2018.05.12 First Performance by the Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra

From Fading Mountains (2017-18) for Erhu, Pipa, Zheng, and Electronics

Chen-Hui Jen is a composer, poet, and pianist, whose music presents an imaginative, spiritual, and poetic space with subtlety and sophistication. She writes music works that reflect an angle of contemporary art music that integrates time, sound, color, and poetry.

Percussionist
was born in Taiwan
lives in Germany
studied in Amsterdam and Frankfurt
performs on all kinds of music stages

Corrina Bonshek (b 1977) is a Australian composer whose music has been described as ‘beautifully shaped and contemplative’ (Clare MacClean, 2013) and ‘deeply spiritual in intent’ (Anne Boyd, 2002). She has a PhD in Contemporary Arts from Western Sydney University.

Sebastian Nagretshei, also known as Zoe (Yi-Cheng )Lin, is a composer and software engineer specializing in digital music. Holding a doctoral degree in composition from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she previously led AI music research as Chief Music Officer at an AI music company. Currently, Lin is a full-time composer and adjunct assistant professor at National Taiwan Normal University. Her expertise lies in visual-auditory synesthetic electronic music, 3D immersive composition, and ambisonic system sound projection. 
Lin's electronic compositions have been exhibited/selected in 21 countries at 48 international music festivals, including Paysages Composés Festival 2025 (Grenoble, France), SICMF 25 (Seoul, Korea), JIMLAC 2025 (Lyon, France), ICMC 2025 (Boston, USA), NYCEMF 2025 (NYC, USA), SEAMUS 2025 (Purdue University, USA), REF 2024, Ars Electronica 2024 (Linz, Austria), IRCAM Forum 2024 (Paris, France), ACMC 2024 (Sydney Melbourne, Australia), ICAD 2024 (NY, USA, selected), NYCEMF 2024 (USA), ICMC 2024 (South Korea), MediSouP 2024 (Cyprus), SiMN 2023 (Brazil), MUSLAB 2023 (Ecuador), MiRNArte 2023 (Venice, Italy), SICMF 2023 (Seoul, South Korea), NIME 2023 "Mixed Realities Workshop" (Mexico), NYCEMF 2023 (New York), Spatial Audio Conference 2023 (United Kingdom), NoiseFloor 2023 (United Kingdom), Earth Day Art Model 2023 (hosted by Indiana University, USA), MOXsonic Festival 2023, SICMF2022, Atemporánea Festival 2022 (Argentina), ICMC 2022 (Ireland), IRCAM-Forum 2022 (New York). Lin's works also feature in albums associated with 2024 EMPIRICA RECORD, SiMN 2023 and MUSLAB 2023. Overall, she has participated in international exhibition events, demonstrating her global impact in the field of electronic music.

Jacob David Sudol uses new technologies to create intimate compositions that explore enigmatic phenomena, the inner nature of how we perceive sound, and novel connections between Eastern and Western musical cultures.  His music has been performed well over one and fifty hundred times by many prestigious ensembles and performers across the USA, Europe, and Asia.  In addition, Dr. Sudol is currently writing a chapter on his music for the upcoming Oxford University Press Handbook of Spectral Music.  
	
Dr. Sudol is currently an Associate Professor of Music Technology and Composition at Florida International University and was awarded a 2015-16 Fulbright Fellowship to teach and research in Taiwan.

From Fading Mountains (2017-18) for Erhu, Pipa, Zheng, and Electronics

Chen-Hui Jen, Composer