TICAx platform has emerged as a dynamic hub for facilitating cross-cultural music collaborations, showcasing Hong Kong’s vibrant talent on the global stage. Amsterdam-based Hong Kong percussionist Keith Ng, winner of the prestigious TROMP International Percussion Competition, will start the session with an educational workshop as part of the Toolbox Percussion Platform’s educational series.

It will then be followed by a specially curated joint showcase co-directed by Minh-Tâm Nguyen (LPS) and Louis Siu (TBP), bringing together youth percussion ensembles from Macao (U of Macao Symphonic Band Perucssion Ensemble), Shenzhen (Shengdungjixi Percussion), and Hong Kong (Ying Wa Primary School Percussion Ensemble). This dynamic gathering celebrates the music exchange between China and France, as young artists unite to captivate audiences with their virtuosic performances.

Created in 2019 at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, in the sumptuous hall designed by architect Frank Gehry, 100 cymbals is as much a stage performance as an audiovisual installation. Ryoji Ikeda highlights the rich potential of cymbals by following the thin line between noise and harmonic resonance. The seemingly rudimentary instrument, a convex disc made of an alloy of copper, brass or bronze, which is more commonly used to accentuate certain times of the measure, is transformed into a powerful polyphonic resource. The different modes of playing, more or less conventional, maintain a fusional – almost choral – sound and allow harmonic strata and other acoustic results to emerge within a process that a simple line could represent: an infinite crescendo, leading from an almost imperceptible murmur to the brilliance of the final fortississimo.

100 Cymbals - Ryoji Ikeda

Created in 2019 at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, in the sumptuous hall designed by architect Frank Gehry, 100 cymbals is as much a stage performance as an audiovisual installation. Ryoji Ikeda highlights the rich potential of cymbals by following the thin line between noise and harmonic resonance. The seemingly rudimentary instrument, a convex disc made of an alloy of copper, brass or bronze, which is more commonly used to accentuate certain times of the measure, is transformed into a powerful polyphonic resource. The different modes of playing, more or less conventional, maintain a fusional – almost choral – sound and allow harmonic strata and other acoustic results to emerge within a process that a simple line could represent: an infinite crescendo, leading from an almost imperceptible murmur to the brilliance of the final fortississimo.

100 Cymbals - Ryoji Ikeda

It is a disproven prejudice that children are overwhelmed by new music. On the contrary, they are often more open than adults to learning new things.
Actress Lilian Naef and the percussion ensemble from the Basel Music Academy encourage children to discover in music an opportunity for magical togetherness - a musical embrace, so to speak.

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A late night concert presented by the ensemble of Musik Academie Basel

Georges Aperghis (geb. 1945)
Auszüge aus Retrouvailles. Performance for Two Percussionists (2013)

Inti Figgis-Vizueta (geb. 1993)
to give you form and breath für Schlagzeug-Trio (2019)

John Cage (1912–1992)
Living Room Music. Percussion and Speech Quartet (1940)

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Watch the sensational finale of the TROMP International Percussion Competition live on this very last day of the TROMP Festival, and be the first to know about the winner of the 2024 edition! The afternoon will be concluded with a spectacular performance by 100 drummers, performing the brand new composition Sphinx by film composer Arend Bruijn. After this dazzling concert, you are welcome to enjoy the cooling down party together, which will take place in Muziekgebouw Eindhoven.

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The best cuts of music in sharp looking location? We've got you covered! In this snappy mini-concert, Hong-Kong percussionist Keith Ng will show you that rhythm is all around us by playing a small percussion set up with one of the edgiest instruments of our time: the comb.

Aphasia - Mark Applebaum

Counting Five - Tom Johnson

Well - groomed - Viet Cuong

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Enter a magnificent soundscape with Tristan Perich's Parallels for tuned triangles, hi-hats and 4-channel 1-bit electronics. Music that draws you in with a minimal blend of rhythm and nostalgia, brought to you this evening by the percussion duo Keith Ng and Jason Chen. Both award-winning percussionists have an impressive track record of festival and event performances.

Parallels - Tristan Perich

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Echoes of Snow unveils a world where innocence and injustice dramatically collide. Lyrical cellist Ella van Poucke blends with four percussionists to create a unique soundscape. The centrepiece of the evening is Snow in June by Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun. Surrounding this centrepiece will be an echo of its depth: the abstract textures of John Cage, followed by the grooving rhythms of Andy Akiho, the stillness of Toru Takemitsu’s melodies and the serene sounds of Kaija Saariaho. Van Poucke will be joined on stage this evening by collaborating artists Agostinho Sequeira, Keith Ng, Jason Chen, Galdric Subirana, Michael Burritt and DOMNIQ. 

John Cage – Third Construction
Andy Akiho – 21
Toru Takemitsu – Rain Tree
Kaija Saariaho – Six Japanese Gardens
Tan Dun – Snow in June

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A unique festival for young percussionists with workshops and concerts!

Presenting solo marimba work as the prize winner of TROMP 2022

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Atlas Ensemble in Oranjewoud Festival

Joël Bons – New work for winds and percussion (2024, world premiere)

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Premier of works by students of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague

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