His chamber music has showcased at the Shanghai International Music Festival Shanghais Spring, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the Korean International Music Festival, among others.In 2007, Jin Wang was nominated in The Person of the Year Award by the Chinese Culture of Classical Music;
He has collaborated in art films and multimedia works with the artist Yang Fudong and exhibited in many international art exhibition and film festivals. Yang Fudong in 2010 directed creative music for famous Italian fashion brand PRADA advertising art video "First Spring", broadcast on PRADA's official website, reaching to a massive global audience;
He made music for the artist Qiu Anxiong's animation video work, such as the New Book of Mountains and Seas series, Minguo Landscape (2007), etc., and has been exhibited Internationally. In 2011, Jin Wang collaborated with Qiu Anxiong a sound installation piece Fundamental Tone, shown at the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art "Concern Follow".
How It Flows On music video (in progress)
JIN： I first came into contact with music when I was three or four years old. My father is a musician and composer. I listened to him play the piano when I was little and gradually started learning music.
JIN： I was interested in painting when I was a child, and maybe that is the reason why I frequently collaborate with artists. When looking back today, painting is a more creative method than playing instruments because the later has the standard of right and wrong. My father was very attentive when fostering my interests in music and encouraged me to improvise. He usually gave me subjects to play, such as “elephant”, or “little bear crossing the bridge.” I thought it was quite interesting. One day, my father asked me, “why don’t you start composing?” I thought it was not a bad idea.
JIN： I met artist Yang Fudong at an event around 2000, and that was my start point of collaborating with artists. My first impression of him was very nice and I liked his works very much. He was working on the piece “Strange Heaven” at the time, and everything was ready at the time, and he kindly asked me if I would like to collaborate with him. I did not have much experience then and I was merely a college student; however, I had great interest in it so I went to see his work. That was a brand-new experience to me and also something I would like to try, so we began our first collaboration. We have had continuous collaboration afterwards. Some time later, artist Qiu Anxiong returned back to China from abroad and was preparing to make New Book of Mountains and Seas. I was introduced to him by Yang. After seeing the materials of the artwork, I was fascinated by it and started my collaboration with Qiu. We three also became good friends after then.
JIN： I enjoy working with artists. Take Yang and Qiu as examples. Usually the artists provide subject matters and we will have deep communication over those materials. This is a crucial step because through this I can think about what music I should make to go well with the artwork. That can help me grab a direction, or an angle, and understand the artists’ intensions behind these works. Everything after that will come naturally once the first step is settled. As artists, Yang and Qiu rarely interfere my creations, especially on details. They respect me very much and leave me with enough space to create. We do have conflicts sometimes, and I insist if I believe is necessary, but sometimes I also make compromise after thinking more thoroughly. Generally speaking, it is a very pleasant, and helpful in either directions, to co-work with artists.
JIN： The source of inspiration was an opportunity. When Qiu told me that the music will be played by two performers at two different locations, I came up with the idea of writing the music as if creating a dialogue. Technically speaking, the form of dialogue is dfferent from what we call polyphonic in music, and it is also very rare.
JIN： The biggest difference in is space and the way we perform. We have a live performance this time, and it will take place at two different locations. We also have outside and inside space, and performers weill be positioned in different environments. Environments are essential for performers, such as the music made by Mongolians—they live open space and thus making music that conforms with the environment. I emphasize the personalities of the two performers this time. Even though the music was written in the traditional method, I have left space for performers to improvise. Liu Di, who plays the oboe, will be positioned at the Riverside Passage, while Shi Yucheng, the viola performer, will be at APSMUSEUM. Whether it is rhythm or strength, I do not want them to perform merely according to the notes; instead, they are encouraged to infuse their own thoughts and understanding of the piece. Each performer differs from another, and the communication between them is a kind of interaction.
JIN: How It Flows On is a concept of time and space, and this will be demonstrated by the interaction between performers. Broadly speaking, I think everything is having dialogues with its surroundings. We look up into the sky and see the light from stars which actually existed in the past because of the distance between them and us. This is the concept of time and space. We are having a conversation right here in this room, but the distance of time and space could be overlooked because we are too close to each other. However, if we are seen by the microorganism, we are from different time and space. I think the essence of dialogue comes from difference and distance.
JIN： I think the true creators of art are the spectators. I think the open-ended exhibition which combines architecture, art and music can give people a brand-new experience from different perspectives.
Jin Wang, composer, born in 1978, Shanghai, China.
His chamber music has showcased at the Shanghai International Music Festival Shanghais Spring, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the Korean International Music Festival, among others.
In addition to composing for concert works, Jin Wang has collaborated with a wide-range of different visual artists in various fields.
Collaborated in art films and multimedia works with the artist Yang Fudong such as " An Estranged Paradise ", "Seven Intellectuals In Bamboo Forest", "No Snow on the Broken Bridge", and "The Fifth Night", exhibited in: Documenta 11 Kassel, 52nd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, FACT Liverpool, Carnegie International, the Venice International Film Festival, Film Festival Hannover Germany, and other art exhibition and film festivals. Yang Fudong in 2010 directed creative music for famous Italian fashion brand PRADA advertising art video "First Spring", broadcast on PRADA's official website, reaching to a massive global audience.
The music for the artist Qiu Anxiongs animation video work, " New Book of Mountains and Seas Part 1 (2006) ", "New Book of Mountains and Seas Part 2 (2007) ", "Minguo Landscape (2007)," "Temptation of the land (2009), "Portrait "(2011) , has been exhibited at the International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, the United States Spencer Museum of Art, Barbara Gross Gallery in Germany, Sao Paulo Biennale in Brazil, Cairo Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Japan, Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Luxembourg Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Norway, etc. In 2011, Jin Wang collaborated with Qiu Anxiong a sound installation piece "Fundamental Tone," shown at the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art "Concern Follow".
In 2007, Jin Wang was nominated in The Person of the Year Award by the Chinese Culture of Classical Music.
Liu Di, born in 1984 in Jinzhou, Liaoning, and started practicing the oboe at the age of 10. From 1998 to 2006, he studied at the Central Academy of Music, the affiliated Middle School of the Central Academy of Music with Professor Wei Weidong.
In 2006, he was admitted to the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, Germany, under the tutelage of Professor Ricardo Rodrigues. In chamber music, he formed the New Music Woodwind Quintet and successfully held many ensemble concerts. He received his MA degree in 2010.
From 2010 to 2018, he served as an oboe and British pipe player in the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. During the period, he cooperated with world famous conductors such as Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Balenboim, Eisen Bach, etc. He also formed the handed woodwind quintet and held several ensemble concerts every year. The ensemble group also visited Chinese and foreign campuses many times, and is devoted to popularizing classical music, receiving enthusiastic response. In 2011, he joined the Ela Shanghai Friends Chamber Orchestra established by the Shanghai Academy of Music, promoting new musical works at home and abroad. In 2015, he participated in the recording of Professor Jia Daqun's "Chamber Music Collection 2", published by Naxos.
Shi Yucheng, a youth viola player, was born in 1992.He studies with Professor Liu Nian, Professor Lan Hancheng,and Thomas Riebl, the godfather of the Austrian viola. Graduated from the Graduate School of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Mozarteum Unviersity Salzburg, Austria, with a double MA degree. Now he teaches viola at Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
In September 2018, he won the second place in the ARD International Music Competition (Viola Division) in Munich, Germany, the highest-level and most difficult competition for viola in the world. He also won other international awards many times.
Shi Yucheng has performed throughout Europe, America and Asia, and has held many solo and ensemble concerts. In 2018, he performed the Hindemith Viola Concerto with the world's top orchestra Bavarian Symphony Orchestra in Munich, Germany. After returning to China in 2019, he held a solo concert in the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Performing Arts Hall. In May, he performed the Schnittke Viola Concerto with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra.