Tze Yeung Ho
Play all audio recordingsTze Yeung Ho (b. 1992) is a Norwegian composer. He is an organiser and founder of the OSLOFONI project and a board member of the Periferien - nyMusikk Oslo concert series. He is also currently an Endringsagent (Change Agent) for Music Norway and a member of the ECCO working group in ECSA (European Composers and Songwriters' Alliance). Tze Yeung chaired the Norwegian chapter of the UNM (Ung Nordisk Musikk) festival between 2018 and 2021.
Tze Yeung's music is sculpted at the crossroads of understanding. His works explore territories of speech, translation in language, dramaturgy and poetics, with particular focus on multilingual approaches. Working with Scandinavian, Finno-Ugric and Chinese poetry and prose, his music explores the fragile landscapes of (mis)communication through (un)spoken words. Close collaboration with living writers, storytellers and word-based artists is central to his practice.
Tze Yeung holds a doctoral degree (PhD) from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and a master's degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music. He has been a visiting student in the phonetics department at the University of Helsinki and has held lectures and talks at the Estonian Arts Academy, Mahidol University (Thailand), Sibelius Academy (Finland), SOUND 59 festival (Russia) and the highSCORE festival (Italy).
Tze Yeung is the first prize recipient of the 14th composition competition of Festival International de Musiques Sacrées (CH), Evivakören's and Exaudio's choral composition competition (FI) and Land's End Ensemble's 17th annual composition competition (CA). His collaboration with writer Linda Gabrielsen, hvorfor pusen? received the second prize of Shanghai New Music Week's Chamber Opera Composition Competition.
Some other highlighted artistic activities include his participation in the KUPP 2.0 program, his participation as a resident artist in the PRAKSIS interdisciplinary arts program developed in Oslo, lecturing at Sound 59 festival in Russia, collaboration with Heidi Dahlsveen in the project 23.27 at the Fortellerfestival 2017 (Norwegian Storytelling Festival), the creation of Gjennom Garden (a theatre work for Sølvguttene boys' choir and percussionist Eirik Raude with Norwegian dramaturge Marius Kolbenstvedt) and his production of the opera minn(i)e. Tze Yeung has worked with an array of performers and artists in different facets, including the NyNorsk messingkvintett (NO), NeoQuartet (PL), Exaudio and Evivakören (FI), [instead] ensemble (RU), Fie Schouten (NL), Elisabeth Hetherington (NL/CA), Matti Pulkki (FI), Tacet(i) Ensemble (TL), Caroline Hausen (DE), Avanti! Chamber Orchestra (FI), MolOt Ensemble (RU), Ligeti Quartet (UK), Ukho Ensemble (UA), Orkest de ereprijs (NL), Rolston Quartet (CA), Heidi Dahlsveen (NO), Thirty Fingers Trio (LT), Jürg Henneberger (CH), Honghong Zheng (NO/CN), Decho Ensemble (US), Michael Bridge (CA) and so forth. His music has been featured at the ISCM World Music Days Festival/Estonian Music Days 2019 in Tallinn.
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Relatable to many second generation Hong Kong immigrants in Europe, Tze Yeung spent a significant part of his childhood in the corner of his family's Chinese restaurant. In the far north of Norway, his parents supplied him with a television, a VCR player accompanied by tapes of Moomin dubbed in either Cantonese or Norwegian, an improvised bed consisting of three restaurant chairs (which were taken away and into use when there were too many customers) and a little shelf with books and toys.
Tze Yeung spent his teenage years in suburban Toronto, a factor which contributes to his immense disdain for poor urban planning and communities of cookie-cutter houses.
Tze Yeung's music is sculpted at the crossroads of understanding. His works explore territories of speech, translation in language, dramaturgy and poetics, with particular focus on multilingual approaches. Working with Scandinavian, Finno-Ugric and Chinese poetry and prose, his music explores the fragile landscapes of (mis)communication through (un)spoken words. Close collaboration with living writers, storytellers and word-based artists is central to his practice.
Tze Yeung holds a doctoral degree (PhD) from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and a master's degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music. He has been a visiting student in the phonetics department at the University of Helsinki and has held lectures and talks at the Estonian Arts Academy, Mahidol University (Thailand), Sibelius Academy (Finland), SOUND 59 festival (Russia) and the highSCORE festival (Italy).
Tze Yeung is the first prize recipient of the 14th composition competition of Festival International de Musiques Sacrées (CH), Evivakören's and Exaudio's choral composition competition (FI) and Land's End Ensemble's 17th annual composition competition (CA). His collaboration with writer Linda Gabrielsen, hvorfor pusen? received the second prize of Shanghai New Music Week's Chamber Opera Composition Competition.
Some other highlighted artistic activities include his participation in the KUPP 2.0 program, his participation as a resident artist in the PRAKSIS interdisciplinary arts program developed in Oslo, lecturing at Sound 59 festival in Russia, collaboration with Heidi Dahlsveen in the project 23.27 at the Fortellerfestival 2017 (Norwegian Storytelling Festival), the creation of Gjennom Garden (a theatre work for Sølvguttene boys' choir and percussionist Eirik Raude with Norwegian dramaturge Marius Kolbenstvedt) and his production of the opera minn(i)e. Tze Yeung has worked with an array of performers and artists in different facets, including the NyNorsk messingkvintett (NO), NeoQuartet (PL), Exaudio and Evivakören (FI), [instead] ensemble (RU), Fie Schouten (NL), Elisabeth Hetherington (NL/CA), Matti Pulkki (FI), Tacet(i) Ensemble (TL), Caroline Hausen (DE), Avanti! Chamber Orchestra (FI), MolOt Ensemble (RU), Ligeti Quartet (UK), Ukho Ensemble (UA), Orkest de ereprijs (NL), Rolston Quartet (CA), Heidi Dahlsveen (NO), Thirty Fingers Trio (LT), Jürg Henneberger (CH), Honghong Zheng (NO/CN), Decho Ensemble (US), Michael Bridge (CA) and so forth. His music has been featured at the ISCM World Music Days Festival/Estonian Music Days 2019 in Tallinn.
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Relatable to many second generation Hong Kong immigrants in Europe, Tze Yeung spent a significant part of his childhood in the corner of his family's Chinese restaurant. In the far north of Norway, his parents supplied him with a television, a VCR player accompanied by tapes of Moomin dubbed in either Cantonese or Norwegian, an improvised bed consisting of three restaurant chairs (which were taken away and into use when there were too many customers) and a little shelf with books and toys.
Tze Yeung spent his teenage years in suburban Toronto, a factor which contributes to his immense disdain for poor urban planning and communities of cookie-cutter houses.
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Ordered by year. Most recent works appears first
three tableaux for wind quartet and clown
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pre-concert work for mixed ensemble and electronics
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messe
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chamber opera; libretto by Linda Gabrielsen
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for string quartet
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for countertenor, brass quintet, optional harp and electronics
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for flute, violin, cello and piano
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for soprano voice, accordion and harp
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for prepared piano, 2 harps and 2 violas
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concerto for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra
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Results 1 - 10 of 10
Chamber Ensemble (5 - 9 instruments)
Luft.õhk.ilma three tableaux for wind quartet and clown (2021)
Vihik (b) / shulammite (e) for flute, violin, cello and piano (2018)
Fold min ryggrad pent om jeg dukker i betong for prepared piano, 2 harps and 2 violas (2016)
Instrumental Music
Luft.õhk.ilma three tableaux for wind quartet and clown (2021)
Ukse taha pre-concert work for mixed ensemble and electronics (2020)
Shulammite (g) messe (2020)
Vihik (b) / shulammite (e) for flute, violin, cello and piano (2018)
Ingest thrice; as prescribed concerto for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra (2014)
Voices and Instruments
Messe norvégienne profane for countertenor, brass quintet, optional harp and electronics (2018)
Mixed Ensemble
Fold min ryggrad pent om jeg dukker i betong for prepared piano, 2 harps and 2 violas (2016)
Fold min ryggrad pent om jeg dukker i betong for prepared piano, 2 harps and 2 violas (2016)
Hvorfor pusen? chamber opera; libretto by Linda Gabrielsen (2019)
Ingest thrice; as prescribed concerto for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra (2014)
Luft.õhk.ilma three tableaux for wind quartet and clown (2021)
Messe norvégienne profane for countertenor, brass quintet, optional harp and electronics (2018)
Natt-öö-夜 for soprano voice, accordion and harp (2017)
Shulammite (g) messe (2020)
Ukse taha pre-concert work for mixed ensemble and electronics (2020)
Vihik (a) for string quartet (2019)
Vihik (b) / shulammite (e) for flute, violin, cello and piano (2018)
Hvorfor pusen? chamber opera; libretto by Linda Gabrielsen (2019)
Ingest thrice; as prescribed concerto for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra (2014)
Luft.õhk.ilma three tableaux for wind quartet and clown (2021)
Messe norvégienne profane for countertenor, brass quintet, optional harp and electronics (2018)
Natt-öö-夜 for soprano voice, accordion and harp (2017)
Shulammite (g) messe (2020)
Ukse taha pre-concert work for mixed ensemble and electronics (2020)
Vihik (a) for string quartet (2019)
Vihik (b) / shulammite (e) for flute, violin, cello and piano (2018)