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Hong Yang + Yemo Wang

  • Edinburgh Castle 681 Sydney Road Brunswick 3056 Australia (map)

Hong Yang is an in-demand session pianist and keyboardist in Melbourne, currently playing with bands and artists including Firetail, Headphones Jones, Yusupha Ngum and the Affia Band, Alcides Neto, Chris Bieniek, Nathan Slater, and many more. Hong is also an experienced composer and arranger, having written music for award-winning short films and web series. He is currently working on his first album, which features his unique songwriting and fuses multiple genres including classical, jazz, folk, rock, funk, pop, soul and blues.

 

Yemo Wang is an up-and-coming guitarist based in Melbourne. Specialized in jazz & improvised music, he draws from an array of contemporary artists such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Fred Hersch, and Ben Monder to express and communicate his aesthetics with a unique instrumental voice. As a music student, Yemo participated in multiple recording projects at Monash University, and worked alongside artists including Ingrid Jensen, John Hollenbeck and Kristin Berardi. He was also one of the finalists in the 2022 Allan Zavod Performers’ Award. In early 2023, Yemo was also invited to play alongside a trio led by renowned saxophonist, composer and educator Angela Davis.

Earlier Event: 25 March
Triplikatz
Later Event: 29 March
Mrs Smith's Trivia