OD_OD [overdose][overdrive] (2023) 
for Prepared Piano , Saxophon, Percussion, No-input Mixer

Panagiotis Nikitaris: Piano, Keyboard
Juan Alonso Moreda: Saxophone
Mitszru Nishimura: Percussion
Yuheng Chen: No-Input-Mixer

29.06.2023 FAL Klangtheater

OD_OD (2023) for No-input Mixer, Prepared Piano , Saxophon, Percussion

Ensemble Next
Dir.: Guillaume Bourgogne

Andrea Vecchiato, flauta baja
Rina Maezawa, clarinete bajo
Vincent Alves De Palma Delia, contrabajo
Julia Sinoimeri, accordeón
Alessandro Rinaudo, percusión
Nanami Okuda, piano

Grabación del estreno
Lucas Bergeret, grabación y mix

26 - IV - 2024
Espace Maurice Fleuret - Conservatoire de Paris

Foto: Vicente Núñez

Elurra bezain isil

Tons of Gins Waiting for You on K-PAX (2023) - Zhuosheng Jin

I love Tiffany3 (2012/24) - Xiao Fu

03072024

昨风起西北，万艘皆乘便。
今风转而东，我舟十五纤。
力乏更雇夫，百金尚嫌贱。
船工怒斗语，夫坐视而怨。
添槔亦复车，黄胶生口咽。
河泥若祐夫，粘底更不转。
添金工不怒，意满怨亦散。
一曳如风车，叫啖如临战。
傍观莺窦湖，渺渺无涯岸。
一滴不可汲，况彼西江远。
万事须乘时，汝来一何晚。

08072024

Binaural production - listen with headphones!
In tempore belli...

Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded in Mantua, Italy between September 10-14, 2024:
    1) A walk through the historical center of Mantua
    2) A gelataria with the best ice cream in town
    3) Inside the Basilica di Sant'Andrea
    4) A rehearsal of the ensemble "nova ars cantandi" in the Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara, singing "Dona Nobis Pacem" from an unknown mass by Antonio Nola (1642-1715).
Released: Sep 23rd, 2024
Info: https://essl.at/works/HEAD.html

H.E.A.D.

M.A.N.T.

Info

M.A.N.T. (Most Answers Never Translate) - BINAURAL

Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra
Yannick Mayaud, direction

Bogossitude II (2024)

NAMES ensemble 
dir. Gregor Mayrhofer

Marina Iglesias, flauta baja
Marco Sala, clarinete bajo
Anna Lindenbaum, violín
Valerie Fritz, cello
Špela Mastnak, percusión
Matthias Leboucher, piano

grabación en directo del estreno el 10-IX-2024
festival Klangspuren Schwaz

Isila bezain ilun

Please, use headphones or good loudspeakers.

vacant lot (strange bird) (2023), for large amplified ensemble
commissioned by Ensemble Intercontemporain

Live Recording, Klangforum Wien

vacant lot (strange bird) (2023), for large amplified ensemble

Nachtstück for Ensemble, Ensemble Mosaik Berlin, Conducter: Bas Wiegers

Nachtstueck - Urbane Klangräume Nr. 1

Homepage: YuhengChen.com

Yuheng Chen was born in 1998 in Jinan, China, and is currently based in Vienna. After completing composition studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw) with Karlheinz Essl, Michael Jarrell and Clara Iannotta, Chen began working with the International Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA) in 2024.

Chen’s work focuses on the boundaries of instrumental sound and the fragile balance between noise and effect, transforming the fragmented and volatile emotional fabric of contemporary life into vivid sonic structures. As a composer and performer, Chen explores sound modulation as a medium for poetic transformation.

Chen has been awarded multiple prizes, including the 1st Prize at the 46th Irino Prize (Japan), 3rd Prize at the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2023, and the 1st Prize at both the Appassionato Ensemble International Composition Competition and the Frank Robert Abell Young Composers Competition (USA). In 2022, Chen was a finalist for the Ö1 Talentebörse-Kompositionspreis.

Chen’s music has been performed at festivals such as Witten Tage für neue Kammermusik, Gaudeamus festival, Impuls Festival Graz, Klangspuren Schwaz, Tokyo OperaCity Composium, Mixtur Festival Barcelona, Wien Modern, and Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik. Performers include the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Talea, Ensemble Phace, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Platypus, and others.

Chen has received commissions from institutions and ensembles including Ensemble Recherche (2024/25), Ensemble Phace (2026), Ensemble Modern akademie, Ensemble Platypus, Alte Schmiede Wien, Argo Kollektiv and others.

Parallel to composition, Yuheng Chen is active as an improviser and organizer of contemporary music events, collaborating in Vienna with groups such as the Argo Kollektiv and the Interharmonics Elektroakustichemusik Lab.

Contact :yuhengchencomposer@gmail.com

OD_OD (2023) for No-input Mixer, Prepared Piano , Saxophon, Percussion

Yuheng CHEN