan Chu and cellist Karey Ho
November 10-11, 2018: Asian Premiere Performances of composer Du Yun’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning opera “Angel’s Bone” as part of the New Vision Arts Festival 2018, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong
https://www.newvisionfestival.gov.hk/2018/en/angel.html
November 1, 2018: Concert featuring Joel Smirnoff (violin), Patrick Yim (violin), Born Lau (viola), Samuel Ericsson (cello), and Rachel Cheung (piano)
September 30, 2018: Seoul International Computer Music Festival 2018. Performance of Austin Yip’s Miles Upon Miles for violin and electronics (commissioned and premiered by Patrick Yim). Jayu Theater, Seoul Arts Center. Website: http://computermusic.asia/
September 21, 2018: Romanza: Concert with Born Lau, viola, and Kawai Chan, piano, featuring works by Brahms, C. Schumann, R. Schumann, and the premiere performance of Kai-Young Chan’s Away Alone Aloft for solo violin. Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Lecture Hall, 8:00pm. Tickets: http://www.urbtix.hk/internet/eventDetail/36463
September 16-19, 2018 performing with the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble 香港創樂團:
香港創樂團與世界知名作曲家陳銀淑首個合作計劃
The Hong Kong New Music Ensemble’s first collaboration with one of the world’s leading living composers, Unsuk Chin.
16.09.2018 (日 Sun) 14:00
香港演藝學院香港賽馬會演藝劇院
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Amphitheatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
18.09.2018 (二 Tue) 15:15
上海音樂學院學術廳
Academic Hall, Shanghai Conservatory of Music
19.09.2018 (三 Wed) 19:30
上海音樂學院賀綠汀音樂廳
He Luting Concert Hall, Shanghai Conservatory of Music
August 11-24, 2018: Artist-in-Residence at New Music for Strings Festival 2018 (Aarhus and Copenhagen, Denmark, and Reykjavík, Iceland)
July 2018: Performance of Austin Yip’s “Miles Upon Miles” for violin and electronics at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival.
July 1-16, 2018: Rushmore Music Festival at Black Hills State University
June 14-30, 2018: Flatirons Chamber Music Festival (Boulder, CO)
May 31, 2018: Hong Kong Composers’ Guild
May 8, 2018: Looking forward to performing in the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble’s 10th Season Closing Concert, 風的影子 “Shadow of Wind”! Programme features works by Steve Hui, M. Arham Aryadi, Chinary Ung, and Zhu Shirui.
May 5, 2018:
New video from the recently concluded “The Spirit of the Adventurers” Concert Series at the Hong Kong Museum of History in which I premiered three new pieces for solo violin by composers Austin Yip (Hong Kong), Michael-Thomas Foumai (Honolulu), and Yao Chen (Beijing). See more video here.
February 27, 2018:
Here are a few photos from the recently concluded “The Spirit of the Adventurers” Concert Series at the Hong Kong Museum of History in which I premiered three new pieces for solo violin by composers Austin Yip (Hong Kong), Michael-Thomas Foumai (Honolulu), and Yao Chen (Beijing).
February 24, 2018:
Very excited to perform composer Yao Chen’s “grotesque, quirky and edgy” (to use the composer‘s own words) new piece for solo violin entitled “Miles upon Miles”! Concert is Sunday, Feb. 25, at 3pm at the Hong Kong Museum of History. Full programme details below.
沈其昌 – 瀛州古調《小月兒高》
王範地(改編) -《送我一枝玫瑰花》
Kum Hei Ching, pipa
Yao Chen: Miles upon Miles
I. Silk Road
II. Buddhist Mantra
III. Kongfu
Patrick Yim, violin
王建民 -《幻想曲》
Yan Yuen Ling, Zhang
Claude Debussy, String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
II. Assez vif et bien rythmé
Patrick Yim, violin
Tang Choi Yi Joyce, violin
Cheung Young Two, viola
Fong Ho Man, cello
February 9, 2018:
I’m looking forward to the second concert of The Spirit Of The Adventurers Concert Series in which I will perform ”Relics” – a fantastic new piece for solo violin by composer Michael-Thomas Foumai! The concert will be held at the Hong Kong Museum of History this Saturday, February 10 at 12pm. Complete program information below.
January 22, 2018:
I’m very much looking forward to the first in a series of three concerts complementing the wonderful “Miles upon Miles: World Heritage along the Silk Road” exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of History! At this first concert (Sunday, January 28 at 3pm), I will perform a new work for amplified violin and electronics by composer Austin Yip. Hope to see you there!
Performance of the Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy in Zhuhai, China (November 2017):
Very much enjoyed the concert on November 6, 2017 at Hong Kong City Hall with pianist Alan Chu and the Collegium Musicum Hong Kong!
Patrick Yim and Collegium Musicum Hong Kong performing Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216:
Guest Director of Collegium Musicum Hong Kong performing the Lou Harrison Pipa Concerto with pipa virtuoso Wu Man (October 2017):
Poster for concert at Hong Kong City Hall Theatre (November, 2017):
