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2024 RE-CONNECT《Night of Frame Drums》Sofa Sonata Vol.7

Introduction

In ensemble chamber music, the piano, violin, and drums respectively play the roles of the muscles, bones, and heart of the musical composition. Different instruments interpret various layers of the musical piece through distinct expressive logics in the arrangement, and their players have different habits of expression. When these musicians, each representing different layers and textures of the music, pick up the same instrument, the frame drum, what new chemical reactions might their unique musical logics bring to the music?

  • Artists

    Yaschar Coskun

    Germany
    Professional Drummer

    Yaschar Coskun is a 20-year-old percussionist currently residing in Germany. He has been accompanied by the frame drum since childhood. He has toured as a guest musician with the ensemble FisFuez and performed extensively at the Tamburi Mundi Festival and Colors of Percussion Festival. Since 2023, he has been studying world percussion in the “Global Music” program at Popakademie Baden-Württemberg.

    Wang Yubo

    Wang Yubo is a “Smart Drummer” who previously studied violin at the Mannes School of Music in New York, USA.

    Chuang Li,

    Chinese Pianist, Doctoral Student in Musical Arts in Piano Performance with Full-Scholarship & Graduate Assistant in Vocal Studies at UMKC Conservatory of Music in the United States, Contracted Artist of Chicago Cultural Center, Music Director of Sofa Sonata Project at A4 International Residency Art Center. He graduated from Cal Poly Humboldt (BM) in California and DePaul University (MM) in Chicago. His primary piano teachers include Prof. Chi Wu, Dr. Daniela Mineva, and Prof. George Vatchnadze. Chuang performed at Merkin Hall in New York, the Tanglewood Music Festival in the United States, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus Denmark, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Russia, etc. He worked with multiple conductors including Dr. Cliff Colnot, Principle Conductor of Chicago Symphony’s “Music Now” Ensemble, and Scott Seaton, Principle Conductor of the North State Symphony Orchestra in California. Chuang’s performance was broadcast globally through Chicago’s classical music radio station 98.7 WFMT. Media coverage includes the International Music Foundation and the Chicago Tribune.

  • Time and Location

    2024.7.19 19：30-21：00

    A4 Residency Art Center

  • Organizer

    A4 Residency Art Center

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