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Tan Zi Hua

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Photo Credit: Bernard McDonell
Zihua Tan is a Malaysian-born Canadian-based composer whose works have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America, at events such as Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt (DE), Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik (DE), Voix nouvelles de Royaumont (FR), the Tongyeong International Music Festival, TIMF (KR), Akademie Schloss Solitude (DE), Inaudita Festival (IT), Neue Musik Nacht, HfMudK Frankfurt (DE), Young Composers in Southeast Asia Competition & Festival (TH), Neue Horizonte at Sinfonieorchester Basel (CH), École d’Art Américaines de Fontainebleau  (FR), Divertimento Workshop (IT), Accès Arkea (CA), Composit Festival (IT), Studio musikFabrik Project (MY, SG and TH), Beijing International Composers’ Workshop (CN), Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance’s Finale Concert (US), 32nd ACL Festival (JP), and Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival (MY). Some of the ensembles he has worked with include Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble TIMF, Ensemble SurPlus, Studio musikFabrik, Ensemble L’Arsenale, Divertimento Ensemble, Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie, Ensemble Horizonte, Ensemble Schallfeld, Ensemble Arkea, Contempoartensemble, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble. H­e has also­ worked wi­th conduct­ors such a­s Enno Pop­pe, Peter ­Veale, Erich Wagner, Sandro Gorli, Din­a Gilbert, Cristian Gort, and Kevin Field.

In 2017, Tan's orchestral work, "at the still point," will be performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award. In the past, he has won several grants and awards, including the "Goethe Award" at TIMF (with his piece, "Walking on the Mångata"), as well as other prizes at Accès Arkea, the Young Composers in Southeast Asia Competition & Festival, HSBC Young Composers Competition, and the Ton de Leeuw International Composition Competition. 

Tan has be­en involve­d in a number of collabo­rative pro­jects, inc­luding wit­h the buto­h dancer, ­Lee Swee K­eong, as w­ell as wit­h the danc­e studio o­f the Univ­ersity of ­Missouri-K­ansas City­. Over the­ years, he­ has also ­been exploring the sonic possibilities of non­-Western ­ - such as­ guzheng a­nd gayageu­m - and un­convention­al instrum­ents. He began exploring theatrical, situational and spatial elements in "Silent Spring" for six percussions - written as part of the residency programme at McGill - and "remnants present," a solo percussion piece written for Noam Bierstone. At present, thanks to an award from 
the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, he's collaborating with Karen Yu (percussionist) and Kenny Wong (kinetic sculpture artist) on an interdisciplinary project.

Tan is one of the founding members of the Society of Malaysian Contemporary Composers (SMCC). He serves as the secretary of SMCC and, together with his colleagues, is active in organizing contemporary music events in Malaysia and the Southeast Asia region.

Currently, Tan is a lecturer and a doctoral student at McGill University, studying under the tutelage of John Rea. Among the composers from whom he has taken lessons include Philippe Leroux, Brian Ferneyhough, Chaya Czernowin, Johannes Schöllhorn, Tristan Murail, Stefano Gervasoni, Rebecca Saunders, Michael Jarrell, Allain Gaussin, Francesco Filidei, Yann Robin, Ming Tsao, Dmitri Kourliandski, Chen Yi and James Mobberley. Prior to becoming a composer, he worked as a semiconductor design engineer. He holds an engineering degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Tan is perpetually intrigued by the impermanent and non-dualistic nature of being, as well as the strength of fragility. 


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WEBSITE  http://www.zihuatan.com/
SOUNDCLOUD  https://soundcloud.com/zihuatan
YOUTUBE  https://www.youtube.com/user/noiseofnature
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  • Home
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      • Borneo Ensemble Composer Series
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    • 2021 >
      • TNMAS 2021 Call for Scores
      • Malaysia Young Composers' Workshop 2021
      • New Music Room Call for Scores
      • Goethe Institut Digital Mentoring Programme
      • 10th Rivers Awards Composition Competition
    • 2019 >
      • 【衛武營當代音樂平台】國際作曲徵件與彼得.于特福許作曲大師班
      • ​Call for works - ACL New Zealand 2020
      • Call for works - Solo piano pieces by Malaysian composers ​
      • 1ST INTERNATIONAL EISENACH COMPOSITION PRIZE
      • The 10th China ConTempo Composition Competition
      • 第一届上海室内歌剧作品国际比赛章程
      • Passepartout Duo - Music Seminar and a Composition & Performance Workshop ​
      • PIERROT LUNAIRE INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION 2019
      • 2019 年 第八届「百川奖」作曲比赛
      • 作曲专业 | 柏林音乐表演艺术学院 AfMB-恺撒堡 2019 冬季学校
      • Forum Wallis 2019
    • 2018 >
      • Call for score : ASEAN Youth Ensemble (AYE) 2018
      • 2018 Banaue International Music Composition Competition
      • Ding Yi - Composium 2018
      • Call for application: 2018 International Gugak Workshop
      • PYO CALL FOR SCORE 2018
      • ​Call for scores - 35th ACL Festival and Conference Taiwan 2018
      • Ars Electronica Forum Wallis 2018 CALL FOR STEREO OR QUADROPHONIC ACOUSMATIC WORKS
      • 寻找中国的声音——第六届刘天华奖中国民乐室内乐作品征集简章
      • 2018 Breaking music - International Composition Competition
      • Call for Composition - Breaking New Ground
    • 2016 >
      • ACL 2016
    • 2015 >
      • ACL Philippines 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013 >
      • 32nd Conference and Festival 2014, Japan: Call for Scores
      • ACL 2013 (Asian Composer League)
      • Ninth Thailand International Composers Competition 2013
      • 5th International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival and Ensemble TRANSMISSION
      • New Gamelan Music Festival: Call for Scores
      • Singapore Chinese Orchestra Composer Workshop 2013
      • Chamber•Sounds Regional Call For Chamber Opera Proposals 2013
      • Beijing International Composition Workshop 2013
  • Events
    • 2021 >
      • SoundBridge Virtual 2021
      • Hong-Da Chin Concert Presented by No Exit Ensemble
      • Ding Yi Music Company Composium 2021
    • 2019 >
      • Music improvisation workshop by Otomo Yoshihide
      • 琴弦两岸 - 马来西亚、新加坡小提琴与钢琴作品音乐会
      • Soundbridge 2019 >
        • Soundbridge 2019 - Flyer
      • Into the Sound
      • From NY To KL
      • Natural Spectra by Christoven
      • Cello Recital by Friedrich Gauwerky
      • 4th SoundBridge Contemporary Music Festival 2019
    • 2018 >
      • The 9th Malaysian Composers Concert Series 2018
      • European Journey
    • 2017 >
      • Piano Recital by Simon Nabatov
      • SoundBridge 2017 >
        • An Introduction to the festival
        • Support Messages
        • Gallery
        • 2017 SoundBridge Booklet
        • Soundbridge 2017 booklet for download
        • Post production review >
          • 五棰半 :音桥音乐节| 当代亚洲音乐的发光站
          • 邹向平 :​“音桥当代音乐节”见闻四则
          • Post production review by Teh Tian Yoon
    • 2015 >
      • SoundBridge 2015
    • 2013 >
      • KLC Malaysian Composers Concert Series 2013
      • Young Southeast Asian Composers Shone at Festival
      • ACME and Studio MusikFabrik (Chinese Version)
      • SoundBridge 音橋 2013 >
        • Festival Event Details >
          • Support Message
          • Concert 1 - SoundBridge
          • Concert 2 - Malaysian Voices III
          • Photography and Calligraphy Exhibition
          • Musicians and Artists
          • Malaysian Composers
          • Young Composers
          • Panelist
    • 2010 >
      • Composer Workshop Series I
  • Articles
    • SoundBridge 2021 - People's Music Magazine Feature
    • Sin Chew Daily Feature on SMCC & SoundBridge
    • Tracing Art Music Compositions and Composers in Malaysia
    • Malaysian Young Composers' Workshop 2021
    • 现代音乐永远的夏天 马来西亚第三届“音桥当代音乐节”之热效应 - 邹向
    • 森林里的艺术世界 - 李茜云
    • Interview with Peter Vaele - by Ruth Rodrigues
    • 新音乐中的新音乐 ——参观 2011 多瑙厄申根新音乐节 文/杨琳
    • 多元且專注─2011年第四屆上海當代音樂周總評-林芳宜
    • 亞洲音樂先鋒-亞洲作曲家聯盟暨2011亞太音樂節-林芳宜
    • SKETCHES: THE MANILA COMPOSERS LAB 2009 - BY HUEYCHING CHONG
    • JONAS BAES ON PATANGIS-BUWAYA [2003]
    • Koji Nakano New Approach to
    • Composers+ Summer Academy 2017 By Dr. HueyChing Chong
    • The Barcelona Modern International Composition Course 4th Edition 2017/18 ​By Dr. HueyChing Chong, Oct 2019
    • Atlas Lab 2016 By Dr. HueyChing Chong, Oct 2019
    • BUILDING BRIDGES: Concert 5 (SoundBridge IV), presented as part of the 4th SoundBridge Contemporary Music Festival By Jon Lin Chua
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