Zhuosheng Jin (b1991) is a Chinese composer, pianist, and writer currently based in Shenzhen, China. His composition emphasises relationships between literature, especially poetry, and sonic texture. He is the winner of 2021 Irino Prize, 2020 Matan Givol Composers Competition, 2020 Salvatore Martirano Award, and 2019 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award, among others.
He teaches at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen as an Assistant Professor. His scores are available at BabelScores.
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金卓晟，巴贝尔出版社签约作曲家，目前定居中国深圳，于香港中文大学（深圳）音乐学院任助理教授。
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He teaches at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen as an Assistant Professor. His scores are available at BabelScores.
Full bio please click here.
金卓晟，巴贝尔出版社签约作曲家，目前定居中国深圳，于香港中文大学（深圳）音乐学院任助理教授。
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Performances
演出信息
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Yue Serenade (2024) ca. 5'
张越小夜曲
piano solo
Yue Zhang, Shenzhen, China
Dec. 25, 2024
at the moment, you were the happiest person (2018/24) ca. 14'
那一刻你是一个最快乐的人
twelve musicians
soloists of Thailand Youth Sinfonietta, Bangkok, Thailand
Dec. 22, 2024
A Dream Doesn't Exist (2022/24) ca. 5'
梦扬州
piano solo
Lyujie Wang, Hangzhou, China
Jul. 3, 2024
Zhuosheng Jin, Shenzhen, China
Dec. 14, 2024
Nomad Beyond (2024) ca. 7'
异乡人
yangqin, erhu, guqin, piano
AIR Contemporary Music Collection, Shenzhen, China
Dec. 7, 2024
WWIII (2024) ca. 5'
Baroque flute, tuba
Cheng-Yu Wu, Di Zhou, Shenzhen, China
Dec. 2, 2024
Pale Flower IV (2021) ca. 8'30''
苍白之花 IV
violin solo
Mikhail Krutik, St Petersburg, Russia
May 22, 2021
Silvia Concas, Como, Italy (IVb, viola version)
Dec. 12, 2021
Sophie Schafleitner, Larissa, Greece
Apr. 10, 2022
Shucong He, Shenzhen, China
Nov. 23, 2024
Wakana Kimura, Vienna, Austria
Nov. 27, 2024
Three Images Inspired from Shuntarō Tanikawa (2019) ca. 7'30''
谷川俊太郎诗三首
solo piano
Kimihiro Yasaka
Montreal, Canada, Mar. 28, 2021
Nagasaki, Japan, Jun. 26, 2021
Fukuoka, Japan, Jul. 3, 2022
Mario Germani, Rome, Italy
Oct. 15, 2023
Xiaoyu Xu, Shenzhen, China
Jan. 24, 2024
Amit Dolberg, Montreal, Canada
Apr. 6, 2024
Rinnosuke Matsuno, Vienna, Austria
Nov. 27, 2024
not here, not there, somewhere... (2019) ca. 18'
花犯
flute (C, piccolo), clarinet (B flat, bass)
Molot Ensemble soloists, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Apr. 27, 2019
Xiaoyu Lin (flute), Vasko Dukovski (clarinet), Shenzhen, China
Apr. 27, 2023
Oct. 23, 2024
Ensemble N soloists, Vienna, Austria
Nov. 26, 2024
Typhoon (2024) ca. 9'
鼎
saxophone solo, five musicians
Ding Zhang, saxophone, Boon Hua Lien conducting Tacet(i) Ensemble
Shenzhen, China, Nov. 8, 2024
Nanning, China, Nov. 10, 2024
Adagio (2005/23) ca. 6'
弦乐柔板
string orchestra / string quintet / string quartet
students from CUHK-Shenzhen, Xiang Li (conductor), Shenzhe, China
Dec. 21, 2023 (string orchestra version)
faculty members from CUHK Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
May 28, 2024 (string quartet version)
Orquestra do Departamento de Música da UNICAMP, Alexandre Barbosa (conductor), São Paulo, Brazil
Aug. 15, 2024 (string orchestra version)
faculty members from CUHK Shenzhen
Hangzhou China, Oct. 15, 2024 (string quartet version)
Nanning, China, Nov. 8, 2024 (string quartet version)
(Former performances of this piece are beyond the time range of this list.)
Lady Lin (2023-24) ca. 10'
林小姐
flute solo, six musicians
Xiaoyu Lin, flute solo; Vasko Dukovski, clarinet, Chao Zhang, percussion, Siyuan Li, piano, Mengchan Zhao, violin, Chenyan Peng, cello; Zhuorui Deng, conductor, Shenzhen, China
Oct. 23, 2024
The Fairy of F. R. Town (2009) ca. 8'
米豆腐
flute solo
Xiaoyu Lin, Shenzhen, China
Oct. 23, 2024
(Former performances of this piece are beyond the time range of this list.)
not here... not there... somewhere II (2020) ca. 9'
花犯 II
violin, viola
Pablo Rubino, Diana Gasparini, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jun. 30, 2023
Saksilpa Srisukson, Tapanatt Kiatpaibulkit
Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 22, 2023
Shenzhen, China, Mar. 23, 2024 and Oct. 23, 2024
Pale Flower III (2019) ca. 7'15
苍白之花 III
flute solo
Cheng-Yu Wu, Boston, US
Apr. 29, 2019
Neža Zupanc
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sep. 4, 2024; Ljubljana, Slovenia, Jun. 22 and Jul. 22, 2021, Jun. 30, 2022, Sep. 30, 2024
Xiaoyu Lin, Shenzhen, China
Nov. 11, 2022
Oct. 23, 2024
Growling Tongue (2023-24) ca. 10'
哮语
flute solo
Xiaoyu Lin, Shenzhen, China
Oct. 23, 2024
Road to Alhambra (2023) ca. 7'
阿尔罕布拉之路
acoustic guitar solo
Junhong Kuang
Guangzhou, China, Sep. 15, 2023
Xiamen, China, Feb. 15, 2024
Beijing, China, Oct. 14, 2024
Pale, Moonlight, Solitary Boat (2024) ca. 7'
明月棹孤舟
soprano saxophone and wind orchestra
The University of Texas Wind Orchestra with Andrew Trachsel (conductor), Ricco Allen (saxophone) Denton, US
Oct. 4, 2024
Ceremony for the Anonymous (2024) ca. 20'
码头歌谣
four performers
Xiaoyu Lin, Yi Shi, Ding Zhang, and Zhuosheng Jin, Shenzhen, China
Jun. 18, 2024
November Story (2021/24) ca. 14'
十一月
six musicians
faculty members from CUHK Shenzhen, Yongyan Hu (conductor)
May 27, 2024, Shenzhen, China
May 31, 2024, Vienna, Austria
Playground (2024) ca. 10'
乐园
soprano saxophone, viola, piano
Dingzhang, Ao Peng, Siyuan Li, Shenzhen China
Apr. 11, 2024
Empty Harbour, Reddish Sea (2021) ca. 15'
空港，赤海
two pianos
Di Wang, Ming Zhao, Shenzhen, China
Jun. 9, 2023
Nora Popescu, Otto Popescu, Montreal, Canada
Mar. 13, 2024
Pale Flower VII (2022) ca. 15'
cello solo
Yiyang Zhao, Detmold, Germany
May 20, 2023
Erin M. Snedecor
Baltimore, US, Jan. 27, 2024
Chapel Hill, US, Mar. 7, 2024
Three Poems (2005-06) ca. 7'
诗三首
piano, soprano
Ni Zhou, Zhuosheng Jin, Shenzhen, China
Feb. 8 and Jun. 9, 2023
Yang Xu (tenor), Dan Qiao, Beijing, China
Sep. 26, 2023
Yuchen Xu, Zhuosheng Jin, Shenzhen, China
Jan. 15, 2024
(Former performances of this piece are beyond the time range of this list.)
Five Songs To Ni (2023) ca. 9'
给周旎的五首歌
soprano, piano
Ni Zhou, Zhuosheng Jin
Jun. 9, Sep. 21, 2023, Shenzhen, China
Ni Zhou, Yue Zhang
Nov. 20, 2023, Shenzhen, China
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
Xiaoyu Lin, Chenyan Peng, Xu Luo, Shenzhen, China
Nov. 9, 2023
La mer dans ses yeux (2023) ca. 10'
她眼中海的模样
two saxophonists
Marie-Bernadette Charrier, Ding Zhang
Oct. 27 and 28, Guangzhou, China
Pale Flower VI (2019/20) ca. 7'
苍白之花 VI
oboe solo
Sylvain Devaux, Netanya, Israel
Dec. 31, 2019
Dian Zheng, Beijing, China
Jan. 6, 2020,
Luca Avanzi, Monferrato, Italy
Sep. 3, 2021
Ding Zhang, Shenzhen, China (VIc, alto saxophone version)
Jun. 9. and Oct. 27, 2023
Memories Lost in Wind (2006-07) ca. 15'
遗落风中的记忆
violin, piano
Mengchan Zhao, Ming Zhao, Shenzhen, China
Jun. 9, 2023
(Former performances of this piece are beyond the time range of this list.)
Nothing More Than A Piece of Wind (2007) ca. 5'
樱花绽放的季节
piano solo
Paola Iommi, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Nov. 11, 2018
Yue Zhang, Shenzhen, China
Nov. 11, 2022 and Jun. 9, 2023
(Former performances of this piece are beyond the time range of this list.)
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
Guiyang Symphony Orchestra with Guoyong Zhang, Beijing, China
May 23, 2023
Pale Flower VIII (2023) ca. 11'
苍白之花 VIII
acoustic guitar solo
Junhong Kuang, Shenzhen, China
Feb. 23, 2023
The Last Question Will Last Forever (2018) ca. 7'50''
延绵之问
alto saxophone, marimba
Stef Jackson, David Therrien-Brongo, Montréal, Canada
Mar. 31, 2018
Cheng Yi, Ge Chen (clarinet and marimba version), Shenzhen, China
Feb. 8, 2023
Pale Flower I (2019) ca. 8'
苍白之花 I
percussions, objects, light
Wai Nok Hui
Graz, Austria, Feb. 20, 2019
London, Britain, Mar. 21, 2019
Phataporn Preechanon, Bangkok, Thailand
Dec. 25, 2022
(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, Jan. 22, 2020 in Essen, Germany
Sep. 2, 2022 in Halberstadt, Germany
Kylin (2022) ca. 8'30''
麒麟
guitar, violin, viola, cello
soloists from Schallfeld Ensemble, Viitasaari, Finland
Jul. 4, 2022
Into the Fall (October Story) (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
Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra soloists with Ming Liu, Shenzhen, China
Jun. 12, 2022
Neon (2022) ca. 12'
哪吒
clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Barcelona Modern Ensemble, Xavier Pagès-Corella, Barcelona, Spain
May 28, 2022
Looks Like Jackfruit (2022) ca. 14'
般若波罗蜜
ten musicians, combined with Western and East-Asian instruments
AsianArt Ensemble, Il-Ryun Chung, Berlin, Germany
Mar. 19, 2022
Yeah, ah ha (2021) ca. 7'30''
哦，是的
flute, percussion, cello
Ana Batinica (flute), Luis Camacho (percussion), Vid Veljak (cello), Osijek, Croatia
Oct. 10, 2021
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
Illinois Modern Ensemble, Stephen Taylor, Champaign, US
Sep. 22, 2021
dust not dust (2020) ca. 8'
尘非尘
oboe, horn, viola
soloists from Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris, France
Jun. 26, 2021
K (2020) ca. 5'10''
eight instruments
McGill Wind Symphony with Charles-Eric Fontaine, Montreal, Canada
Apr. 16, 2021
tree portrait (2020) ca. 5'30''
树像
brass quintet
Nine Cent Brass Quintet, Stockholm, Sweden
Aug. 9, 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, Netherlands
Jan. 26, 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, Spain
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
Invisible Landscapes (2019) ca. 7'10''
蜃景
orchestra
Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra with Yongyan Hu, Beijing, China
May 20, 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
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
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 in" (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''
犹在镜中
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
© 2024 by Zhuosheng Jin.