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I’m very excited that soprano Ying-Tzu Huang and pianist Chiu Hsing-Tzu will reprise their performance of my piece Songs of the Raccoon Dogs (Hokklo Folk Transcriptions) , alongside flautist Ming-Li Huang, at the T T Music Space on 19th January 2025. Ying-Tzu Huang has programmed the piece in her vocal portrait, which is part of T…Continue Reading “《自畫像》黃盈慈聲樂獨唱會– 作品演出，《貉獠之歌》：福佬歌謠 Songs of the Raccoon Dogs (Hokklo Folk Transcriptions)- forthcoming performance Jan.’25”
It was a great privilege to be able to participate in the composition workshop with Unsuk Chin, organised by the 2024 Weiwuying International Music Festival. It was an important recognition for me that I am working on pieces which Unsuk Chin deemed worthy of closer inspection, and in which she felt sufficiently interested that she…Continue Reading “衛武營國際音樂節作曲工作坊：照片、心得 Weiwuying International Music Festival Composition Workshop: Photos, Reflection (April ’24)”
On March 30th 2024, I was honoured to participate in the C-Camerata International Festival for Contemporary Music, “Crossing Sounds”, both as a composer and a conductor. As the sole conductor for the festival, I had the chance to rehearse and conduct four world premieres, including my new work South of the Great Wall. The other works…Continue Reading “「跨響」-台北中央C國際當代音樂節：照片與媒體 C-Camerata International Festival for Contemporary Music “Crossing Sounds”: photos and media (March ’24)”
I’m proud to share my edit of the premiere of South of the Great Wall here. It was a very intense festival, but I’m pleased with what we managed to do in two days of rehearsal (to prepare two complete concert programmes). I have edited the two camera views together, and mixed in some of the…Continue Reading ““SOUTH OF THE GREAT WALL”《城南荒原》- video of premiere performance at “Crossing Sounds” Festival, Taipei (March ’24)”
The Weiwuying International Music Festival (in Kaohsiung, Taiwan) has chosen me as one of two composers to be commissioned to compose a new piece for their 2025 season. Commissioned composers are also invited to participate in the preceding year’s composer workshop with Unsuk Chin, which happens in April 2024. This was very much “third time…Continue Reading “Weiwuying International Music Festival: 2024 Composition Workshop/2025 Commission 衛武營國際音樂節：錄取2024年作曲工作坊、接受2025年音樂節委託創作”
I’m excited to have my music featured in the C-Camerata International Festival for Contemporary Music, “Crossing Sounds”: three concerts in one day at the legendary Forum Music Taipei, with performances from the Geori Ensemble (Korea), Gunnar Berg Salzburg and C-Camerata Taipei. This is the incredible promotional video of the festival: https://tungchaoming.wixsite.com/c-camerata From the C-Camerata Website:…Continue Reading ““South of the Great Wall” 《城南荒原》quintet version premiere at C-Camerata International Festival for Contemporary Music (March ’24)”
Festival Link: Die Pipa: Volksmusik aus Taiwan im Spiegel unserer Zeit Six months from conception to completion, South of the Great Wall (《城南荒原》) is one of my more ambitious works to date. I’ve made threee different versions: a duet for soprano and guitar, a trio for sheng, pipa and ‘cello, and a quintet for the…Continue Reading ““South of the Great Wall”- premiere at Passauer Saiten, Passau (March ’24)”
(scroll down for English programme note and song texts) 青年歌唱家黃盈慈，青年鋼琴演奏家邱杏慈和長笛演奏家彭建翔於2023年4月13日在台北誠品表演廳，在雅歌樂集合唱團 「春暖花開歌先知」的音樂會中首演了我專門為他們創作的《貉獠之歌》（福佬歌謠改編 ），首演圓滿成功。黃盈慈對歌詞中不同角色與情緒的轉換、畫面轉折和戲劇性效果的詮釋都很生動。我從觀眾席裡聽著可以感覺到觀眾真的很欣賞我的音樂！ 我改編的歌曲如下： （一）《五更鼓》 （二）《草蜢弄雞公》 （三）《留傘調》 （四）《一隻鳥仔哮啾啾》 請滑到最下面，就可以閱讀歌詞。 《貉獠之歌》：福佬歌謠改編 歌詞 （一）《五更鼓》 （僅第一、第五段） 一更的更鼓月照山 牽君仔的手摸心肝 阿君問娘欲按怎 隨在阿君的心肝 五更的更鼓天漸光 我君啊要轉心頭酸 滿腹心情漸漸悶 頭暈目眩面青青 （二）《草蜢弄雞公》 （僅第一到第四段） 人生六十伊都像古樹 無疑食老伊都愈健丟 看著小娘伊都面肉幼 害我學人伊都老風流 啊伊都那噯唷啊伊都老風流 草蜢弄雞公 啊 雞公披搏跳 老人食老伊都性愛守 毋通變成伊都老不修 若是愛我伊都做朋友 可惜你是伊都長喙鬚 啊伊都那噯唷啊伊都長喙鬚 草蜢弄雞公 啊 雞公披搏跳 嫌我喙鬚伊都歹看樣 我著來剔伊都光溜溜 你著交我伊都卡永久 少年僥雄伊都無尾溜…Continue Reading “《貉獠之歌》 Songs of the Raccoon Dogs （Apr. ’23）”
The extraordinary (and, in terms of the Taiwanese contemporary music scene, extraordinarily important) C-Camerata Taipei have commissioned me to compose a new fifteen minute work for them, for soprano, guitar, sheng, pipa and ‘cello. A reduced version for trio of sheng, pipa and ‘cello will first be premiered in a concert titled Die Pipa: Volksmusik…Continue Reading “C-Camerata Taipei commission/conducting (early ’24)”
I’m excited to be working with the prize-winning Taichung Chamber Choir and their charismatic conductor I-Chen Yang to compose a new piece for her multimedia choral programme 「原粹」（yuan cui）, which translates directly as something like “original” or “pure”– though perhaps “original essence” expresses best the atmosphere of this interesting performance. I-Chen Yang has invited me…Continue Reading “Taichung Chamber Choir commission: first rehearsals of sketches (2022.3-4)”
吉他演奏家Sam Cave有委約我為他的新的CD以及音樂會項目「Felix namque」創作一部新獨奏作品。本項目的主題圍繞著15、16世紀英國作曲家常用的體裁，叫做“Felix namque”。這種鍵盤作品，像更知名的體裁「In nomine」一樣，是基於Felix namque es的聖詠之複音音樂作品。我很榮幸可以跟Michael Finnissy、Christopher Fox、John Croft以及其他作曲家一起參與本次項目。 有關「Felix namque」，Sam Cave有寫過： “This project aims to create eclectic and contemporary responses to the English tradition of composing ‘Felix Namques’ by commissioning a range of composers to write new works for solo guitar. These works will engage with the plainsong source material, Felix namque es,…Continue Reading “「Felix namque」的吉他創作項目：由吉他演奏家Sam Cave委約的新獨奏作品“bountiful”（《穰穰》）已完成（2022年）”