Jason Kao Hwang’s opera Immigrant of the Womb recently premiered at Dance Theater Workshop in New York City and featured soprano and baritone singers with ten musicians playing Western, Chinese and newly invented instruments. Victo Records has just released the 2nd CD of his quartet, The Far East Side Band Urban Archaeology. In the Past months Mr. HWang performed with the percussionist Vladamir Tarasov Trio (w/Mark Dresser) at BAM, String Leaders (w/Leroy Jenkins, Diedre Murray, Calvin Hill and Newman Baker) at the Brooklyn Museum and toured Europe with the Anthony Braxton’s Septet, the Reggie Workman Ensemble and the Henry Threadgill Society Situation Dance Band.
Keyboardist Yuko Fujiyama has performed as a leader with musicians such as William Parker, Mark Dresser, Ikue Mori, Susie Ibarra, Billy Bang, Mark Feldman and Roy Campbell, among many others. In the words of the Village Voice, “she’s created her own pass.’
Angie Eng’s video performance and new media work explores perception of movement in physical and mental space. Her latest projects, Transhumance and Memobile address nomadic lifestyles. Her work has been performed and exhibited at the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, Lincoln Center Video Festival, The Kitchen and New Museum of Contemporary Art. She recently received a sponsorship to research and assist with a medical program for the Tuareg and Wodaabe nomads in Niger for a new video project, Radial Routes.