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Yimin (Edward) Wu

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Yimin Wu's compositions have been actively performed in various regions and through radios. His compositions have been featured in WOCMAT Forum Conference, Modern Academy Laboratorium, Zodiac Music Academy & Festival, Matching Making Concert, Acoustic Frontier Project, Bowling Green State University MicroOpera Concert, KC VITAs Summer Series, International Computer Music Conference, Asian Composers League Festival & Conference, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Composers Scheme, among others. His works have been presented by notable ensembles and musicians, such as Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Zodiac Trio, Dawning Quartet, Unassisted Fold, and Hong Kong Wind Kamerata. Wu won the First Prize in 2018 New Generation Concert, held by the Hong Kong Composers' Guild and Radio Television Hong Kong. He's currently working on a string quartet commissioned by the Hong Kong Composers' Guild.

 

Wu graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University in music composition, and is currently pursuing his master's degree in music composition at Bowling Green State University in the United States. Wu's primary composition teachers are Marilyn Shrude, Mikel Kuehn, and Christopher Coleman. Wu received LRSM in piano performance under the guidance of Karl Lo.

 

Wu received scholarships from College of Musical Arts, HKSAR Government Talent Development Scholarship, HKBU Metropolitan Attachment Program Scholarship, and Pro Musica Graduate Scholarship.

Chamber & Solo

Semester (2019) for string quartet 5'

Commissioned by Hong Kong Composers Guild

 

Late Spring 晚春 (2019) arranged for soprano saxophone solo 5'40"

for Chia-Wei Chao

 

Late Spring 晚春 (2019) for oboe and piano 5'40"

Commissioned by Ryan Ion-Seng Fong

 

Squirrel X Food (2018) ------- for oboe and violoncello 4'50"

Performed at the 35th Asian Composers League Conference & Festival, Taipei

 

Meet, Far, Saw (2018) ------- for flute and guitar 4'20"

Performed at highSCORE Festival, Italy

 

Sprout (2018) ------- for woodwind quintet 5'20"

Performed by Hong Kong Wind Kamerata at "New Generation 2018" RTHK Radio 4

First prize winner

 

Our City Our Future (2018) ------- for cello solo and video 3'20"

Written for "SOUND--IMAGination 2018: Hong Kong Culture"

Performed at Hong Kong Arts Centre

 

Pace (2017) ------- for Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, and bass clarinet 9'

Commissioned by Acoustic Fountier

Performed at SPECTRUM, New York

 

The Season of Typhoon (2017) ------- for piano trio 8'15"

Commissioned by 2017 Zodiac Music Academy & Festival

Performed at Valdeblore, France

 

Underneath (2017) ------- for piano quintet 6'20"

Performed at HKBU, Hong Kong

 

If it rocks (2016/2017) ------- for piano four-hands 7'

Performed at Valdeblore, France; HKBU, Hong Kong

 

An Afternoon at Andersonville (2016) ------- for sheng, zheng, bass clarinet, double bass, and percussion 5'

Performed at HKAPA, Hong Kong

 

 

Large Ensemble

Wedge 楔 (2018/2019) ------- for orchestra (3333/4331/T+2/Hp/Strings) 4'

Featured in the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Composers Scheme by Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Hong Kong, China

Looking for (2018) ------- for orchestra (3333/4331/T+3/Hp/Pno/Strings) 7'30"

Featured in Toledo Symphony Orchestra reading session

Pangu 盤古 (2017) ------- for baritone, wind instruments and percussions 7'

Performed at HKBU, Hong Kong

The Gate (2015/2016) ------- for mixed ensemble 7'

Performed at HKBU, Hong Kong

Vocal

The Peaceful Stars (2018) ------- for tenor solo and piano 5'30"

Performed at RTHK Studio 1, Hong Kong; Kansas City; BGSU

A Three-Course Song (2018) ------- for unaccompanied solo voice 3'

Performed at BGSU, Ohio

Double Sided (2017) ------- for 3 female voices, cello, and piano 11'20"

Written for 2018 BGSU MicroOpera Project

Performed at BGSU, Ohio

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