Byron Au Yong | 歐陽良仁

"Seattle's Byron Au Yong brings a highly visual theatricality."  Eric Bartels, The Portland Tribune

PERFORMANCES

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1. Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas Trailer -- 2009

    4Culture Site-Specific Performance Network | 1:14

2. Surrender: A T'ai Qi Cantata -- 2005

    Commissioned by The Esoterics | 6:01

3. Ji Mo: The Stillness of Solitude -- 2007

    Commissioned by Portland Taiko | 2:56

4. Big Drum from Piao Zhu: Flying Bamboo -- 2006

    Seattle Asian Art Museum | 4:38

5. Tzu Lho: Simmering Songs -- 2003

    Commissioned by The Esoterics | 5:18

6. Song from Piao Zhu: Flying Bamboo -- 2006

    Seattle Asian Art Museum | 3:36

DOCUMENTARIES

1. Byron Au Yong -- 2009

    by Patricia O'Brien & Gabriel Miller | 4:44

2. Island: Theme and Migrations -- 2007

    by Jean-Stephane | 3:38

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
01 May 2010, TBA
Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas at Town Hall, Seattle WA

Adventurous contemporary operatic performances with water percussion prompted by the I Ching (Book of Changes).

19 June 2010, 3pm + 8pm
20 June 2010, 2pm
15 Sacrifices at the Winningstad Theatre, Portland OR

Portland Taiko commission for Keiko Araki (violin) and Michelle Fujii (taiko) to be premiered at Ten Tiny Taiko Dances.

June 2010, TBA
Stuck Elevator at TBA, New Haven CT

Operatic solo performance about an undocumented immigrant and fortune cookie trapped between fear and hope.

OTHER SELECTED VIDEOS 

Ishquoh: Where Sounds Meet

4Culture Site-Specific Performance Network

Issaquah 2006

The Moment of Falling 

Film score for Azbri Productions

Los Angeles 2005

 

Woman, Monkey, & Kabuki Joe

Ford Foundation International Artists' Collaboration

Seattle 2002