After years of exposing myself to both Eastern and Western cultures, I have gradually found the music world of my own. My experience of studying in Europe for years offered me a different perspective to look into the eastern culture that is familiar yet negligible at times.

A large number of master pieces from East and West inspired me to respect and learn from traditional art and cultures so that I could compose music in my own way which covers new interpretation but nevertheless, still carries my own traditional elements. Many of my works emphasizes on the melodic and narrative natures of Asian music. So in my lecture, I will be talking about several of my works which I composed for 37-reed Sheng through many years of the close collaboration and specially composed for Sheng maestro Mr. Wu Wei. In these works is shown the originality, various Asian traditional multi-cultural elements, and how I carry forward the drama, philosophy, etiquette and spirit of the traditional music.

Séminaire 18 : Sheng! L'orgue à bouche. Les langages musicaux inspirés du shō chez Tōru Takemitsu et Toshio Hosokawa