sheng musician
performing artist
Li-Chin Li is a Taiwanese sheng musician, who strives to express her musical creativity beyond auditory stimuli.
In her performance, she wants the audience to enter a world to experience the unknown.
EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE
Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
– Chinese Music Department
Sep. 2006 – June 2012
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong
– Sheng performer
Sep. 2012 – 2017
Ka Dao Yin (aka Caught Up In) Improvisation Band, Taiwan
– Sheng performer
May. 2015 – May 2016
HONORS & AWARDS
The Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music, Taiwan
– The album “Slow” won the Best Fusion Album (2014)
Taishin Arts Award, Taiwan
– The music theater “From Musical Collaboration to Interpersonal Collaboration” received a nomination for the 20th Taishin Arts Award (2022)
– “The Performer” of a talent cultivation scheme titled “Mentor and Partnership Program” at the National Center for Traditional Arts (2016)
– The recital “Taiwan Sheng Girl” received a nomination for the 13th Taishin Arts Award (2014)
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS & INTERVIEWS
– La Symphonie de Ségriès, Musiques du monde, Radio France Internationale, France Nov 09, (2024)
– 笙之響宴, Asian Cultural Council (ACC) Taiwan Newsletter Vol. 26, April 10, (2024)
– Mapping Our Popular Music, Taiwan (2020)
– Lapinkansa, Performance with Lapland Chamber Orchestra, Finland (2019)
– Traditional Arts Online, Taiwan (2019)
– Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vancouver, Canada / Ka Dao Yin Improvisation Band (2018)
– Performing the music from Super Mario Bros, BBC (U.K.), The Verge (U.S.), 20minutes (France), Feber (Sweden), and Rocket News24 (Japan) (2014)
GLOBAL RESEARCH
– “SHENG!” eight- year global research project (France), invited by the Tout Pour la Musique Contemporaine (TPMC), IRCAM
2019-2016
– “SoMax2” collaborating musician, Ircam, ERC REACH&ANR MERCI Projects(France)
2024-2026
CONCERT
– Landscape on the New Horizon of Sheng : A Tale of Two Cities, Taipei (Taiwan), commissioned by Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB) Sound Art Festival (Nov. 2023)
– Royaumont | Academy of Transcultural Music, Paris (France), selected as the member in the workshop of concert (Aug. 2023)
– Sounds, from: ab/ove/r: us (tling) New York (U.S.), guested musician with Manhattan School of Music (May. 2023)
– Ruhtriennale, Duisburg (Germany), guested musician with Ensemble LINEA (Sep. 2022) Composition of Raphaël Cendo Bubbles Blue (2021)
– IRCAM ManiFeste (France), selected as the member in the workshop of improvisation / concert (Jul. 2022)
– “Tokyo no oto”, Besançon (France), guested musician with Ensemble CAIRN (Apr. 2022) Composition of Jérôme Combier Tokyo no oto (2021)
– “Run”, Taipei (Taiwan), invited soloist with Taipei Chinese Orchestra (Apr. 2021) Composition of Chia-Ying Lin Painting from Life (2021) (WP)
– “Eastern breeze” (Finland), invited soloist with LAPLAND Chamber Orchestra (Jan. 2019) Conducted by Tung-Chieh Chuang
PERFORMANCE
(Dec. 2024)
– “Des arbres aux astres”, Lyon (France), co-created and performed (Sep. 2024)
– “What is your relationship with it?”, Ried im Innkreis (Austria), invited to perform solo work. (Sep. 2023)
– “The in-between”, Paris(France), produced and performed (Sep. 2023)
– “When the sound becomes an invitation”, Paris (France), produced and performed (Dec. 2021)
– “From Musical Collaboration to Interpersonal Collaboration”, Taipei (Taiwan), produced and performed (Sep. 2021)
– “Awakening”, Taipei (Taiwan), produced and performed (Feb. 2021)
GRANTS & RESIDENCY
– LA SYMPHONE DE SÉGRIÈS, Provence (France) (2024)
– Asian Cultural Council (ACC), New York (U.S.) (2023)
– Avaloch Farm Music Institute, (U.S.) (2023)
– Cité Internationale des Arts, selected by Taiwan Ministry of Culture, Paris (France) (2021)
– Centre National de la Danse, for the Camping Project, selected by Taipei Performing Arts Center, Paris (France) (2019)
– National Culture and Arts Foundation, for the Overseas Arts Travel Project, Paris (France) (2019)
ARTICLES
2024 SILK ROAD No.93 : New Vision of Chinese Music, invited by Taipei Chinese Orchestra Taiwan(2024)
Refuse To Be Limited by Body or Chinese Musical Instruments
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