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