ZHUOSHENG JIN 金卓晟

Zhuosheng Jin (b1991) is a Chinese composer, pianist, and writer currently based in Montreal, Canada. His composition emphasises relationships between literature, especially poetry, and sonic texture. He is the winner of 2020 Matan Givol Composers Competition (1st prize, Israel), 2020 Salvatore Martirano Award (1st prize, US), and 2019 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award (3rd prize, Japan), among others.
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金卓晟是一个作曲家和诗人，目前定居加拿大蒙特利尔。
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Upcoming Projects
未来计划

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many events are postponed. This list shows the latest updates.

dust not dust (2020)
尘非尘
oboe, horn, viola
soloists from Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris, France
Jun. 27, 2020 #WORLD PREMIERE
postponed to June, 2021

A Piece of Watermelon (2018-19)
艳阳天
Illinois Modern Ensemble, Stephen Taylor, Champaign, US
Sep. 26, 2020
postponed to September, 2021

Clock of Timelessness (2019-20)
无时之钟
clarinet (B flat, bass), violin, piano
Trio Émerillon, Montreal, Canada
Apr, 10, 2020 #WOLRD PREMIERE
postponed, date TBD

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
postponed, date TBD

not here... not there... somewhere... II (2019, rev. 20)
花犯 II
violin and viola
Publo Rubino and Diana Gasparini, La Plata, Argentina
September, 2020 #WORLD PREMIERE
postponed, date TBD

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

Three Images Inspired from Shuntarō Tanikawa (2019-20)
谷川俊太郎诗三首
piano solo
Kimihiro Yasaka
performance information TBD due to the pandemic

new piece (2021)
委约作品
instrumentation TBD
commissioned by June in Buffalo 2021
June, 2021 in Buffalo, US #WOLRD PREMIERE

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

tree portrait (2020) ca. 5'30''
树像
brass quintet
Nine Cent Brass Quintet, Stockholm, Sweden
Aug. 9, 2020

Into the Fall (2018, rev 20) ca. 7'15''
纷纷
six musicians
Meitar Ensemble featuring Trío Arbós with Pierre-André Valade, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Jan. 5, 2019
Meitar Ensemble with Tom Karni, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Aug. 4, 2020

apple portrait (2020) ca, 3'
果像
double-bell trumpet, double-bell trombone
Marco Blaauw and Christine Chapman, Cologne, Germany
Jul. 30, 2020

Voyage (2019) ca. 9'30''
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

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