主講人: Tom Chiu (小提琴家/作曲家/FLUX Quartet創辦人/新音樂跨域合作)

日期:2023年12月11日(一)

時間:13:30~15:10

地點: 北藝大音樂一館M102教室

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New music champion and recipient of the Chamber Music America Commissioning Grant, violinist/composer Tom Chiu has performed over 200 premieres worldwide by influential musicians including Ornette Coleman, David First, Oliver Lake, Alvin Lucier, Michael Schumacher, Henry Threadgill, and the late Muhal Richard Abrams. Chiu has also created  mixed-media works with choreographer Pam Tanowitz, video artist Phill Niblock, balloonist Judy Dunaway, and Mabou Mines director Lee Breuer. His original works, dedicated to Joan La Barbara, Sylvere Lotringer, Bobby Few, OpenEndedGroup and others, have been premiered at the BBC, Mount Tremper Arts, Park Avenue Armory, EMPAC, Roulette, Walker Art Center, Bang-on-a-Can Marathon, MOMA PS1, and Anthology Film Archives. As founder of the FLUX Quartet, he has led a pioneering ensemble which has become “legendary for its furiously committed, untiring performances.” (www.therestisnoise.com)  Chiu holds degrees in chemistry and music from Yale and a doctorate from Juilliard, and has appeared as a cultural commentator and consultant in a variety of artistic formats, most recently as panelist for the NEA. Chiu’s album of original works The Live One, was released in 2021 on XI Records. Most recently, Chiu premiered a new work with 3D-video pioneers OpenEndedGroup at the University of Chicago.