Concerts and Events: 2011

4.16.2011, World Premiere of Concerto for Piano and Chinese Orchestra by Pi-Hsien Chen with Taipei Chinese Orchestra, National Concert Hall, Taipei

2.27.2011, Shanghai Quartet and pipa virtuoso Wu Man performs
Five Seasons, University of Richmond, VA

2.26.2011, Neumann Lecture on Music, University of Richmond,VA

2.25.2011, Shanghai Quartet and pipa virtuoso Wu Man performs
Five Seasons, The Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.


Concerts and Events: 2010


11.30---12.5.2010, Tony Award-winning Garth Fagan Dance performs
Mudan 175/39 with Gobi Gloria (string quartet) by Lei Liang at Callahan Theater at Nazareth College Arts Center, NY

11.28.2010, Argento Music Ensemble performs
Aural Hypothesis at Austrian Cultural Forum, New York City

11.21.2010, Argento Music Ensemble performs
Aural Hypothesis at Austrian Cultural Forum, New York City

11.14.2010, Argento Music Ensemble performs
Aural Hypothesis at Austrian Cultural Forum, New York City

11.13.2010, Shanghai Quartet and Pipa virtuoso Wu Man performs
Five Seasons at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

11.7.2010, Argento Music Ensemble performs
Aural Hypothesis at Austrian Cultural Forum, New York City

10.25.2010,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), Ying Quartet, Macau International Music Festival, Dom Pedro V. Theatre, Macau

10.24.2010,
Gobi Canticle (violin and cello), Southwest Chamber Music Ensemble, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA

10.16.2010,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), MUSIQA, Zilkha Hall, Houston, TX

10.1.2010, World Premiere of
Aural Hypothesis by Boston Musica Viva at the Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA

9.30.2010, lecture at Brandeis University, MA

9.27.2010, lecture at Harvard University, MA

9.26.2010,
Trio performed by ACME at Carlsbad Music Festival, Carlsbad, CA

9.25.2010,
A Journey into Desire (guitar solo), Pablo Gomez Cano, Monterrey, Mexico

9.12.2010, World Premiere of
Five Seasons by Shanghai Quartet and pipa virtuoso Wu Man at Peak Performances, Montclair State University, NJ

9.9.2010, lecture at Montclair State University, NJ

7.10.2010,
Gobi Canticle (violin and viola version), Wei He and Yujie Liu, Asian Arts Museum, San Francisco, CA

7.6.201, lecture at Toho Gakuen School of Music, Tokyo, Japan

6.12.2010, the Formalist Quartet performs
Gobi Gloria (string quartet) at Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades, CA

5.31.2010,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (sax and tape), Shyen Lee, saxophone, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

5.30.2010,
Gobi Canticle (violin and cello), Vox Novus, New York City

5.25.2010,
A Journey into Desire (guitar solo), Steve Lin, Sunnyvale Public Library, Sunnyvale, CA

5.11.2010, lecture at University of California, Irvine

5.7.2010,
A Journey into Desire (guitar solo), Pablo Gomez Cano, Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, UC San Diego, CA

4.24.2010, New York New Music Ensemble performs
Trio at the Pacific Rim Music Festival, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

4.19.2010, New York Premiere of
Trio, New York New Music Ensemble, Merkin Hall, New York City

4.16.2010, Tony Award-winning Garth Fagan Dance performs
Mudan 175/39 (with string quartet by Lei Liang) at Thaddeus Hayes Dance Studio, Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center, Newport News, VA

3.24.2010, European Premiere of
Trio, ensemble interface, Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany

3.5.2010,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (sax and tape), William Chien, saxophone, University of Georgia, North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference

3.4.2010, [nec]shivaree performs
Yuan (saxophone quartet) at the Stone, New York City

1.31.2010,
YUAN (saxophone quartet), PRISM Quartet, Le Poisson Rouge, New York City

1.29.2010,
YUAN (saxophone quartet), PRISM Quartet, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

1.29.2010,
A Journey into Desire (guitar solo), Steve Lin, Philippine International Guitar Festival, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

1.26.2010,
A Journey into Desire (guitar solo), Steve Lin, Naga City, Philippines

1.21.2010, The Callithumpian Consort (Stephen Drury, dir.) performs
Brush-Stroke (chamber orchestra) at "Hot Butterknife Knight," Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

1.13.2010, Panelist, "Crossing Cultures, Blending Genres," the Pew Center for the Arts and Heritage, Philadelphia, PA



Concerts: 2009


12.19.2009,
Verge (string orchestra), New York Philharmonic, Magnus Lindberg (conductor), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

12.17.2009,
Verge (string orchestra), New York Philharmonic, Magnus Lindberg (conductor), Symphony Space, New York City

12.10.2009,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (saxophone and electronics), Jorge Hoyo, alto saxophone, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City, Mexico

12.8.2009,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (saxophone and electronics), Jorge Hoyo, alto saxophone, alto saxophone, School of Music, University of Puebla, Mexico

12.2 --- 12.6.2009,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet) performed by the Ying Quartet with choreography by Tony Award-winning Garth Fagan Dance, "Mudan 175/39", Callahan Theatre, Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, NY

12.1.2009,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (saxophone and electronics), Jorge Hoyo, alto saxophone, the 8th International Saxophone Conference, School of Music, the National University (UNAM - VIII Encuentro Universatario Internacional de Saxofón México), Mexico

11.18.2009,
My Windows (piano solo), Aleck Karis, piano, Conrad Prebys Music Center Concert Hall, University of California, San Diego, CA

11.18.2009,
A Journey into Desire (guitar solo), world premiere, Steve Lin, guitar, San José State University, San Jose, CA

11.7.2009,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), the Formalist Quartet, Encino, CA

11.7.2009,
Ascension (brass quintet and percussion), the Meridian Arts Ensemble, University of California, Davis, CA

11.6.2009,
Ascension (brass quintet and percussion), the Meridian Arts Ensemble, Festival of New American Music, California State University, Sacramento, CA

10.27 --- 11.1.2009,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet) performed by the Ying Quartet with choreography by Tony Award-winning Garth Fagan Dance, "Mudan 175/39", The Joyce Theater, New York City

10.15.2009,
My Windows (piano solo), Xie Yashuangzi, piano, Shanghai Conservatory New Music Week, Xueshu Huibao Hall, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China

10.2.2009,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), the Formalist Quartet, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA

9.26. 2009,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), the Ying Quartet, with choreography by the Garth Fagan Dance Company, Nazareth College Arts Center, Opening Concert, Rochester, NY

8.13.2009,
Motion Parallel (sheng and guanzi), Hu Jian-bing and Bao Jian, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City

8.4.2009,
Jong-Jin's Rain (electronics), III Foro de Música Nueva, Centro Cultural Universitario Quinta Gameros, Chihuahua, Mexico

8.2.2009,
Jong-Jin's Rain (electronics), Centro Estatal de las Artes, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

8.1.2009,
Jong-Jin's Rain (electronics), Festival Internacional de Arte Comteporáneo, Sala Jorge Ibargüengoitia, León, Mexico

7.31.2009,
My Windows (piano), Anna Kijanowska, Sulkowski's Castle, Bielsko-Biala, Poland

7.30.2009,
Jong-Jin's Rain (electronics), Morelia Nueva Música, Morelia, Mexico

7.28.2009,
Jong-Jin's Rain (electronics), Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico

7.19.2009,
My Windows, fragile zones, hidden notes (piano), Anna Kijanowska, ATMA, Szymanowski Museum, Zakopane, Poland

7.12.2009, Gobi Canticle (violin and cello), Lorenz Gamma and Peter Jacobson, Southwest Chamber Music Summer Festival, The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

7.11.2009,
Gobi Canticle (violin and cello), Lorenz Gamma and Peter Jacobson, Southwest Chamber Music Summer Festival, The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

7.8.2009,
Saxophone Concerto (alto saxophone and orchestra), world premiere, Chien-Kwan Lin (soloist), Allan McMurray (conductor), Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, World Saxophone Congress XV, Bangkok, Thailand

6.20.2009,
Parts for a Floating Space (saxophone and percussion), Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA

6.19.2009,
Parts for a Floating Space (saxophone and percussion), Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

6.9.2009,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (sax and tape), Michael Straus, Artomic Festival, Washington D.C.

5.15.2009,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), Ying Quartet, Brown Deer Gulf Club, Coralville, IA

5.9.2009,
Brush-Stroke (chamber orchestra), UCSD ensemble, Steven Schick, conductor, Opening Gala Concert of UCSD's Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, San Diego, CA

5.8.2009,
Brush-Stroke (chamber orchestra), UCSD ensemble, Steven Schick, conductor, Opening Gala Concert of UCSD's Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, San Diego, CA

5.7.2009,
Brush-Stroke (chamber orchestra), UCSD ensemble, Steven Schick, conductor, Opening Gala Concert of UCSD's Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, San Diego, CA

4.19.2009,
Serashi Fragments (string quartet), Formalist Quartet, REDCAT Lounge, Los Angeles, CA

4.18.2009,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (sax and tape), Michael Straus, Solo Contemporary Music Competition, The International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

4.18.2009,
Gobi Polyphony (erhu and cello), Continuum Ensemble, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City

4.17.2009,
Serashi Fragments (string quartet), The Formalist Quartet, LISTEN/SPACE, Brooklyn, NY

4.11.2009,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (alto sax and tape), Erik Steighner, NASA (North American Saxophone Alliance) Regional Conference, Lionel Hampton School of Music, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

4.10.2009,
Serashi Fragments (string quartet), The Formalist Quartet, ArtSpace, Herndon, VA

4.9.2009,
Serashi Fragments (string quartet), The Formalist Quartet, Fine Arts Recital Hall, Hilltop Circle, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD

4.8.2009,
Serashi Fragments (string quartet), The Formalist Quartet, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington DC

4.5.2009,
Trio (cello, piano and percussion), The Verge Ensemble, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium, the Library of Congress, Washington DC

3.29.2009,
YUAN (saxophone quartet), PRISM Quartet, Central Michigan University, MI

3.14.2009,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), Ying Quartet, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, NY

3.14.2009, Green Piece (piano and dancer), Tiffany Rhynard, choreography; Middlebury College, VT

3.13.2009,
Green Piece (piano and dancer), Tiffany Rhynard, choreography; Middlebury College, VT

3.9.2009,
My Windows (piano suite), Eric Huebner, "Music at the Crossroads," Adelphi University, Long Island, NY

3.6.2009, Gobi Gloria (string quartet), Ying Quartet, Dallas Chamber Music, Conference Center, University of Texas at Dallas, TX

3.1.2009, YUAN (saxophone quartet), PRISM Quartet, Freer Gallery of Art/Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.

2.28.2009,
YUAN (saxophone quartet), PRISM Quartet, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City

2.27.2009,
YUAN (saxophone quartet), PRISM Quartet, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA

2.21.2009, Harp Concerto, June Han (soloist) with Manhattan Sinfonietta, Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor, Fromm Concert, Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

2.20.2009, Parts for a Floating Space (saxophones and percussion), Bijoux, An die Musik LIVE, Baltimore, Maryland

2.18.2009,
Harp Concerto, June Han (soloist) with Manhattan Sinfonietta, Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City

2.17.2009,
YUAN (saxophone quartet), Radnovsky Quartet, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA

2.13.2009,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), Ying Quartet, Schwab Auditorium, State College, PA

2.4.2009,
In Praise of Shalows (flute solo), My Windows (piano solo), with Jennifer Grim (flute) and Anna Kijanowska (piano), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

2.4.2009,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), Ying Quartet, Murchison Lane Auditorium, Sweet Briar College, Babcock Fine Arts Center, Sweet Briar, VA


Concerts: 2008

12.7.2008, YUAN (saxophone quartet), worldwide concurrent premières

11.24.2008,
Brush-Stroke (chamber orchestra), Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Ryan T. Nelson, conductor, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

11.10.2008,
Trio (cello, piano and percussion), San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Festival of New American Music at California State University, Sacramento, CA

11.3.2008,
Trio (cello, piano and percussion), San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA

10.30.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), Ying Quartet, Music in Midtown, Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, NY

10.27.2008,
Ascension (brass quintet and percussion), world première, Meridian Arts Ensemble, Manhattan School of Music, New Nork, NY

10.22.2008, Memories of Xiaoxiang (sax and tape), Eliot Gattegno, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong

10.19.2008,
Gobi Canticle (violin and cello), Lorenz Gamma, Joon-Sung Jun, Boston Court, Pasadena, CA

10.16.2008,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (sax and tape), Eliot Gattegno, Shanghai Conservatory Festival of Contemporary Chamber Music, He Luting Symphony Hall, Shanghai, China

10.7.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Gilbert Concert Series, Phillips Church, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH

10.3.2008,
Tian, Magma from My Windows (piano suite), Anastasia Antonacos, Spotlight Series, Corthell Concert Hall, University of Southern Maine School of Music, Portland, ME

10.1.2008,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (sax and tape), Chien-Kwan Lin, Mandeville Recital Hall, University of California, San Diego

9.28.2008,
My Windows (piano suite), Chenny Gan, piano, the National College Music Society Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

9.22.2008, “The Music of Lei Liang” – portrait concert (New England Conservatory of Music),
Brush-Stroke (chamber orchestra), Trio (cello, piano and percussion), In Praise of Shadows (flute), My Windows (piano), flautist Paula Robison, pianist Aleck Karis, the Callithumpian Consort, conducted by Stephen Drury, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

9.20.2008,
Brush-Stroke (chamber orchestra), Trio (cello, piano and percussion), Callithumpian Consort, conducted by Stephen Drury, Ditson Festival of New Music, Boston Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

8.2008,
Shall We Sing? (soundtrack for documentary film). Official selection of the 2008 Montreal International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA)

8.1.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, the Festival de Música de Cámara de San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

7.25.2008,
My Windows (piano suite), Tali Morgulis, official Chinese première, Yantai, Shandong, China

7.19.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO

6.17.2008,
Brush-Stroke (chamber orchestra), North/South Consonance Ensemble, conducted by Max Lifchitz, Christ & St. Stephen’s Church, New York City

5.29.2008,
My Windows (piano suite), official world première, Joanna Chao, Argento Chamber Ensemble, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York City

5.28.2008,
My Windows (piano suite), Chenny Gan, performances at Guangxi Arts Academy, Nanning, Guizhou, China

5.27.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, the Scotia Festival of Music, the Sir James Dunn Theatre, Nova Scotia, Canada

5.17.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Monroe Community College Theatre, Rochester, New York

5.8.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium, Bowdoin College

4.27.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Armor Hall, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York

4.18.2008,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (sax and tape), Eliot Gattegno, Grenzenlos, Death by Audio, Brooklyn, New York

4.13.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Chamber Music in Oklahoma, Nichols Hills, Oklahoma City

4.6.2008,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (sax and tape) and Parts for a Floating Space (sax and percussion), Andrew Dahlke, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado

4.6.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Howland Chamber Music Circle, The Howland Cultural Center, Chelsea, New York

4.5.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Friends of Music, Pleasantville, New York

4.2.2008,
My Windows (piano suite), Chenny Gan, University of Carolina-Greensboro Convocation, North Carolina

2.17.2008,
Memories of Xiaoxiang (sax and tape), Jeff Herriott, Sonict, Hallways Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

2.3.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall

1.20.2008,
Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Music at Kohl Mansion, Burlingame, CA

1.15.2008, Gobi Gloria (string quartet), The Ying Quartet, Chamber Music Society, Tippetts Gallery, Utah State University