2,3,5.12.2026 6pm | Free admission | Tai Kwun Web Link | Duration: approximately 30 minutes without interval

Also see Programme 1 - Oases of Uzbekistan

General

Before each ticketed World in Harmony–Music without Borders’ event, the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble continues their cross-cultural collaboration with other musical traditions by bringing the steppes of Central Asia to the Laundry Steps of Tai Kwun. From the oases of Uzbekistan to the Kazakh grasslands, two alternating programmes (both free of charge) view traditional musical landscapes through a contemporary lens. In the first programme, Uzbek multi-instrumentalist Umid Eshonkhujaev and percussionist Abbos Kosimov join HKNME musicians in juxtaposing works by Uzbek composer Jakhongir Shukur with a new arrangement of Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia. In the second, Kazakh violin virtuoso Abylay Nurlybek and traditional fiddler Satkozy Mukhtar join HKNME players in a rich multimedia display of new Kazakh works and a demonstration of traditional Kazakh instruments.   
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Programme 2 - The Kazakh Steppe

Demonstration solos for Uzbek instruments 10'

Jakhongir Shukur | Charxpalak / Watermill 5'

Jakhongir Shukur | Potter’s Wheel for ensemble 10'

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Musician & Artists

Gijak / sato / tanbur / singer : Umid Eshonkhujaev (Uzbekistan)

Doira (Uzbek frame drum) : Abbos Kosimov (Uzbekistan)

Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

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*Hong Kong New Music Ensemble is financially supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council

*The Hong Kong Arts Development Council supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.