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New Music 20 x 12: XX/XY
Presented by Chinatown Arts Space and
composed by Liz Liew & Andy Leung
Image: Kii Studios & Photography
Chinatown Arts Space is delighted to have been chosen as one of the twenty participants of New Music 20x12, an independent commissioning programme initiated by Jillian Barker and David Cohen, and delivered by PRS for Music Foundation in partnership with the BBC, The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and Sound and Music.
New Music 20x12 is a UK wide programme which consists of twenty outstanding new works, each lasting 12 minutes, commissioned to feature centre stage of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. New Music 20x12 commissions will be broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and tour the UK, enabling as many people as possible to enjoy excellent new music as part of our celebrations of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
These commissions are full of the energy, hope and excitement that will emanate from across the Cultural Olympiad and the Games themselves. They are inspired by the dynamism of Olympic and Paralympic sports, the passion of human endeavour so central to the Games, and the once in a lifetime opportunity of creating a musical work contributing to a global celebration.
Chinatown Arts Space has commissioned Liz Liew and Andy Leung to compose XX/XY, a new musical battle inspired by the competition of life - from the battle of the sexes (female XX/male XY chromosomes) to the competitive spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics: victories and defeats, human and machine, beginning and end, the UK and the world. XX/XY features video that explores these themes and also highlights our current dysfunctional relationship with the environment. Towards the end of the performance, an Urban Youth Junk Band appears, suggesting a more sustainable way forward.
Exploring diverse London sounds, they want to celebrate the contemporary British Chinese multicultural heritage that has shaped them as international composers. For the Chinese, XX/XY is the Yin/Yang. Working with an urban youth junk bands, Liz and Andy's musical battle reflects contrasting themes: female/male, traditional instruments/experimental electronica, British/world culture.
New Music 20x12 is generously supported by the following committed patrons and funders: Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, John S. Cohen Foundation, PRS for Music Foundation, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales, Incorporated Society of Musicians, Musicians Benevolent Fund, Jerwood Charitable Foundation, RVW Trust, Charlotte and Dennis Stevenson, Tolkien Trust, The Leche Trust, The Bliss Trust, Finzi Trust, Lilian Slowe, John and Ann Tusa, John Wates Charitable Trust, Richard Walduck, Honeymead Arts Trust, and Sir Anthony Cleaver.
New Music 20x12: XX | XY on Facebook
Presented by Chinatown Arts Space and
composed by Liz Liew & Andy Leung
Image: Kii Studios & Photography
Chinatown Arts Space is delighted to have been chosen as one of the twenty participants of New Music 20x12, an independent commissioning programme initiated by Jillian Barker and David Cohen, and delivered by PRS for Music Foundation in partnership with the BBC, The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and Sound and Music.
New Music 20x12 is a UK wide programme which consists of twenty outstanding new works, each lasting 12 minutes, commissioned to feature centre stage of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. New Music 20x12 commissions will be broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and tour the UK, enabling as many people as possible to enjoy excellent new music as part of our celebrations of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
These commissions are full of the energy, hope and excitement that will emanate from across the Cultural Olympiad and the Games themselves. They are inspired by the dynamism of Olympic and Paralympic sports, the passion of human endeavour so central to the Games, and the once in a lifetime opportunity of creating a musical work contributing to a global celebration.
Chinatown Arts Space has commissioned Liz Liew and Andy Leung to compose XX/XY, a new musical battle inspired by the competition of life - from the battle of the sexes (female XX/male XY chromosomes) to the competitive spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics: victories and defeats, human and machine, beginning and end, the UK and the world. XX/XY features video that explores these themes and also highlights our current dysfunctional relationship with the environment. Towards the end of the performance, an Urban Youth Junk Band appears, suggesting a more sustainable way forward.
Exploring diverse London sounds, they want to celebrate the contemporary British Chinese multicultural heritage that has shaped them as international composers. For the Chinese, XX/XY is the Yin/Yang. Working with an urban youth junk bands, Liz and Andy's musical battle reflects contrasting themes: female/male, traditional instruments/experimental electronica, British/world culture.
New Music 20x12 is generously supported by the following committed patrons and funders: Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, John S. Cohen Foundation, PRS for Music Foundation, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales, Incorporated Society of Musicians, Musicians Benevolent Fund, Jerwood Charitable Foundation, RVW Trust, Charlotte and Dennis Stevenson, Tolkien Trust, The Leche Trust, The Bliss Trust, Finzi Trust, Lilian Slowe, John and Ann Tusa, John Wates Charitable Trust, Richard Walduck, Honeymead Arts Trust, and Sir Anthony Cleaver.
New Music 20x12: XX | XY on Facebook
