composer
Born in Hong Kong, Austin Yip’s works have been performed worldwide. Places like the United States, Argentina, Scotland, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, China and Australia ...
related works
Violin Concerto Nº 1: Generation : Version for violin and piano / Yip Ho Kwen Austin
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vn pf
Poetry & dancing all night : for five percussionists, 1989 / Wim Klerkx
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
5perc
Seven preludes : for vibraphone and xylorimba (1 or 2 players), 1996 / Ton de Kruyf
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion; Percussion
Scoring:
1-2perc
Ranta Music (second version) : for one percussion player / Rob du Bois
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
perc
composition
Urban Construction : for two vibraphones and two marimbas / Yip Ho Kwen Austin
Description:
Inspired by Kafka’s short story “On the Tram”, “Urban Construction” depicts the sense of helplessness of people who live in a busy urban culture. As Kafka mentions in the story, he cannot “indicate any claims” for many things in life, and in fact, no one really cares. The only thing that could light himself up is probably gazing at a random girl on the tram. Written for two vibraphones, two marimbas and a dancer, “Urban Construction” portrays the hopelessness of the story through the strong pulse in music and the body movement of the dancer.