Dana will be heading out on tour with long-time collaborator Paquito D’Rivera as a part of D’Rivera’s “Charlie Parker with Strings” project. Dana also appears on several of Paquito’s Grammy-Award winning albums, and Paquito appears on Dana’s track “Insatiable”, available for download on iTunes and Amazon.com. Read more Dana Leong on tour with Paquito D’Rivera
Attending APAP or ISPA in NYC this January? Come see Dana on January 14th and 16th.
Dana Leong APAP Showcase
Monday, January 14, 2013 @ 11:00am & 2:00pm
Yamaha Artist Services
689 Fifth Ave., 3rd Floor, New York, NY
Entrance is located on the north side of 54th Street, between Madison & Fifth Avenues, 3 blocks from the APAP Hilton.
Dana is endorsed by YAMAHA, who lends their support to this special event.
RSVP on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/events/434072569993949/
Dana Leong + BANDALOOP: ISPA Congress 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 @ 10:00am
The Times Center
242 West 41st Street (@ Sixth Ave.), New York, NY
PITCH NEW WORKS NOW: Amelia Rudolph, Founder/Artistic Director of vertical dance company BANDALOOP, and composer/musician Dana Leong will give a presentation on their latest collaboration Bound(less).
RSVP on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/events/230032500463737/
LEGENDS OF SHANGHAI．TOKYO．NEW YORK RELOADED
The World Premiere of ‘The Sound of Folk Tales’ was a huge success earlier this month at The New Vision Festival, Sha Tin Town Hall, Hong Kong. ‘The Sound of Folk Tales’ was created by two boundary-breaking Chinese-American musicians, Dana Leong and Dave Liang, fusing sounds from then and now on a riveting, cross-cultural journey taking in hip hop, jazz and electronic music.
Leong and Liang have individually established their commanding presence within the North American music scene in recent years, earning a sterling reputation for their postmodern eclecticism where east meets west and the old and new ignite into pioneering musical endeavors. In ‘The Sound of Folk Tales’, the two innovative musical stars teamed up for the first time live for a scintillating journey that travels from Shanghai to Tokyo and over to New York. Roaming between these three great cultural metropolises closest to their roots, Leong and Liang respond to today’s digital age by retelling legends of the cities through animation, live music and narration. The result is a refreshingly original encounter with cross-cultural fusion and multimedia mash-up.
Featuring:
Dana Leong, cello/trombone/electronics
Dave Liang, keyboard/electronics
Yonadav Halevy, drums
Yumi Kurosawa, koto
Stomu Takeishi, bass
Yi Zhou, pipa
Yuki Nakajima, video design
Miriam Crowe, lighting design
Philip Naude, Production Manager
Rika Iino, Producer
Hong Kong’s own cutting-edge culture enthusiast Ghost Style and hip hop trendsetter M.I.N.D. Studio add to the startling creativity.
(First two images created by Yuki Nakajima for ‘The Sound of Folk Tales’)
Dana Leong was hundreds of feet above the streets of LA performing Bound(less) on the façade of the LA City Hall, for the celebration of Grand Park opening last Saturday with vertical dance company BANDALOOP.
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