Recent and Upcoming Events
Mar 3–5, 2022
Song of the Flaming Phoenix火凤凰的笙音
for Sheng and Large Orchestra (World Premiere)
San Francisco, CA
Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and League of American Orchestras with funds from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Wu Wei, Sheng
Mar 11, 2022
Song of the Flaming Phoenix (Excerpts)
火凤凰的笙音 选段 for Sheng and Percussion
(World Premiere)
Cleveland, OH
Jun 11, 2022
Big Red 大红色 for Piano Duet
Athens, Greek
Masterclass by pianist Gloria Cheng on American works for two pianos and 4 hands by John Adams, George Crumb, Morton Feldman, Terry Riley, Conlon Nancarrow, Fang Man, and David Lang.
Gloria Cheng, piano
Athens Conservatory of Music
July 8, 15, 22, 29,
2022
Invited Talk: Contemporary Composers & Compositional Techniques (Series)
Changchun, China
Northeast Normal University
Jul 22, 2022
The Lily-Colored Jasmine Flowers
百合色的茉莉花 for Soprano and
Alto Saxophones (World Premiere)
Kurashiki, Japan
Commissioned by Cliff Leaman and Joseph Lallo
To be premiered at the 19th World Saxophone Congress in Japan and recorded in Australia.
Jul 30, 2022
Partridge Sky 鹧鸪天
for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
(World Premiere)
Portland, OR
Sept 1, 2022
Cincinnati, OH
Blue Orchid Flowers on the Flowing Water
流水上的兰花花 for Solo Harp
(World Premiere)
Sept 17, 18, 24, 25,
2022
Invited Talk: Contemporary Composers & Compositional Techniques (Series)
Changchun, China
School of Music
Northeast Normal University
Oct 16, 2022
Zutphen,
the NetherLands
That Raindrop Have Hastened the Falling Flowers III
被雨滴催落的花儿 for Cello and Piano
(World Premiere)
Nov 5, 2022
Golden Lily 金莲 Opera in 3 Acts
(Selected Scenes) with a libretto by Jie Guo
(World Premiere)
ST. Louis, MO
Alan Pierson, artistic director/conductor
Featured soloists:
Ah Young Hong, Soprano; Chen Yihan, Pipa;
Mike Harley, Bassoon
Animation: Catherine Chi
Nov 29, 2022
Lullaby for Mezzo-Soprano, Cello and Piano
Leeds, UK
Recital with KALEIDOSCOPE COLLECTIVE
(LEEDS INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES)
mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron; piano Julius Drake
Mar 14, 2023
Color, Birdsongs, and Symmetry - Concertos for Sheng and Orchestra (YouTube)
Paris, France
Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique
May 17, 2023
Shanghai, China
Zhiyuan Honors Program
Shanghai Jiaotong University
May 24, 2023
Thirsty Stone I for Two Violins and Drumset
New York City
June 20, 2023
Sound Painting With Numbers, Colors & Birdsongs (Composer Talk Series)
Nanchang, China
July 11, 2023
Beijing, China
Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS
Institute of Computational Mathematics and Scientific/Engineering Computing
Aug 25, 2023
Zutphen, Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Sept 14, 2023
Columbia, SC
The Lily-Colored Jasmine Flowers
百合色的茉莉花 (2022)
for Soprano and Alto Saxophones
(World Premiere)
Commissioned by Clifford Leaman and Joseph Lallo
Joseph Lallo, Soprano Sax
Clifford Leaman, Alto Sax
Sept 18, 2023
Rochester, NY
The Lily-Colored Jasmine Flowers
百合色的茉莉花 (2022)
for Soprano and Alto Saxophones
(World Premiere)
Commissioned by Clifford Leaman and Joseph Lallo
Presented at the Eastman School of Music
Joseph Lallo, Soprano Sax
Clifford Leaman, Alto Sax
Sept 22, 2023
Color, Nature & Symmetry
(Invited Colloquium talk)
San Francisco, CA
Oct 14, 2023
Hangzhou
China
Song of Sorrow for Baritone and Sextet
“悲歌行” 为男中音和六重奏而作
Featured at the Hangzhou Contemporary Music Festival
Dec 6, 2023
Color, Nature & Symmetry
(Invited Colloquium talk)
New York City
TBD, 2023
New Work: Suite for Solo Cello
(World Premiere)
New York City
Commissioned by cellist Xu, Yiqun through
the Presser Music Awards
April 11-12, 2024
Song of the Flaming Phoenix
火凤凰的笙音 for Sheng and Large Orchestra (Spanish Premiere)
Teatro Jovellanos
Gijón, España
Auditorio Príncipe Felipe, Oviedo/Uviéu
Program
Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and League of American Orchestras with funds from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
Marzena Diakun, Conductor
Wu Wei, Sheng
September 26, 2024
Song of the Flaming Phoenix
火凤凰的笙音 for Sheng and Large Orchestra (Original 2022 Version)
Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia, SC
Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and League of American Orchestras with funds from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
Scott Weiss, Conductor
Wu Wei, Sheng
University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra
November 15, 2024
Ambush from Ten Sides 十面埋伏 for Guitar and Live Electronics
Recital Hall, School of Music,
Columbia, SC
March 29, 2025
Noir 黑 for Orchestra (2005)
(Partly Funded by the American Music Center)
Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia, SC
June 12-13, 2025
Earth 大地 Song Cycle for Soprano, Bass-baritone and Sextet
(Koussevitzky Foundation/New Music USA Commission)
Philadelphia, PA
June, 2025
Partridge Sky 鹧鸪天
for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
(New York Premiere)
Brooklyn, NY
mezzo-soprano Kristine Gornstein and pianist Jeremy Chan