Performance 1
| Hear & Found (Social Enterprise From Thailand)
16:00 - 16:20, October 31st
This show aims to present ethnic music from the Karen tribe. The Karen tribe or Pgaz K' Nyau is one of the biggest indigenous groups in Thailand or about 438,131 people in 2004. Usually they live in the Northern part of Thailand such as in Chiangmai province , Chiangrai province, Tak province etc. They have their own unique culture such as belief, dresses, ceremony, language and musical instruments. For example, their clothes are usually in the V neck form, this V shape neck means they treat people in the front and back equally. Or the musical instrument called “Tae Na Gu”, it has its own sound and character with a very long history. This show will let audiences explore Karen's world through their music and story about this instrument.
Karen tribe character Karen (Pgaz K' Nyau) tribe’s unique culture has remained largely intact because of its isolation. Their traditions are deeply connected with forest and tones of the music echo their histrionic landscape that ranges from deep wild and valleys. Their main way of living is living with and taking care of the forest.
【About the Musician】Deepunu is a Karen musician who brings ancient songs and a musical instrument called “Tae Na Gu '' back to life. With his immense skill in storytelling and his demand for authenticity, his soft vocal, heartfelt and honest sound will connect to your soul.
Hear & Found: Indigenous Music from Thailand
Performance 2
| Hakka Music from Taiwan - Huang Wei Jie
16:00 - 16:20, November 7th
Performance 4
| Empire Theatre and I: A Music Monologue
16:00 - 16:20, November 21st
As a native from Kaohsiung Meinong, he is engaged into Hakka and various musical composition. He also takes the initiative into different social and environmental issues, which can reflect from his musical pieces like agriculture, childhood fun, cultural heritage, social phenomena and environmental conservation etc. These social and humanistic cares are deep-rooted in his love and cherishment to Taiwan. He hopes to spread those precious things and stories to people and let them share through his musical works.
Performance 3
| SARDA (Nepalese musicians from HK)
16:00 - 16:20, November 14th
Is music a luxury or consolation in the times of chaos? Having endured the harrowing experience at the internment camp during the Japanese occupation, a Jewish gentleman got over the trauma of war and strived to provide entertainment and joy to the people of Hong Kong after the war. He dedicated himself to movie distribution and introduced classical music to Hong Kong. Despite the prohibitive cost, he established the Empire Theatre at North Point which would transform into the local pivot of classical music in 1950s. He was Harry Odell. Inspired by a 1956 interview on Wah Kiu Yat Po (華僑日報), “Empire Theatre and I: A Music Monologue” presents the intervening parallel of reality and the imagined voice of Odell. The audience may take glimpse of how classical music bloomed and converged into the local culture in the war-ridden city. With reference to the original musician line-up of the State Theatre, the artists illustrate in their performance how classical music soothed the pain of war at North Point where classical music once flourished. In the performance, the artists enact the moments when internationally-renowned musicians performed at North Point, and narrate the story of how immigrants and locals from all walks of life reinvigorated the cultural fragrance of Hong Kong.
Empire Theatre and I: A Music Monologue
SARDA Band was established in 2010, which is a Band under The Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers. SARDA Band has the purpose of helping drug abusers in quitting drugs by using music. In this decade, SARDA Band has gone through a tremendous change that we have more multicultural band members. By utilizing a music band, we have the objective to provide social support among members, to develop positive hobbies for them, and to promote social inclusion.