My Composition
My music presents my illusion of the Past and Future; Reality and things beyond.
Different concepts transform into sound objects that weave into my ears, which allow the performers and audience to experience the beauty of the soundscapes that present my personal world...
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Please contact me for scores, possible performance, and collaboration :)
Orchestra & Large Ensemble Works
Lurk for String Orchestra (10') (2025)
Premiere Nov. 29, 2025. Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. Vilnius, Lithuania.
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra. Robertas Šervenikas, Conductor.
Chamber Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (12') (2025)
2222 - 2200 - timp+2 - str
Written for 2025 DeGaetano Composition Institute
Premiere July 29, 2025. DiMenna Center, NY. Orchestra of St. Luke's. Brad Lubman, Conductor
Lycoris Reflection for Orchestra (7') (2025)
2222 - 4331 - timp+2 - hp - pno - str
Written for 2025 "Ink Still Wet" Composer-Conductor Workshop - Grafenegg Festival
Premiere Aug. 24, 2025. Tonkünstler Orchestra. Zihan Wu, Conductor
Through the Boundless Lycoris, I see my Voyage (8'30'') (2024) for Orchestra
2222 - 4331 - timp+3 - hp - pno - str
Premiered by Yale Philharmonia. Stefano Boccacci, conductor
Prelude to the Lycoris (7') (2024) for Large Orchestra
3333 - 4331 - timp+3 - hp - pno - str
Read by Aspen Conductor Orchestra. Paul-boris Kertsman, conductor
Oiseau Mécanique for sinfonietta (12') (2023)
1111 - 1110 - 2perc - hp - pno - str
Premiered at Eastman School of Music. Kodak Hall. Musica Nova Ensemble. Luke Poeppel, conductor. Feb. 14. 2024
2nd Performance at Yale School of Music. New Music New Haven. Stefano Boccacci, conductor. April 18.2024
Seven Scenes After the World Fall into Darkness after Byron for 11 Performers (30’) (2020-2021)
fl, cl, hn, 2 perc, hp, 2 vla, 2 vc, db
Partially (Mvt. 1, 4, 5, 7) premiered by Eastman School Musica Nova Ensemble. Luke Poeppel & Georgia Mills, co-conductor.
Kodak Hall, Eastman School of Music (2022)
Three Songs based on Japanese Haiku for Soprano and Orchestra (10’) (2021)
Soprano Solo + 2222 - 2220 - Timp + 1 - hp - str
Premiered by Eastman School Symphonic Orchestra. Kodak Hall, Eastman School of Music (2022).
Kat Kirby, Soprano solo & Nicholas Sharma, conductor
2nd Performance by Orchestra of Conservatorio Niccolò Piccinni. Auditorium Nino Rota. Nov. 2025.
Tommaso Reo, Conductor. Soprano: Joscelyne Kalinda - Haiku 1. Antonella Baldandoni – Haiku 2. Serena Grieco - Haiku 3
Scherzo for Open Instrumentation (3’) (2021)
for Eastman Virtual Musical Nova Ensemble (Pandemic Period) Recorded by Online Musica Nova Ensemble (2021)
Chamber Works (3-10)
Interplays for Percussion Trio (10’) (2025)
Commissioned by 3D Percussion/Impints Project
After Infinity for Chamber Ensemble (15’) (2024)
Commissioned by Aspen Festival Composition Study
Premiered by Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. Tim Weiss, conductor. Aug. 7, 2024
2nd Performance by Meitar Ensemble. Pierre-André Valade, conductor. Dec. 28, 2024
die kleine Knochen for String Quartet and Live Electronic (14') (2024)
written for 10th Barcelona International Composition Masterclass
Premiered by Fabrik Quartet in Barcelona, Spain. June 2024
Feb. 2025 by Fabrik Quartet. ECLAT New Music Festival. Stuttgart, Germany.
Memoir of the Bamboo Sea for Flute and Marimba (8’40'') (2024)
written for Yale Flute & Percussion collaboration project
May 6, 2024. Yale School of Music. Sophia Jean, Flute & Jessie Chiang, Marimba
April 20, 2025. Peabody Conservatory of Music. Elizabeth Stern, Flute & Sam Carullo, Marimba
Oct. 26, 2025. America National Opera Center, Marc A. Scorca Hall, New York. Eva Ding, Flute & Makana Medeiros, Marimba
Nov. 15, 2025. Conservatorio Niccolò Piccinni. Sonia Colaianni, Flute & Clara Plantamira, Marimba
Singularity — Infinity II for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Percussion, and Piano (2023) (9’)
Premiered by Divertimento Ensemble, International Workshop for Young Composers, Italy (2023) Sandro Gorli, Conductor
2nd in Rondò Season (Milan). Divertimento Ensemble. Sandro Gorli, Conductor
The Scapes of Realm for String Quartet (10’) (2022)
Written for and Premiered by Jack Quartet. New Music On the Point (2022)
2nd Performance by Mettis Quartet. Lithuania
3nd Performance by Roman Quartet. Budapest Music Center, Hungary
Voices Burst Out from Crevice for Brass Quintet with Percussion (10’) (2022)
Ossia Commission Work. Premiered by Ossia New Music. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music (2022)
A Day in the Life of Four Boatmen by Sichuan River for Clarinet, Violin, and 2 Pianists (or 2 Percussionists (9’) (2022)
Instrumental Theatrical Work
Premiered by fellow students. Bowdoin International Music Festival (2022)
Singularity — Infinity I for Pierrot Ensemble with Percussion (11’) (2020)
Premiered by KLK New Music Ensemble, established by the members of Lviv Philharmonic in Ukraine (2021)
2nd Performance at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music (2021)
Full-throated Voice 拙音 for 7 Performers (8’) (2019)
Premiered by Ensemble Court-Circuit. Conducted by Guillaume Bourgogne. Beijing International Composition Workshop.
Beijing Central Conservatory of Music (2019)
Giocoso for Xylophone and Piano (7’) (2018, rev.2020)
Premiered at Shanghai Conservatory of Music (2018)
2nd Performance at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music (2020)
A Search for Rhythm 寻律 for Percussion Duo (7’30’’) (2018)
Premiered at Shanghai Conservatory of Music (2018)
Portraits of Solar Terms 时间的肖像 for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano (12’) (2018)
Recorded in Shanghai (2018).
Howling in the Forest 啸 for Dizi, Erhu, Pipa, Yangqin, and Guzheng (8’) (2017)
Recorded in Shanghai (2017)
Midnight Elves 午夜的精灵 for String Quartet (8’) (2016)
Recorded in Shanghai (2016 & 2018)
Solo and Duet Works
A Tune, Within... for Marimba Solo (10') (2025) (Work in Progress)
Commissioned by Jessie Meng-Chieh Chiang
Three Kiddo Statements for Oboe Solo (10') (2025)
Commissioned by Will Stevens
Echoes of the Blank Verse for Violin Solo (10') (2025)
Commissioned by Ria Honda
April 11 by Ria Honda. Yale School of Music
A Search for Tessitura for Vibraphone and Marimba (10'30'') (2025)
Commissioned by Chad Beebe and Matt Boyle
Mar.6 by Matt Boyle and Chad Beebe. Yale School of Music
April 29 by Matt Boyle and Chad Beebe. Yale School of Music
Serenade for Sashieka for Soprano and Piano (12'30'') (2024)
Written for the collaboration with Aspen AOTVA
Aug.10, 2024 by Sashieka, Soprano; Zihan Wu, Piano. Aspen Opera Encounter. Wheeler Opera House
Oct.10, 2024 by Yiran Zhao & Zihan Wu. Morse Recital Hall. Yale School of Music
Nov.9, 2024 by Hannah Rice, Soprano & Cathy Yang, Piano. University of South California
Nov. 2, 2025 by Hannah Rice, Soprano & Lisa Sylvester, Piano. Barrett Hall, Pasadena Conservatory of Music
My Spring Lament for Soprano Solo (10') (2023)
Written for and Premiered by Keren Motseri, 2023 CEME Festival
SoUL G for Viola Solo (8’30'') (2023)
Premiered by Julian Seney at Yale School of Music (2023)
Between the Mirror and the Moon for Violin Solo (12’) (2023)
Commissioned and Premiered by Jiaqi Yu. Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music (2023)
Movement, Blue, and Grey for Violin and Percussion (9’) (2022)
Premiered by fellow students. Bowdoin International Music Festival (2022)
Rhapsody of Hmong 衍·笙 for Piano Solo (8’) (2021)
Several Performances by Zihan Wu
Tony Yantong Chen in New Zealand
Melvin Chen. Yale School of Music Horowitz Piano Series. Morse Recital Hall. Yale School of Music
Five Pieces for Piano (8’) (2021)
Premiered by I-Hsiang Chao at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music (2021)
Vocal Works
Sandymount Ruminations for Soprano, Bass-Bartione, and Piano (15') (2024)
3 scenes adapted from James Joyce's Ulysses, Chapter 13 by Zihan Wu
Written as part of the Yale Song Lab
Premiered by Eva Martinez. Matthew Dexter, and Lyndon Ji
Serenade for Sashieka for Soprano and Piano (12'30'') (2024)
Written for the collaboration with Aspen AOTVA
Aug 10, 2024 by Sashieka, Soprano; Zihan Wu, Piano at Aspen Opera Encounter at Wheeler Opera House
Oct.10, 2024 by Yiran Zhao & Zihan Wu. Yale School of Music
Nov. 9, 2024 by Hannah Rice, Soprano & Cathy Yang, Piano. University of South California
Nov. 2, 2025 by Hannah Rice, Soprano & Lisa Sylvester, Piano. Barrett Hall, Pasadena Conservatory of Music
My Spring Lament for Soprano Solo (10') (2023)
Written for and Premiered by Keren Motseri, 2023 CEME Festival
Electronic Works
die kleine Knochen (12’30'') for String Quartet and Live Electronics (2024)
written for 10th Barcelona International Composition Masterclass
June 2024 by Fabrik Quartet in Barcelona, Spain
Feb. 2025 by Fabrik Quartet. Eclat New Music Festival. Stuttgart, Germany
As I Foreseen the Spring for Fixed Media (2021)
Premiered at EARS Concert, 4 speakers+improvised Lightning. Eastman School of Music (2022)
