bio - ZHUOSHENG JIN 金卓晟

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With his music described as “powerful” and “haunting” (The New York Times), Zhuosheng Jin, born in 1991, Ningbo, China, is a composer, pianist, and writer. Jin’s music spans on a variety of instrumentations and mediums, including orchestra, chamber, solo, and electronic. Influenced by filmmakers such as Theo Angelopoulos and Andrei Tarkovsky, Jin's composition emphasises relationships between literature, especially poetry, and sonic texture. In his music, the sound is always driven by its literary implication. There are particular topics setting his composition up that he insists on his music writings, to name a few, the destined loneliness of beings, identities, homesickness, politics, love, and so on.

He wins prizes of 2020 Matan Givol Composers Competition (1st prize, Israel), 2020 Salvatore Martirano Award (1st prize, US), 2019 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award (3rd prize, Japan), 2019 John Rea Award (exclusive winner, Canada), 2017-18 Société de concerts de Montréal Emerging Composers Competition (selected winner, Canada), and 2017 TURNmusic Collegiate Composition Prize (exclusive winner, US), and has received honourable mentionings in 2019 Lake George Composition Competition (US), 2018-19 Breaking Music Composition Contest (Italy), 2018 I/CREATION Composition Competition (US), and 2018 Giovannini Composition Competition (Italy). Besides, he is currently the holder of numerous McGill University scholarships.

Jin's music has been programmed worldwide in Festival Archipel, Impuls Academy, Composit New Music Festival, Livorno Music Festival, Delian New Music Festival, outHear New Music Week, CEME Festival, ARCO Université, Echings New Music Festival, June in Buffalo New Music Festival, Atlantic New Music Festival, São Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival, VIPA Festival, Seoul Global Week, and Beijing Modern Music Festival, etc. He writes for Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra, Klangforum Wien (soloists), Meitar Ensemble, Ensemble Itinéraire (soloists), Les Métaboles, Ensemble Multilatérale, Quatuor Béla, Ensemble Mdi, Syntax Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, JACK Quartet, Ensemble Mise-en, TURNmusic Ensemble, McGill Contemporary Ensemble, Trío Arbós, Zone Expérimentale, Trio Roadrunner, MolOt Ensemble, Ensemble Novel (soloists), and Studio TimeArt, etc., and soloist Sylvain Devaux, Paola Iommi, Laura Cocks, Aaron Smith, An-Laurence Higgins, Daniel Murray, Wai Nok Hui, Cheng-Yu Wu, Dian Zheng, and Yiyang Zhao, et al. He works with conductors such as Pierre-André Valade, Jean-Philippe Wurtz, Guillaume Bourgogne, Kanako Abe, Pasquale Corrado, Anne Decker, Lewis Nelson, Yongyan Hu, Daye Lin, Yang Jiao and Brian Liao, et al. He has upcoming activities in China, Canada, France, Spain, Swiden, the US, and Israel with Ensemble Intercontemporain (soloists), Meitar Ensemble, Trio Émerillon, Slee Ensemble, Illinois Modern Ensemble, and McGill Wind Symphony, etc.

Began to study piano at the age of seven, and then composition at thirteen, Jin holds degrees from Oberlin College (BA ‘15) and Boston University (MM ‘17) and is currently a DMus. fellow at McGill University with Philippe Leroux. He also studies with, among others, Joshua Fineberg, Josh Levine, Alex Mincek, and Xiaogang Ye (composition), Shuxing Zheng, Robert Shannon, Webb Wiggins, and David Breitman (keyboard), Davide Ianni (electronic music), and Christoph Neidhöfer (music theory), among others. Jin also followed private lessons and master-classes with Helmut Lachenmann, Philippe Manoury, Franck Bedrossian, Yann Robin, Raphaël Cendo, Beat Furrer, Johannes Staud, Clemens Gadenstätter, Bernhard Gander, Pierluigi Billone, Stefano Gervasoni, Alberto Posadas, Michael Finnissy, Joanna Bailie, Michael Jarrell, Dimitri Papageorgiou, Stratis Minakakis, Dmitri Kourliandski, Oscar Bianchi, Eivind Buene, and Henrik Hellstenius, et al.

Jin has also worked as an author, director, and curator. Projects include “At the Last Day” (director, screenwriter, and leading actor; short drama, 2009 made in Beijing), “Funeral of Adam” (director, screenwriter, and leading actor; film, 2012 made in Xi'An), “Eyes and Mind” (curator and sound director; art exhibition, 2015 in Shenzhen Art Academy), and “HOME” (sound artist, installation, 2017 made in Boston), etc.

Besides of being a doctoral student, Jin also works as a lecturer at McGill University and has previously taught at McGill and Boston University as a teaching assistant. As a guest, he makes lectures and presentations in several universities and is warmly welcomed by the students.

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With his music described as “powerful” and “haunting” (The New York Times), Zhuosheng Jin, born in 1991, Ningbo, China, is a composer, pianist, and writer. Jin’s composition emphasises relationships between literature, especially poetry, and sonic texture.

He wins 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.

Writing for more than 30 orchestras, ensembles, and soloists such as Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Meitar Ensemble, Syntax Ensemble, Quatuor Béla, and Mivos Quartet, etc., his music is produced in four continents, more than 20 countries.

He is currently pursuing a Doctoral degree with Philippe Leroux at McGill University. He also works at school as a lecturer and teaching assistant.

中文：

金卓晟，作曲家。他的音乐被形容为“有说服力，难以忘怀的。”（《纽约时报》）1991年出生于中国宁波市，7岁习琴，师从郑曙星教授。金氏曾求学于中央音乐学院附中、欧柏林学院和波士顿大学，现为麦吉尔大学博士候选，师从法国作曲家Philippe Leroux。他的作曲老师还包括徐之彤、叶小纲、Joshua Fineberg、Josh Levine，和Alex Mincek 等。除此之外，他也活跃于Helmut Lachenmann, Beat Furrer, Pierluigi Billone, Alberto Posadas, 和 Philippe Manoury 等人的私人课程和大师课。

其作品涉及多种编制，包括乐队、室内乐、独奏、电子音乐，和电影音乐。他的创作多包含较深的文学背景。

金氏的音乐上演于世界各地。他参与的音乐节包括北京现代音乐节, Festival Archipel, Impuls Academy, Composit New Music Festival, Livorno Music Festival, Delian New Music Festival, outHear New Music Week, CEME Festival, ARCO Université, Echings New Music Festival, June in Buffalo New Music Festival, Atlantic New Music Festival, São Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival, VIPA Festival, 和Seoul Global Week等，并与北京交响乐团、浙江交响乐团、东京爱乐乐团、Klangforum Wien (soloists), Meitar Ensemble, Ensemble Itinéraire (soloists), Les Métaboles, Ensemble Multilatérale, Quatuor Béla, Ensemble Mdi, Syntax Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, JACK Quartet, Ensemble Mise-en, Trío Arbós, Zone Expérimentale, Trio Roadrunner, Ensemble Novel (soloists), Studio TimeArt, Wai Nok Hui, 吴正宇、赵艺扬；指挥家胡咏言、林大叶, Pierre-André Valade, Jean-Philippe Wurtz, Guillaume Bourgogne, Pasquale Corrado, 阿部加奈子、廖元宏等团体和个人合作。

他是中国大陆首位Matan Givol 作曲比赛和Salvatore Martirano 作曲奖金奖的获得者（均为2020 年）。其它荣誉包括2019 年武满彻作曲赏、2019 John Rea 奖、2017-18 Société de concerts de Montréal 新兴作曲家大奖，和2017 TURNmusic 学院作曲奖。他同时也入围了2019 Breaking Music 作曲比赛、2018 Mivos I/CREATION 作曲比赛和2018 Giovannini 作曲比赛的终选名单。此外，其作品也多次入围各种形式的甄选。金氏是或曾是多个乐团的驻团作曲家，也是数项奖学金的拥有者和候选人。

以巾城为笔名发表文字，作品涉及诗、小说、散文、戏剧等众多形式，并在多地发表。作为导演，由他编导的舞台短剧《绝期》（2008）及编导并主演的独立电影《亚当的葬礼》（2011）曾於中国西安和北京上映，获得反响。2015年，他以策展人身份参与了由深圳画院主办的《眼与心——中国当代联觉实验艺术展》。

除了在麦吉尔大学和波士顿大学担任讲师和助教，金氏的讲座也活跃于各大院校及音乐节，颇获反响。