Komponisten
Shih-Hui CHEN 陳士惠
Produkteinführung
Komponistin, Rice University USA
Produkteinführung
Ein Zitat, das Shih-Hui Chens Goddard-Lieberson-Stipendium der American Academy of Arts and Letters begleitete, lautet: „Unter den in den USA lebenden Komponisten asiatischer Herkunft ist Shih-Hui Chen am erfolgreichsten, wenn es darum geht, die sehr verfeinerten spektralen Traditionen des Ostens mit der polyphonen Praxis der westlichen Kunstmusik ins Gleichgewicht zu bringen. Die nahtlose Erzählung ihrer schönen Musik, immer sehr einfallsreich und ausdrucksstark, ist sofort ansprechend wie fordernd und einprägsam. “ (New Music Box von 66 Times von Albany Records)
Shih-Hui CHEN wurde in Taiwan geboren und lebt seit 1982 in den USA. Sie promovierte an der Boston University. Neben dem Erwerb einer Koussevitzky Music Foundation Commission, einer Guggenheim Fellowship sowie Scholarships des Harvard / Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, der Fulbright Senior-Stiftung und der American Academy in Rom, wurden ihre Kompositionen in den USA und im Ausland, einschließlich Japan, England, Deutschland und Italien und Taiwan aufgeführt. Chens Kompositionen habbrachten sie mit vielen Orchestern in Verbindung, darunter dem Philadelphia Orchestra, dem Cleveland Orchestra, dem Boston Modern Orchestra Project, dem Cleveland Chamber Symphony und dem Utah Symphony. Ihre Kammermusik wurde vom Arditti Quartet, Formosa Quartet, Netzwerk für Neue Musik, Voices of Change und dem Freon Ensemble in Rom präsentiert. Chens Arbeit wurde auch von Wissenschaftlern wie der deutschen Ethnomusikologin Barbara Mittler analysiert, die Chens biografischen Eintrag im New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians verfaßte. Chen ist derzeit Professorin für Komposition und Theorie an der Shepherd School of Music der Rice University.
https://www.shihhuichen.com/
English
Shih-Hui CHEN
A native of Taiwan who has lived in the U.S. since 1982, Shih-Hui Chen is fascinated by the narratives at the intersection of identity, culture, and tradition. In her works, she seeks to cross boundaries between music and society, between the music of distinct cultures, and between music and other art forms.
This perspective informs her creative works and community projects. For example, her current project, A Map of Belongings, is a three-part musical piece exploring how community-based, Asian diasporic arts create and foster the relationships necessary for the setting down of new roots. Her desire to create connections among members of the global community led her to found 21C: Classical, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Asian Music, an annual performing arts festival fostering intercultural exchange between Asia and the U.S. through a series of lectures and performances.
Seeking a more in-depth understanding of the music and cultures of her homeland, Chen spent two years studying indigenous and nanguan music in Taiwan, in affiliation with the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, and the works that grew from this study synthesize a variety of musical genres. They include Withholding the Umbrella for Chinese Orchestra, inspired by Taiwanese nanguan music and commissioned by the Taiwan Institute; Returning Souls: Four Short pieces on Three Formosan Amis Legends, music she composed for a documentary by anthropological filmmaker Taili Hu, along with a concert version for string quartet; and Echoes from Within: A Musical Response to Cy Twombly, a 45-minute site-specific work for sheng, double bass and electronics, commissioned by The Menil Collection in collaboration with composer Kurt Stallmann.
Shih-Hui Chen currently serves on the Performing Arts and Culture committee at the Asia Society Texas Center and is on faculty at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, where she also serves on the MUSE (Musicians United for Social Equality) committee. She has worked with Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony and National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Recognition of her work has come from institutions including American Academy in Rome, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Harvard/Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Fulbright Scholar Program, Chamber Music America, and American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her music can be heard on Albany Records, New World Records, and Bridge Records
“Among the composers of Asian descent living in the U.S.A., Shih-Hui Chen is most successful in balancing the very refined spectral traditions of the East with the polyphonic practice of Western art-music. In a seamless narrative, her beautiful music, always highly inventive and expressive, is immediately as appealing as it is demanding and memorable.” -- American Academy of Arts and Letters.
“deep musical intelligence”-- Wire Magazine on CD Returning Souls.
https://www.shihhuichen.com/
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