This daytime showcase concert presents a selection of my recent works that reflect a new phase in my development as both composer and performer. Centered on keyboard percussion, the program explores an evolving musical language shaped by Chinese and Japanese influences, integrated within contemporary Western percussion practice.
Works on the program may include Heaven and Earth for percussion ensemble, Nian, and Hibiki for solo marimba. While these pieces differ in instrumentation and scale, they share a common focus on resonance, gesture, and physicality, and on approaching intercultural influence as an underlying compositional framework rather than surface reference.
This concert also marks a return to solo recital at PASIC after nearly twenty years. My previous PASIC solo recital focused on my earlier, more “romantic” works for marimba. While the core expressive intent of my music remains consistent, the language has changed significantly, moving toward an approach shaped by long-term engagement with East Asian aesthetics. The program will also include a small number of my arrangements, such as Brahms’s Intermezzo in A major and Piazzolla’s Libertango, presented as points of reference rather than featured works. These arrangements serve to frame the trajectory of my artistic development and to connect familiar repertoire with the musical language of my recent compositions.
This concert is intended for performers, educators, and listeners interested in contemporary keyboard percussion repertoire that reflects both continuity and change in artistic voice, and in the expanding role of marimba and percussion within intercultural music-making.