Kalun Leung is a Hong Kong–born, Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal-based performer-composer and trombonist whose transdisciplinary practice navigates the intersections of sound, movement, architecture, and cultural identity. His work prominently features the mubone—an augmented instrument he developed with creative technologist Travis West—as a tool for exploring embodied sonic performance through space and gesture. During his Alliance residency, Leung will develop Love Letters to a Third Culture Kid, an interdisciplinary solo audiovisual performance exploring his Hong Kong-Canadian immigrant identity through personal archives, movement, and spatially processed sound. The third work in a trilogy of autobiographical performances, Love Letters continues Leung’s research-creation practice that weaves together memory, diaspora, and intergenerational narratives.
Leung holds a Master of Music from McGill University and a Professional Studies Diploma from The New School in New York. He has collaborated with artists including Meredith Monk, Anthony Braxton, George Lewis, Sunny Jain, and the Experiential Orchestra (Grammy Award, 2021). His interdisciplinary work spans sound and movement duo ék with Émilie Fortin, live foley and mime performance, and sourdough sound installations with Felix Del Tredici. He co-leads the mobile experimental marching band Ambient Parade, performs in the improvising trio Williwaw, and has worked with the Martha Graham Dance Company, Orchestra of the Americas, and Ratchet Orchestra.
His work has been presented at festivals and venues including the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV), Carnegie Hall, Guelph Jazz Festival, Cologne Jazzweek, UNHEARD Music Festival (Hong Kong), and NYC Winter Jazzfest. He was awarded the Kranichstein Music Prize at the Darmstadt Summer Course in 2025 and has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Conseil des arts de Montréal.