House Music Series - Bou Kwan Ying x Olivier Cong
It is, again, the first month of the year.
To us, new spring may sound like firecrackers, lion-dancing and festive celebrations.
To the West, new spring may sound like flower blossoms, breezy winds and the ever beautiful nature.
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Bou Kwan-Ying 
包氏自幼隨古箏演奏及教育家錢璟習箏，畢業於香港演藝學院榮譽學士學位課程，隨許菱子教授主修古箏；隨閻學敏老師副修敲擊樂，活躍於各種多媒體、融合音樂制作，表演優異獲院長嘉許名單，並分別獲得領賢慈善基金音樂獎學金(2017)及滙豐香港演藝學院內地學習計劃獎學金(2016)。
包氏醉心於跨界別音樂表演及創作，涉獵不同樂種包括傳統、流行與搖滾。為香港演藝學院古箏團及香港青年中樂團的古箏樂手，並自2015年起擔任「箏音樂Junior」團長，同年入選「香港電台樂壇新秀」，並赴日本參加「中日青少年藝術節古箏比賽」獲專業重奏組金獎。2017年4月舉辦ZHENG and ROCK Remix，擔任創作及演出。近年多次以古箏樂手身份到訪韓國(首爾、光州)、日本、台灣、北京、上海和沈陽等城市進行音樂交流活動。
Olivier Cong
Olivier Cong is a songwriter and composer whose musical style is consistently hollow, gloomy and atmospheric.
He travelled and performed throughout Europe in 2016, he was also invited to perform at Wow and Flutter Weekend and Clockenflap later that year.
He then co-created the music label “Raven & The Sea” in 2017. Cong and his debut album "A Ghost and His Paintings" (2018) were chosen by Apple Music to be featured as the first "Hong Kong Spotlight Artist".
He also composes for contemporary ballet and collaborates to creating art installations. Throughout 2018 to 2019, Cong was commissioned to compose for Hong Kong Ballet and Shanghai Opera House on various occasions, and his compositions were also featured with art installation collaborations at the Hong Kong Light Pulse Festival and the PMQ deTour Festival. Recently, he managed as the music director for the ChungYing Theatre Company’s musical drama, “All My Life I Shall Remember”.
