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Thank you for visiting this site.
For the picnickers who don't already know me, my name is Njo Kong Kie.

Why Music Picnic? Well, I like what the name suggests:
music which is casual, eclectic, joyful, whimsical, romantic, intimate and delicious -
key ingredients to a great picnicking experience.
Please follow the links above for my various pursuits in composition and performance.

Come picnic with us!

Recent news:

This fall, I contributed the soundtrack to four productions taking place in Canada, Europe and Asia. First up in September was Playing Landscape, a dance theatre piece developped in collaboration with artists from Macau, Hong Kong, Beijing, Taiwan, Korea and Australia. We went on a European tour, with stops in Porto, and the 2012 European capitals of culture: Guimaraes(Portugal) and Maribor(Slovenia).

In early November, Singapore Dance Theatre expanded and remounted Christina Chan's Waiting using music from the album Picnic in the cemetery.

Les memes yeux que toi, a solo piece by Anne Plamondon had a very successful run at L'Agora de la danse in Montreal. Here is a review in La Presse.

Next up is Fare Game, a multi-media play about life in Toronto's Taxis, created by Ruth Madoc-Jones, Marjorie Chan and Alex Williams,
again using music from the album Picnic in the cemetery.

Starting now too to work on a commission for the soundtrack of a dance piece to be performed at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2013.