張玹
張玹,1989年次,全職豆芽菜農夫,惟所種之物不可食,亦未必可充當精神糧食。出生後的第一個記憶是推著學步車,一步一聲音;第二次出生時正在抄寫心經。想透過運動中的聲音,放下對未來與過去的分別。
法國著名音樂評論雜誌Classic Agenda寫道「充滿靈性」的旅美作曲家張玹,為美國作曲家論壇(ACF),亞洲文化協會 (ACC),Djerassi Foundation,Helene Wurlitzer Foundation受獎人。1989 年生於台北,其作品曾受邀於紐約卡內基音樂廳,林肯中心,芝加哥交響中心,東京三多利音樂廳,,莫斯科愛樂廳,法國 Royuamont,柏林愛樂室內樂廳,日內瓦 Archipel Festival,威瑪國際藝術節,國家音樂廳等演出。近年合作以及受委託邀約的樂團與包括維也納音樂家樂團(Tonkunstler Orchestra),印第安納波里斯交響樂團,台灣國家交響樂團,台北市立交響樂團,The Orchestra Now,芝加哥市民管弦樂團,奧爾巴尼管弦樂團,普林斯頓室內合唱團,斯圖加特人聲獨唱團,TANA弦樂四重奏,莫斯科現代室內樂團,Ensemble Multilaterale,Les Metabole。2020年雲門舞集《定光》擔任聲音暨人聲創作,帶領表演者用身體尋找聲音的共鳴;2021 TIFA 《千年舞台,我卻沒怎麼活過》以及 2021 TIFA《我庒三部曲》擔任作曲。2022年創作改編自龍應台第一本小說《大武山下》之80分鐘當代清唱劇《緣那麼深,愛那麼淺》。
2016 年創辦音元 Innuan,活躍於紐約,結合空間/藝術/音樂/科技舉辦策展演出。演出策展場地包含紐約哥倫比亞大學祖克曼中心,康乃爾大學強森美術館,紐約普瑞特藝術學院畫廊,義大利現代藝術中心,Fotografiska,紐約百老匯大道等。
除了藝術與嚴肅音樂領域,張玹也積極投入慈善公益活動:2015年為喜憨兒基金會創作二十週年影片配樂,並於松菸誠品演奏廳合辦創世基金會慈善音樂會。2024年初受敦仁精神專科醫院委託創作發行第一張專輯《安土》。
CHANG Shiuan
Describe as " spiritual, light, and comforting." by Classic Agenda (FR), Shiuan is the winner of the 2018 Chicago Civic Symphony Composer Prize and the 2021 Asian Cultural Council award. He is the recipient of the 2021 Djerassi Artist Residency and the 2022 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Grant.
He was recently invited to work on major productions, including "Sounding Light (2020)" collaborating with the Cloudgate Contemporary Dance company, Two flagship productions of the Taiwan International Festival of Arts: "I-Village (2021)" collaborating with the Sheng-Xiang Rock Band and the Taiwan Philharmonic, and "A thousand stages, Yet I have never quite lived (2021)" collaborating with the Beijing Opera artist Hei-Min Wei and Taiwan Philharmonic, directed by Kengsen Ong. “A Fate So Fleeting, A Love So Deep,” a modern oratorio for Taiwan Philharmonic, Taipei Chamber Singers, and three singers.
CHANG Shiuan’s music have been performed nationally and internationally at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall (New York), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), Jordan Hall (Boston), Moscow Philharmonic Chamber Hall, Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, Taiwan National Concert Hall, Bartok Hall (Hungary), ODC Theater (San Fransisco), Le Phenix Valenciennes (FR), Royaumont (Paris), Archipel Festival (Geneva), Tenso Music Days (Belgium), Boston Early Music Festival, Innovation Series Taipei, Grafenegg Festival, and the Bartok Festival (Hungary). He has worked with the Cloudgate Contemporary Dance Company, Tonkunstler Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra Now, Chicago Civic Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Asasello Quartett, TANA Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Atlas Ensemble, Ensemble Multilaterale, Ensemble Musicatreize, Earplay Ensemble, signal ensemble, Neue Vocalisten Stuttgart, Ekmeles Ensemble, Les Metabole, Princeton Singers, and Orkest de Ereprijs,.
Shiuan is active in outreach programs. In 2015, he produced a full-length show to support the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation, and written documentary film score for the Children Are Us Foundation twentieth anniversary documentary film. His first album《Earthing》commissioned by the Dun Ren Psychiatric Hospital was released in 2024 February.