Ward De Vleeschhouwer plays Opposed Directions

On a recital with Duo Dicto, Ward De Vleeschhouwer will play HyeKyung's composition Opposed Directions.

Date:
December 9, 'Gradus ad Parnassum',Royal Conservatory of Ghent, Belgium

Ward De Vleeschhouwer, piano
Marco Antonio Mazzini, clarinet

HyeKyung Lee - Hawaï

HyeKyung will play a recital with saxophonist Todd Yukumoto.

Date:
Sept 13, University of Hawaï at Manoa

HyeKyung Lee - New Music from Hawaï

HyeKyung recorded a full CD with saxophonist Todd Yukumoto.
'Blue' brings together six works for saxophone and piano, instruments which often straddle the line between musical boundaries. Four University of Hawaii composers have created works influenced by jazz and related idioms. The result is a collection of pieces which display elements of jazz to varying degrees. While it is not uncommon to find composers blurring the lines between styles nowadays, it is perhaps unique to note the widely varying backgrounds of the composers on this recording, who have found jazz to be an important element of their expression. That jazz could find its way into the "classical" works of Hawaii-based composers of Japanese, Korean, and Scottish ethnicity—the coming together of people from different backgrounds around a common theme—suggests its ubiquitous nature. Blue both honors and illustrates the influence of jazz, showcasing American music as conceived in a small, yet representative corner of our nation's vastly complex culture.

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Frenetic Dream - new composition for piano four hands

Frenetic Dream - 2 (2002) (11’ duration)
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Opposed Directions for Disklavier and Electronics

Audio fragment

Opposed Directions for Disklavier and Electronics (1997)(8')
Opposed Directions is also available for Piano Solo

The recording is available on "Music from SEAMUS volume 8" (EAM-9901)

... Austin Pianist HyeKyung Lee played vividly in her own Opposed Directions a serious, virtuosic piece with a Lisztian specific gravity. A growling controlled explosion in the bass is followed by passage of darting trills and runs in the high register. These two opposed ideas are brought together at the end ....
Mike Greenberg, San Antonio Express-News, February 20, 1999