Alice Yeung Hoi-ching does not just write music for listening; she writes music that is meant to be seen.The Switzerland-based, Hong Kong-born composer with a first degree in composition and electronic music from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) creates dramatic, visceral experiences that transform concert halls into theatres – and her inventiveness is getting noticed.She has won a wide range of commissions in her home city, from the Hong Kong Sinfonietta (HKS) to the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.She also performed at the International Festival of Contemporary Music in Venice in 2024, and has collaborated with many European groups, including the Dutch National Opera & Ballet. And she is only 27.Blending music with sounds from daily lifeHer work Wings’ Matra, which was commissioned in 2024 for the HKS, has to do with her phobia of pigeons – a condition that is not uncommon due to the size of urban flocks.