Tianyu Zou & Li-chin

Composer and electronic musician Tianyu Zou and Sheng Virtuosa Li-Chin Li will collaborate at EMS to create a new collaborative work combining synthesizers, amplification, multichannel electronic music, and video projection. 

Based on their previous collaborations with sheng and electronics, this project will take their exploration further. As a solo performer dedicated to integrating physical movement into musical performance, Li-Chin will work with Tianyu to explore the relationships between sound and gesture, utilizing the body as media. Together, they aim to create a site-specific work that responds closely to the unique environment of EMS.

Li-Chin Li

Li-Chin Li is a Sheng soloist, composer, and performer. She has been working between Taiwan and Europe in recent years. Majored in Chinese Music at the Tainan National University of the Arts, Li-Chin received solid training in traditional music
education. After graduation, she worked for the most selective and prestige Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra as a Sheng performer. Li-chin soon figured
a nine-to-five job doesn’t’ suit her for making her own music and performing.

Li-chin is known for her ability to apply Sheng to various art forms and music genres.
Through her work, she is committed to exploring musicians’ subjectivity and diversity of roles in the performing arts. Recently, she strives to express her musical creativity beyond auditory stimuli. In her performance, she wants the audience to enter a world to experience the unknown.

Tianyu Zou

Tianyu Zou artistic practice ventures into music composition and electro-acoustic and audio-visual performance. His work integrates instrumental virtuosity, electronics, visuals, and lighting, using forms reminiscent of urban memes to explore the complex relationship between the internet and contemporary society.