– Works | 作品 –

Rattling 叨絮 : for pipa solo (2023)   9 min
– commissioned by PIPA-ensemble
– premiered by 黃立騰 Li-Teng Huang, Taipei, Taiwan, Jun. 2023

Sprawling Like Vines 別離蔓生 : for 6 instruments (2022)   8 min 30 sec [program note]
– commissioned by Ostasien Institut e.V. Bonn
– premiered by Yu-An Chang (cond.), Bonn, Germany, Oct. 2022

Illiness² 病² : for multi-channel fixed media (2021)   9 min [program note]
– commissioned by C-Lab Taiwan Sound Lab, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2021

Defocused/Microscopic 鏡外/鏡內 : for violin and cello (2021)   12 min
– commissioned & premiered by Dr. Yu-Fang Chen & Dr. Peter Opie, Ball State University, IN, USA, Nov. 2021

Fiat Lux: for orchestra (2020-21)   12 min [program note]
– premiered by TNUA Orchestra, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 2021

Inside the Tunnel 洞聲/洞光 : for 6 instruments (2019)   7 min
– commissioned by Taiwan Music Institute
– premiered by E-MEX ensemble & 陳麒米, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2019

Be Water, Be Flower: for solo bass clarinet (2019)   6 min
– commissioned by ISCM Taiwan
– premiered by 高承胤, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 2019

Glittering Across The Ocean 彼岸星潭 : for orchestra (2018)   10 min [program note]
– commissioned & premiered by Taiwan Philharmonic (NSO), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep. 2018

Shimmering in the Air 氤氳微光 : for haegeum, viola and live electronics (2018)   9 min [program note]
– commissioned & premiered by Soo Yeon Lyuh & Ellen Ruth Rose, Davis, CA, USA, Oct. 2018
– sponsored by National Culture and Arts Foundation 國家文化藝術基金會

Fragmented Lament: for mezzo soprano and baroque ensemble (baroque cello, theorbo & harpsichord (2018)  4 min  [Spotlights of Lily from Helia]
– commissioned by Helia Music Collective
– premiered by Liaison Ensemble, San Francisco, CA, USA, Oct. 2018

Sundowning II: for contrabass flute and contraforte (2018)   8 min [program note]
– commissioned & premiered by Keyed Kontraptions, San Francisco, CA, USA, Apr. 2018

Sundowning: for accordion and guitar (2017)   8 min
– commissioned & premiered by Ensemble Cairn, Berkeley, CA, USA, Oct. 2017

A Leaf Falls After 葉落之後 : for orchestra (2016-17)   12 min [program note]
– premiered by National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Taichung, Taiwan, Aug. 2017

Tableau: for string quartet (2009/2016 rev.)   11 min
– premiered by Mivos Quartet, San Francisco, CA, USA, Apr. 2017

Nine Pieces of Loneliness: for percussions and live installations (2015)   7 min
– from collective project Triple Music, commissioned by National Theater & Concert Hall (Taiwan)
– premiered by Ensemble 1002, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 2015

Fusing, Refusing, Diffusing: for 9 instruments (2015)   11 min  [program note]
– premiered by Eco Ensemble, Berkeley, CA, USA, Dec 2016
– sponsored by National Culture and Arts Foundation 國家文化藝術基金會

till we’re in a whirl hitting the ground: for alto saxophone and bass clarinet (2015)   7 min  [program note]
– premiered by David Wegehaupt & Jeff Anderle (Splinter Reeds), Berkeley, CA, USA, Jun. 2015

Hypochondriasis: for solo chin (古琴) and live electronics (2014)   10 min 30 sec  [program note]
– premiered by Lily Chen, Berkeley, CA, USA, May 2014

Postcards for Messiaen: for female voice and piano (2013)   12 min
– premiered by Ensemble Pamplemousse, New York, USA, Apr. 2013

Rambling: for flute, clarinet, trombone, and double bass (2012)   9 min 30 sec  [program note]
– premiered by Eco Ensemble, Berkeley, CA, USA, May 2013

Soundscape: for violin, percussion, and piano (2012)   9 min 30 sec    [program note]
– premiered by Eco Ensemble, Berkeley, CA, USA, Apr. 2012

Microcosmos 小宇宙 : for a percussionist (2010)   10 min  [program note]
– commissioned & premiered by Shih-San Wu 吳思珊, Taipei, Taiwan, Jun. 2010

Four Moods: for flute, cello, and piano (2009)   13 min  [program note]
– premiered by National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Taichung, Taiwan, Aug. 2010

Phase Transition 相變 : for prepared 21-string zheng () solo (2008)   10 min    [program note]
– premiered by Yi-Chieh Lai 賴宜絜, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2008

Whirling Waves 洄瀾 : for orchestra (2007)   9 min  [program note]
– premiered by Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009

 
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