Name: Concrete Forest (2025) for Bass Clarinet, Piano and Percussion by Cheuk Shing Li (Sampson)
Duration: 7 min 34 s
Description: Reading by Ensemble Dal Niente at University of North Texas

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No Answer (2025) for Symphony Orchestra

Reading by Ensemble Dal Niente at University of North Texas

Concrete Forest (2025) for Bass Clarinet, Piano and Percussion

Fallen Angels (Cover. KW. Wong)


Disappeared Quipu[s] was commissioned by Music Biennale Zagreb 2025 for Vertixe Sonora, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble and Vid Veljak.

Disappeared Quipu[s] was premiered in Zagreb, Croatia, on April 12th at Tvornica Kulture
& on April 15th at Museo do Mar, Vigo, Spain.

Vertixe Sonora
Pablo Coello, saxophones
Nuno Marques, e. guitar
David Duran, piano
Roberto Alonso, violin

Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Linus Fung, clarinet
William Lane, viola
Karen Yu, percussion
Chiu Tan-ching, guzheng

Vid Veljak, cello

Angus Lee, conductor

Recorded by Sebastian Yepes at Museo do Mar, Vigo, Spain 
Mixed by Luca Gardani


Disappeared Quipu[s]: Broken & Forgotten

To Gently Vaporize (2025)
for flute, B-flat clarinet, vibraphone, harp and piano

Ensemble Dal Niente reading session, March 18, 2025, Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater, UNT
Flute: Emma Hospelhorn
Clarinet: Zachary Good
Vibraphone: Gregory Beyer
Harp: Ben Melsky
Piano: Kuang-hao Huang


To Gently Vaporize (2025)

Helena Tulve – Vers l'autre clarté (2024)

Pulss, mõõn ja voolamine / Pulse, Ebb and Flow (2012)

Wand'ring Bark (2024)

Cheuk Shing Li (Sampson) is a Hong Kong-born composer whose works explore sound, texture, and timbre.  
 

Sampson’s compositions have been recognized internationally. His recognitions include winning the 2023 JACK Studio (JACK Quartet), the Barcelona Modern International Composition Course Call for Scores, Toolbox Percussion International Composition Competition, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble Sonic-Visual Interplay (CoLab) Call. He was also a finalist in the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild New Generation Competition (2022 and 2023) and a recipient of scholarships such as the David M. Schimmel Memorial Composition Scholarship Fund and the Dr. Paul Gregory Bonneau Memorial Composition Scholarship in 2024.

 

His works have been performed by ensembles like the Barcelona Modern Ensemble, New Morse Code, Romer Quartet, Dawning Quartet, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble,  JACK Quartet. They have been featured in renowned festivals, including the Barcelona Modern Festival and the Toolbox International Creative Academy.

 

Sampson is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Music Composition at the University of North Texas, where he studies with Panayiotis Kokoras and Jon Nelson. He previously earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Music from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), studying composition with Camilo Mendez and Stylianos Dimou.


Sampson’s development as a composer has been further enriched by Chaya Czernowin, Héctor Parra, Ken Ueno, Daniel D’adamo, Nathaniel Stookey and Chikako Morishita.

Concrete Forest (2025) for Bass Clarinet, Piano and Percussion

Cheuk Shing Li (Sampson)

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