Shek Kip Mei Tai Hang East Community Centre | 2025-26 'Eighteen Arts in Sham Shui Po' Community Performing Arts Project 'Dunhuang x Sham Shui Po – A Dialogue between Old and New Towns II' Community Guided Tour Concert

Description

Sound on the Wall: Lines and Melodies of Dunhuang

This concert draws inspiration from the Dunhuang murals, transforming the vibrant scenes of paradise, the gestures and flowing robes of bodhisattvas into a symphony of colours and lines. The new composition incorporates ancient musical elements and instruments, reimagining melodies and rhythms with contemporary vocabulary, bringing silent images to life on stage.

The timbre navigates between solemnity and gentleness: the structured nature of the Tang Dynasty court translates into harmonic layers, while the gesture of plucking a flower and the mudra of fearlessness become pulsating beats, and the flowing clouds and flying figures stretch into melodic lines. When the paintings transform into music, paradise no longer feels distant, resonating with the present in every breath.

The performance lasts approximately 1 hour, with no intermission.