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.

2023, May, Sounds, from: ab/ove/r: us (tling) New York (U.S.), gusted musician with Manhattan School of Music

2022, Sep, Ruhtriennale, Duisburg (Germany), gusted musician with Ensemble LINEA

2022, Jul, IRCAM ManiFeste (France), selected as the member in the workshop of improvisation / concert

2022, Apr, 《Tokyo no oto》, Besançon (France), gusted musician with Ensemble CAIRN

2021, Li-Chin produced and performed the 《Awakening》 , an experimental music theater, at Nadou Theatre.

2021, Li-Chin was selected as the artist of the 22nd Ministry of Culture’s Talents Abroad Resident Village Exchange Program-Paris, France, Cité Internationale des Arts.

2020, Li-Chin produced and performed 《Yong》, an electronic concert combining with Installation art.

2019, Li-Chin co-created 《Will it get better or worse?》 with London-based artist Yen Ching Lin.《Bégonia Maculata》with the Portuguese artist AnaRita Teodoro.

2019, Li-Chin co-created《Hooop》with the Chinese artist Hu Xinyi.

2019, Li-Chin was invited by the Tout Pour la Musique Contemporaine (TPMC) to join the five- year global research project 《SHENG!》 in Paris.

2019, Li-Chin was invited by Taiwanese conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang to perform with Lapland Chamber Orchestra in Finland.

2018, Li-Chin was selected by Taipei Performing Arts Center as a representative artist to Centre National de la Danse (CND) for the Camping Project.

2016, Li-Chin was selected as “The Performer” in a talent cultivation scheme titled “Mentor and Partnership Program” at National Center for Traditional Arts. In December, she was commissioned by the Taichung City Chinese Orchestra to perform her own composition: A Concerto for Sheng and Morin khuur “A desolate City.”

2015, Li-Chin was invited by the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan to perform her own composition “Demons & Ghosts” as the concerto soloist at the concert “The World of Reeds.”

2014, Because of performing the music from Super Mario Bros., Li-Chin gained international media attention, such as BBC (U.K.), The Verge (U.S.), 20minutes (France), Feber (Sweden), and Rocket News24 (Japan).

2014, Li-Chin held a personal concert titled “Taiwan Sheng Girl,” performing music of only her own compositions at the National Theater and Concert Hall in Taiwan. “Taiwan Sheng Girl” received a nomination for the 13th Taishin Arts Award.

2013, Li-chin was invited by Yat Po Singers—the first professional a cappella choral theatre company in Hong Kong—as the sheng soloist at the premiere of “A Cappella Theatre New Production SING SANG SUNG” in Hong Kong. 

Press

Reported by :

Lapinkansa (FI/2019) /Performance with Lapland Chamber Orchestra

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vancouver (CA/2018) / Ka Dao Yin music group performance

BBC (UK/2014) / Super Mario Bros

Time (US/2014) / Super Mario Bros

20 minutes (FR/2014) / Super Mario Bros

Rocket News24 (JP/2014) / Super Mario Bros

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