I am very pleased to write you about the first public performance of my work in the new year that had taken place with the orchestral work “Iluwan” performed at Georgia Institute of Technology. Many thanks to the invitation of Dr. Chaowen Ting, Conductor, “Iluwan” made its U.S. premiere by GT Symphony Orchestra on February […]
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A Concert with Saxophonist Jessica Maxfield in Portland
[Pre-Tour Concert] Yuan’s new saxophone work “Tell” is heading to the International Conference in Europe this summer. Please join us at the pre-tour concert, an hour-long performance with saxophonist Jessica Maxfield, and Yuan playing the piano. We are going to present two solo works by Yuan, and duet by Florent Schmitt and Gregory Wanamaker. An […]
2018 Spring in Portland and beyond!
Friends, Long time no see! Since I finished previous teaching job at Reed College (Portland, OR), my time has been spent on health improvement and composing. My backache has gradually ceased, and the new Paleo diet keeps me calm. I have had an incredible season so far. Every collaboration with my musicians is a heartfelt dialogue, […]
A “Lullaby” Song for Guqin and Voice
Since moving to Portland, Oregon in 2016 summer, my desire to engage in the music scene finally comes true just lately. When I was in Ghent, New York during the OMI artist residency in 2017 summer, I was introduced to Stephen Cohen. Two of us are from Portland and other ten some fellows are of […]
2017: Life is about Writing the Next Page, Anew.
The year of 2016 was a big one packing many kinds of activities. This was also the year that Yuan’s residence in the U.S. has accumulated into two digits. It feels great to move on and to start a new one — a creative state that a composer always has to be whenever a new […]
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