Filip Kimho Duo
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | SELF
Music
Press
The CD Runaway Horses, by Filip Davidse and Kimho Ip, proves how enchantingly beautiful the combination of a soprano saxophone and yangchin, the Chinese dulcimer, can be. (…)The music is enchanting because on the one hand it does so much justice the rich and versatile Chinese musical tradition and on the other hand it has enough distance from that tradition to give it an individual and modern spin.
It's precisely this that makes "Runaway Horses" very accessible for the 'Western' oriented ears.(…) The harmonisations of the sublimely played instruments create a tension, an emotion, that would be absent in a purely conventional interpretation. (…) This unique project certainly deserves a follow up.
by Rob van Niele - New Folk Sounds DEC2009/JAN 2010
This is definitely a CD to have in your collection and it may be a “one of a kind.” The duo of Davidse and Ip will certainly open new and exciting windows in your listening imagination. They are definitely two artists who have met on that different road, and have come up with some truly wonderful music as a result of that encounter.
by Paul Wagner - Saxophone Journal NOV/DEC 2009
Discography
- Runaway Horses (2007)
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Bio
Filip (Amsterdam) and Kimho (Hong Kong) show how East and West can be united. Having met in Amsterdam they now perform in The UK, The Netherlands and China.
Although classically trained they have a deep understanding of Chinese music, and are uniquely suited to advocate the beauty of Chinese music. Their refreshing combination of soprano saxophone and yangchin attracts both Western and Asian audiences. They perform in The UK, The Netherlands, and China. Chinese music is varies from Mongolian pieces to the ‘silk and bamboo’ pieces from Southeast China. They have recorded this repertoire on their CD “Runaway Horses”.
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