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About the event
The Toolbox International Creative Academy (TICA) offers emerging composers an unparalleled opportunity for an exchange of ideas with some of the world’s most highly regarded composers and performers of new music. Following the world premiere in Seoul in November 2025, the five newly composed works will receive their Hong Kong premiere in the 7th TICAFEST.
These newly commissioned works are composed for the Percussion Duo Moitié. Five composers – I Eun Park, Parker Callister, Trevor Van de Velde, Yeeun Sim, and Wen Ziyang – drew inspiration from psychological processes, natural sonorities, dramatic narratives, and other sources to re‑examine and reconceive the duo’s textural framework, thereby redefining its conceptual significance in order to articulate the inherent tensions between two individuals or even two existential states. Each composition integrates a diverse array of media alongside the percussion ensemble, including pre‑recorded audio tracks, electronically generated synthetic textures, incantation‑like choral harmonies, and other extended techniques, giving rise to a compelling discourse on contemporary percussion music.
The programme runs approximately 2 hours with an intermission.
Artist
Percussion Duo Moitié
Programme
I Eun Park with eyes closed
Parker Callister choke
Yeeun Sim Phantom Waves
Trevor Van de Velde Marionette(s)
Wen Ziyang Duologue
Ticketing details
Ticket available now on POPTICKET.
Standard ticket: $200
Half-priced concessionary tickets available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, CSSA recipients, people with disability with one minder, or full-time students
Admission remarks
- The programme is subject to change without prior notice
- Each ticket only admits one person
- For ages 6 or above
- Unauthorised Unauthorised photography, audio, and video recordings are prohibited inside the auditorium
- Smoking, eating, and drinking are not allowed inside the auditorium
- Late-comers will not be admitted until a suitable break
- Ticket holders are requested to comply with all other house rules posted at the admission point
About the organiser
Artistic Director: Louis Siu
Toolbox Percussion has been driving percussive arts programming in Hong Kong since 2012, curating ambitious music projects in innovative ways. As a creative incubator, Toolbox works to make new music happen by commissioning, collaborating, providing professional training, performing, recording, and touring contemporary performances. We believe in the beautiful concerted efforts of every young talent we involve. Toolbox continues to empower the audience to discover versatility in daily soundscapes by anchoring our work closely to the here and now of Hong Kong.
Toolbox Percussion is a Hong Kong Arts Development Council Two-Year Grant recipient.