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Composer Patrick Chin Ting CHAN grew up in Hong Kong and came to the United States in 2003. He has been featured in events including Ars Electronica, IRCAM's ManiFeste, ISCM World Music Days, UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers, and Venice Art Biennale, among others. He has worked with ensembles such as City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Ensemble intercontemporain (France), Ensemble Metamorphosis (Serbia), eighth blackbird (U.S.), Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Mivos Quartet (U.S.), and New York New Music Ensemble, with performances in more than thirty countries. His scores are published through BabelScores and Universal Edition. He is also an active performer and improviser of accordion, guqin, as well as live electronics using a Eurorack modular system and other custom interfaces on the computer. He is currently an Associate Professor of Music Composition at Ball State University.

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Born in 1996 in South Korea, Whan Ri-Ahn spent part of his childhood in New Zealand before returning to Korea. At the age of 14, he moved to the United States to study composition at the Interlochen Arts Academy.

He pursued further studies at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London under Kenneth Hesketh. During his time at RCM, he was awarded the James Horner Award, the Dr. Knobel Fund Award, and the RCM Scholarship Award, with his studies supported by Ms. Sara Horner. Whan Ri-Ahn continued his education in Switzerland, studying with Michael Jarrell, Luis Naón, and Gilbert Nouno at the Haute École de Musique de Genève.

His compositions have been commissioned, performed, and presented by esteemed orchestras, ensembles, institutions, and musicians, including the LA Phil, London Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Contrechamps, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble TIMF, Ensemble Proton Bern, Ensemble NEXT, Radio France, Pierre Bleuse, Aaron Cassidy, and Johannes Kalitzke. Notably, his work L’Oiseau dans le Temps II premiered at Radio France’s Festival Présences 2023.

Whan Ri-Ahn completed his Master's degree in composition at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), studying under Frédéric Durieux (composition) and Yan Maresz, Luis Naón, and Grégoire Lorieux (electronic music). His studies at the Paris Conservatoire were generously supported by the Fondation de France and the Marthe Depelsenaire Foundation, and he was honored with the 2022 Prix Composition Musicale Marthe Depelsenaire. Additionally, he received the Prix Fondation Salabert in 2023.

Currently, Whan Ri-Ahn is pursuing doctoral studies at King's College London under the mentorship of Sir George Benjamin. He also studies with Unsuk Chin.

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