ZHUOSHENG JIN 金卓晟

"He has a thorough understanding of the nature of sounds, (and also) has great writing skills and a mature control of his style."
“他对声音有全方位的认知，并懂得如何用成熟的作曲技法将其掌控。”
~ Philippe Leroux

"(He) knows very well how to pursue his musical ideas over the time and to create fluidity in the evolution of the musical structures."
“他非常明白怎样将乐思变成流畅的乐段，并通过合理的音乐结构将其创造性地表现。”
~ Philippe Manoury

Zhuosheng Jin (b1991) is a Chinese composer, pianist, and poet currently based in Montreal, Canada. Throughout his music, he has been interested in relationships between texture and sound.
Full bio please click here.

金卓晟是一个当代音乐作曲家和诗人，目前定居加拿大蒙特利尔。他的音乐注重织体与音色的关系。
详细的简介请点击。

Upcoming Projects
未来计划

Clock of Timelessness (2019-20)
无时之钟
clarinet (B flat, bass), violin, piano
Trio Émerillon, Montreal, Canada
Apr, 10, 2020 #WOLRD PREMIERE
Project postponed due to the current situation of the Coronavirus. Exact date TBD.

* Commissioned by MASC at McGill University, I am delighted to work this project with the local-based Trio Émerillon. Written at the time most of the world is desperately fighting with the Coronavirus, this piece expresses my very concerns towards our existence.

Man Abandoned by Mencius (2020)
被梦遗弃的少年
clarinet (E flat, B flat), pipa
Michel Marang, Jie Qi
Apr. 16 & 17 in Guangzhou, and Apr. 19, 2020 in Beijing, China #WOLRD PREMIERE

* Inspired by Chinese pop singer 宋东野's song 《梦遗少年》, I composed this piece for Michel Marang's 2020 China tour. It is the first time in almost a decade I'm writing a piece including a traditional Chinese instrument. A fun experience for me!
Project postponed to October due to the current situation of the Coronavirus. Exact date TBD.

Pale Flower III (2019, rev. 20)
苍白之花 III
flute solo
Performer TBD, Barcelona, Spain
Apr. 26, 2020 #EUROPE PREMIERE
Project postponed to Semptember due to the current situation of the Coronavirus. Exact date TBD.

* Originally commissioned by flautist Cheng-Yu Wu, this piece is a part of ongoing Pale Flower Project. With each one written for a different solo instrument, I dedicate the series to people who are living in social or political pressures. This newly revised version will be performed as part of this year's Festival Mixtur.

A Piece of Watermelon (2018-19)
艳阳天
female voice, six musicians
Slee Ensemble, Buffalo, US
June in Buffalo Festival concert
June, 2020 #NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE
The piece will be performed in a digital concert due to the current situation of the Coronavirus. Details TBD.

* Originally commissioned by Syntax Ensemble from Milan, this ambitious 7-movement work is based on my own text. A pornographic filmmaker, when producing a new piece with an actress, unexpectedly fell into streams of old memories. He released the team, decided to face everything alone with the first beam of sunlight and a piece of watermelon. This time I will work with the local-based Slee Ensemble at June in Buffalo Music Festival.

dust not dust (2020)
尘非尘
oboe, horn, viola
soloists from Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris, France
Jun. 27, 2020 #WORLD PREMIERE

* Exited in getting a commission from IRCAM-ManiFeste, I am working on this new piece for this year's chamber music workshop. More information will come up!

not here... not there... somewhere... (2019, rev. 20)
花犯
version for violin and viola
Publo Rubino and Diana Gasparini, La Plata, Argentina
September, 2020 #SOUTH AMERICA PREMIERE

* Invited from a great friend Pablo Rubino (who is making most of his career as a violist but also won the first prize of 2019 Takemitsu Award as a composer), I'm looking forward to my first Argentina trip with a piece performed at IX ECI in La Plata. This work was originally a woodwind duo commissioned by St Petersburg based Molot Ensemble. By revising completely to string instruments, I am excited about the ultimate effect.

The Green Light (2020)
孤星浩夜
wind symphony
McGill Wind Symphony with Allain Cazes, Montreal, Canada
Jan. 29, 2021 #WORLD PREMIERE

* As the composer-in-residence of McGill Wind Symphony, I am composing this 14-min piece for the excellent ensemble. More details will come up soon.

Five Images Inspired from Shuntarō Tanikawa (2019-20)
谷川俊太郎诗五首
piano solo
commissioned by Kimihiro Yasaka
performance information TBD

À la marée (2020-21)
归潮
ten musicians, flute solo
commissioned by TimeArt Studio
performance information TBD

Past Performances
演出记录
(For recordings please click the titles, available in yellow.)

Voyage (2019)
少年她
clarinet (B flat, bass), cello, accordion
Trio Roadrunner, Amsterdam, Netherland
Jan. 26, 2020

(in)somnia (2015) ca. 12'20''
（无）眠
cello solo
Yi Cheng, Boston, US
Mar. 25, 2017
Erin Patterson, Montréal, Canada
Mar. 12 & 13, 2018
Yiyang Zhao, Essen, Germany
Jan. 22, 2020

Pale Flower VI (2019) ca. 7'
苍白之花 VI
oboe solo
Sylvain Devaux, Netanya, Israel
Dec. 31, 2019
Dian Zheng, Beijing, China
Jan. 6, 2020

Richard Russell - A Way Home (2019) ca. 8'
理查·罗素：归途
six musicians
Ensemble MISE-EN with Moon Young Ha, Seoul, South Korea
Nov. 28, 2019

Il conte di Kevenhüllerh (2019) ca. 10'30''
flute, clarinet B flat, percussion, piano
co-composed with Cyril Molesti
Livorno Festival musicians, Livorno, Italy
Sep. 1, 2019

A Trivial Elegy for An Unnamed Friend (2019) ca. 12'
声声慢
string trio
Mivos Quartet soloists, Valencia, Span
Jul. 19, 2019

June Story (2019) ca. 6'10''
六月
three instrumentalists and three singers
members of Les Métaboles and Ensemble Multilatérale with Brian Liao, Marseille, France
Jul. 13, 2019

At the End of Snow Line (2017-18) ca. 11'50''
雪迹深处
orchestra
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra with Kanako Abe, Tokyo, Japan
Jun. 9, 2019

Invisible Plants (2019) ca. 7'10''
蜃景
orchestra
Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra with Yongyan Hu, Beijing, China
May 20, 2019

Pale Flower III (2019) ca. 7'15
苍白之花 III
flute solo
Cheng-Yu Wu, Boston, US
Apr. 29, 2019

not here, not there, somewhere... (2019) ca. 14'30''
花犯
flute (C, piccolo), clarinet (B flat, bass)
Molot Ensemble soloists, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Apr. 27, 2019

A Piece of Watermelon (2018-19) ca. 15'10''
艳阳天
female voice, six musicians
Syntax Ensemble with Pasquale Corrado, Milan, Italy
Apr. 11, 2019

Pale Flower I (2019) ca. 8'
苍白之花 I
percussions, objects, light
Wai Nok Hui
Graz, Austria, Feb. 20, 2019
London, Britten, Mar. 21, 2019

(un)control (2018/19) ca. 14'
（失）控
acoustic guitar solo
Daniel Murray, São Paulo, Brazil
Sep. 23, 2018
An-Laurence Higgins, Montréal, Canada
Mar. 11 & 12, 2019

Autumn Story (2018) ca. 6'50''
秋
six musicians
Meitar Ensemble featuring Trío Arbós with Pierre-André Valade, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Jan. 5, 2019

Immobilised Mostions (2017-18) ca. 10'25''
似动
string quartet
Quatuor Béla, Geneva, Switzerland
Mar. 25, 2018
Klangforum Wien soloists, Larissa, Greece
Dec. 16, 2018

First Beam Last Light (2018) ca. 14'05
终临
fifteen musicians
McGill Contemporary Ensemble with Guillaume Bourgongne, Montréal, Canada
Nov. 17, 2018

Noting More Than A Piece of Wind (2007) ca. 5'
樱花绽放的季节
piano solo
Paola Iommi, piano, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Nov. 11, 2018
(Former performances of this piece are beyond the time range of this list.)

Q4 (2018) ca. 8'
clarinet (B flat, bass), trombone, accordion
Hugo Queirós, Kevin Austin, Stefanie Mirwald, Mykonos, Greece
Jun. 13, 2018

The Last Question Will Last Forever (2018) ca. 7'50''
延绵之问
alto saxophone, marimbe
Stef Jackson, David Therrien-Brongo, Montréal, Canada
Mar. 31, 2018

As In A Poem (2015) ca. 15'10''
诗
flute, cello, piano
TimeArt Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
Nov. 22, 2015
Yeji Oh, Yi Cheng, Xiaoping Ma, Boston, US
Mar. 25, 2017
Naama Neuman, Erin Patterson, Bryce Lansdell, Montréal, Canada
Nov. 19, 2017

precoda (2015) ca. 6'20''
string quintet, piano, voice
Musicians from the Central Conservatory at Beijing with Yang Jiao, Joa Helgesson, Beijing, China
Jun, 1, 2015
TURNmusic with Anne Decker, Geoffrey Penar, Waterbury & Burlington, US
Sep. 15 & 16, 2017

Tender, Tenderest (2017) ca. 6'10''
绵绵
flute, cello, percussion, piano
Ensemble ECCE with Jean-Philippe Wurtz, Auvillar, France
Jul. 1, 2017

"...and I placed my arm around your shoulder" (2016) ca. 15'40''
红帆船
string quartet
JACK Quartet, Boston, US
Jan. 26, 2017,
Mivos Quartet, Buffalo, US
Jun. 9, 2017

HOME (2017) 6'
multimedia, amplified solo viola, live electronic
co-worked with Qin Han and Aaron Smith
Mar. 25 and Apr. 29, 2017, Boston, US

"...in dream, I know not the exile I remain" (2017) ca. 6'30''
贪欢
clarinet B flat, harp
Tanya Mewongukote, Szu-ning Tai
Boston, US, Mar. 25, 2017

as in a m[e]rror (2011, 16-17) ca. 15'10''
electric guitar solo
Giacomo Baldelli, Boston, US
Mar. 14, 2017

April Story (2016) ca. 8'30''
四月
six musicians
Ensemble Mdi with Davide Ianni, Riety, Italy
Jun. 6, 2016

Mind and Eyes (2015) 10' (in loop of any length)
眼与心
art exhibition, fixed media
co-worked with Jiashu Qin
Shenzhen, China, Jun. 18-29, 2015

འོད་ཟེར་ (2014) ca. 55'
唯色
piano solo, nine musicians
Students from Oberlin Conservatory with Matthew Chamberlain, Oberlin, US
May 3, 2014