Asia+ Festival 2026: "Canvas of Sound"

About this event

Pakistani-born visual artist Tazeen Qayyum creates live, improvisatory calligraphic drawings against a serene yet luminous soundscape crafted by Syrian-born Aga Khan Master Musicians Feras Charestan and Basel Rajoub. This interdisciplinary performance featuring remarkable visuals gently weaves visual art and music into a shared act of contemplation. Watch as graceful strokes of Arabic, Persian and Urdu scripts — three languages united by a single calligraphic tradition — unfurl in response to the music, ancient melodic modes meeting contemporary improvisation. As the musicians move between the shimmering timbres of the qanun, the distinctive colour of the duclar, and the expressivity of soprano saxophone and percussion, Qayyum responds through four guiding words: amal (hope), karam (kindness), adl (justice) and silm (peace). Each evening’s canvas is created in the moment, never to be repeated, and will be displayed the following day. Commissioned, conceived and curated by Aga Khan Music Programme, the gallery edition of Canvas of Sound premiered in December 2024 at the National Museum of Qatar in Doha. Its stage edition received an overwhelming response at the 2025 Edinburgh International Festival, and now arrives in Hong Kong as its Asian première, inviting you to slow down, look closely, and find a measure of inner peace.

巴基斯坦裔視覺藝術家塔仙・奇恩在「阿迦汗音樂計劃」敘利亞裔演奏家費雷斯・查拉斯坦和巴素・拉祖神秘而豐富的音樂旋律中即興揮毫，將視覺藝術與音樂融為一體，共同構築這片令人神往的藝術之境。 塔仙・奇恩的書法融合阿拉伯、波斯和烏都語，三種語言出自同一書法源流，流麗的線條將中東古老新詮的音韻，化成看得見的即興律動。兩位音樂家穿梭於中東卡農琴的明亮音色、杜克拉管的獨特色彩，以及敲擊樂器的抒情旋律中，奏出悠然和諧的音樂。奇恩的筆觸隨之翩然舞動，描繪出「希望」、「仁愛」、「正義」與「和平」。每晚完成的書畫都是獨一無二，並於演出翌日公開展示。 《聲之墨境》由「阿迦汗音樂計劃」委約創作、構思及策劃，2024年12月於卡塔爾多哈國家博物館上演畫廊版本，舞台版演出在2025年愛丁堡國際藝術節上獲得熱烈好評。是次香港演出為舞台版的亞洲首演，誠邀觀眾放下煩囂，享受「聲」與「墨」交織的出塵境界，洗滌心靈。