Concerts
Concerts
2012
October 2012 Tour in China feat. Coco Zhao & Wu Na
In October 2012, Sonic Calligraphy toured throughout China with various
Chinese guests in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Changsha, and Shenzhen. The guests included their former musical collaborators: Coco Zhao, jazz singer from Shanghai and Wu Na, gu qin master from Beijing as well as these great musicians: Li Tie Qiao, alto saxophonist from Beijing, Song Zhao, cellist from Beijing, and Er Gao, dancer from Guangzhou.
New timbres, colors and movement from the guests inspired the group’s interpretations and improvisation into new directions. From a Daoist temple renovated into a performance space in Beijing to the Riverside stage of the JZ Music Festival in Shanghai, the group adapted easily to the different performance spaces and band formations. They fascinated audiences with their unique kaleidoscope of musical sounds fusing Asian aesthetics with modern jazz harmonies, grooves and improvisation.
2013
In spring 2013, started a series of concerts which features Swiss guitarist Felix Utzinger. He brings his grooves and a wide palette of electronic sounds to the group‘s music (hear how it sounds...here..)
News
above: Peggy Chew and Wu Na (gu qin) in Changsha
right: Willy Kotoun and Li Tie Qiao (altosax) in Shenzhen
below: with Er Gao and friends (modern dance group) in Guangzhou
Past concerts
2017
New York, Cornelia Street Cafe 8 p.m.
Sonic Calligraphy feat. Chris Washburne (tb) as part of Voxfest
2016
November 16
Zurich, Gemeindesaal Hottingen
2015
February 14
San Francisco
with Eth-Noh-Tec
February 15
Berkeley, Maybeck Studio
March 1
New York, Whynot Jazz Room
feat. Jason Kao Hwang (vl, vla)
November 10
Zurich, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies at UZH
December 1
Zurich, Lebewohlfabrik
December 10
Winterthur, ESSE Bar
2014
January 3
Guangzhou (China) T:Union
January 5
Shenzhen (China) B-10 Live
January 9
Hong Kong Fringe Club
February 21
New York, I-Beam 8 p.m.
feat. Chris Washburne (trombone)
April 12 2014
Winterthur Villa Sträuli 11.00
2013
January 20
Küsnacht Ref. Kirche 10.00 a.m.
March 22
Zurich Mehrspur 20.30
April 9
Basel Bird‘s Eye 20.30
April 10
Basel Bird‘s Eye 20.30
May 30
Brugg Mittagsmusik 12.30
November 30
Dielsdorf le philosophe 20.30
December 3
Zurich Lebewohlfabrik 18.00
Sonic Calligraphy Duo in Hong Kong and China in January 2014
Sonic Calligraphy duo with Peggy Chew, vocals and Adrian Frey, piano
has been invited to participate in the poetry retrospective and festival to honor the legacy of Hong Kong poet, Leung Ping-kwan (Yasi). They performed a special set of musical improvisation to his poetry at the Fringe Club on January 9th in Hong Kong.
Additional concerts with the duo took place in Guangzhou with special guest Er Gao and his dance company and in duo exclusively in Shenzhen.
Sonic Calligraphy
feat. Felix Utzinger (guitar)
2014
Sonic Calligraphy Duo in New York with special guest, Chris Washburne (trombone)
February 21 2014, 8 pm at the Ibeam
168 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY
Peggy Chew, vocals
Adrian Frey, piano
Featured Guest
Chris Washburne, trombone
The Kettle Music & Arts Connection will present "Sonic Calligraphy" in duo with special guest, NY trombonist Chris Washburne at the Ibeam. One part of the program will be a musical suite to the poetry of Hong Kong, poet Leung Ping-kwan (Yasi) which they played recently in Hong Kong and China in January.
2015
Sonic Calligraphy Duo in California/New York
February 14 2015, with Eth-Noh-Tec „Journeys of Love and Danger“
San Francisco, Eth-Noh-Tec Art Center 8 p.m.
977 South Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
feat. Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo
February 15, 2015
Berkeley, Maybeck Studio 3 p.m.
March 1, 2015
New York, Whynot Jazz Room Sets at 7 and 8.30 p.m.
feat. Jason Kao Hwang (violin, viola)
2019
2018
May 24
Zürich, Café Black, 20.30 Uhr
Färberstrasse 6, 8008 Zurich
April 12
Zürich, Café Black, 20.30 Uhr
Färberstrasse 6, 8008 Zurich
January 14
Lenzburg, Stadtkirche 17 Uhr
Peggy Chew voc, Felix Utzinger g, Adrian Frey p, Willy Kotoun perc
April 18
Zürich, Lebewohlfabrik, 20 Uhr
2017
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 8 p.m.
Sonic Calligraphy feat. Chris Washburne
at Cornelia Street Cafe (as part of the VoxFest), New York
29 Cornelia Street NYC, 212 989 9319
One Set only from 8 to 9 pm, Reservations suggested, $10 cover $10 minimum http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com
November 9
Baden, Rest. Isebähnli, 20:15 Uhr
2020