Sapphire Haze
Sapphire Haze is a composer-performer duo residing on unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm land (Vancouver, Canada). With Cindy Kao on violin and Aysha Dulong on electronics, the duo utilizes sound-to-colour synaesthesia as a compositional tool. They work in a hybridized model, and aim to blur the distinction between acoustic and electronic sound. Sapphire Haze explores how sound can embody lived experiences and can be utilized to express oneself. As a duo, their work has been presented at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts, Vines Art Festival, Modulus Festival and Gateway Theatre. Currently, they are the featured artist for Music on Main’s 2021/2022 Emerge on Main program, and will be making their international debut at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival in June 2022.