The Engulfing Turbulence
The Engulfing Turbulence portrays the changes in pressure interplay among the juxtaposition of layers which emphasizes fluidity, flows, frictions, and inconsistency. The abrupt entrance in the piece creates natural currents or drives with the ornamentation of other layers. It is also a climatic symbolism of the unstable and somehow vicious political situation around the globe that leads to social unrest; and the pulling and pushing forces of tension that we are involuntarily dragged into. Shall we surrender?
The Engulfing Turbulence was inspired by the “Hong Kong Be Water Act”. Even though our citizens live in a boat surrounded by engulfing turbulence, a lot of us struggle to going with or without the flow. We have not seen the shore but we will still live and wait.
The performer, Humay Gasimzade is originally from Azerbaijan and she graduated from the Bowling Green State University with her Doctorate Degree in Contemporary Performance Program.
Humay Gasimzade once said in her artistic statement,
“I would like to think of the piano as a vault where a large body of acoustic sounds is kept securely. Different cultures, races, individuals, genders, ethnicities… and the list is endless… manifest themselves through this large body, melding into each other, and co-exist in harmony and peace. In the light of current political realities, I find my artistic escape from the day-to-day pressures of life primarily next to the instrument constructed of black and white keys, which in fact, represents the exact opposite to the disturbingly artificial and simplistic binary that recent circumstances keep imposing on us. Music is and always will be building bridges instead of walls.
As a pianist, I take sides with my contemporaries of tremendously diverse backgrounds: I am interested in performing and promoting piano music most recently composed especially by people of color and underrepresented groups. I keep developing keen eyesight and taste for pieces involving electronics, which don’t include this element as merely a complementary to the acoustic sound, but rather are capable of treating it as an organic extension to the instrument.”
Dr. Gasimzade‘s playing demonstrates her passion and philosophies in music and art through The Engulfing Turbulence.”
Ka Hei Cheng 