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YOUNG Kar-fai Samson
1979 Born in Hong Kong
2002 B.A. in music, gender studies and philosophy, University of Sydney
2004 M.Phil. in composition, University of Hong Kong
2005- Ph.D. in composition, Princeton University
 
Awards
1998, 1999 University of Sydney Cultural Grant
2004 Bowdoin International Music Festival Scholarship
2004 Sydney Song Company MODART Project
2005 University of Hong Kong Rayson Huang Scholarship
2005- Princeton University Graduate Fellowship and Naumberg Prize
2005 Hong Kong Sinfonietta Project Viva Sinfonietta
2006 SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Competition Regional Winner

Major Compositions
Orchestral (Western)
How Perfumes are Transmitted by Feathery Telegraph (2005) 7'
     for orchestra with offstage woodwinds

Chamber (Western)
Resonance Studies II (2006) 5'
     for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Resonance Studies I (2006) 6'
     for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
The Bell and the Nightingale (2006) 6'
     for clarinet, violin & piano
In those Imperceptible Chrysanthemum Sighs (2005) 5'
     for viola and cello
That Dolphin-torn, that Gong-tormented Sea (2005) 10'
     for clarinet, offstage horn, piano and cello
Theatre of Otherness II: Out of the Water, Out of Itself (2004) 10'
     for baritone (mezzo soprano), oboe, cello and harp
Theatre of Otherness I: But My Mother Weeps Rich Black Tears (2004) 12'
     for mezzo soprano, piano, giying (from the Balinese Gamelan) and narrator

Instrumental Solo
Deep and Dissolving Verticals of Light (2005) 3'
     for piano

Vocal /Choral
Theatre of Otherness III: Ritual Machine (2005) 10'
     for SSATBarB

Music for Ballet/Dance
Dance @ Margin @ Beijing (2004) 10'
     electronic music for contemporary dance
Aftermath (2004) 15'
     electronic music for contemporary dance

Multimedia / Installation
Gong-tormented Sea (2005) 15'
     for interactive video installation and site specific music theatre
Ritual Machine (2004) Variable length
     for sound installation with video projection
Origin (2004) 25'
     for cello, tape, site specific installation and video projection
Undulation, Sparkle, Fracture (2003) 9'
     for flute, live electronics and video projection

Others
As the Invisible Enters In (2003) 12'
     for cello and 10 Balinese gamelan players

Publications/ Paper Presentations
"The Voicing of the Voiceless in Tan Dun's The Map -  Horizon of Expectations and the Rhetoric of National Style," paper presented at:
     (1) Hong Kong PG Musicology Symposium, HKU 2005;
     (2) PCPC Graduate Student Symposium, University of Pennsylvania 2006;
     (3) Music and the Asian Diaspora Symposium, Rider University 2006;
     (4) Works-in-progress series, Princeton University 2006
"The "Double Orientalist" - Geography, Self-perception and the Politics of Representation in Contemporary Compositions of Hybrid-Chinese Composers," paper presented at the Hong Kong PG Musicology Symposium, CUHK, 2004.
"Music Smart IV - Music of the Seasons, a workbook for Blossom with Music Series, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Music-In-Education Program." Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Music-In-Education Program, 2004.

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