Shiwei Liu
*1 July 1995
Works by Shiwei Liu
Biography
Born in 1995, Changsha, Hunan. Her work focuses on exploring the possibilities of using language as a musical instrument from a female perspective and multicultural background. She combines the tonal variations of the Hunan dialect with Western contemporary music to give language a new musical expression and reveal the subtle connections between culture, gender and nature. Through this cross-cultural fusion, She breaks traditional boundaries, explore how the unique expression of women through sound can be conveyed in the context of globalization, and promote innovation and exchange between culture and gender in contemporary music.
Her compositions have been performed and awarded worldwide, among others: 2016-2017 Young Composers Competition (USA), 13. Internationales Klang- und Orgelfest (Germany), ContemPLAY music festival (Lithuania), 30th International Young Composers Meeting 2024 (Netherlands), 10th Contrasti contemporary music festival (Italy), in Lv Contemperament Music Festival (UK), 14th Impuls international Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music (Austrian), Mixtur Composition and Sound Experimentation Workshop (Spain), Donaueschingen International Festival of Contemporary Music (Germany), 1st Ise-Shima International Composition Competition (Japan), 31st Città di Barletta Young Musician International Competition (Italy), etc.
She also has collaborated with many world-renowned musicians including: Modern Ensemble (Moscow), Four Corners Ensemble (USA), Ligeti Quartet (UK), Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (China), Shanghai Opera House (China), Suzhou Symphony Orchestra (China), Orkest De Ereprijs (Netherlands), Contrasti Ensemble(Italy) and many others.
About the music
A composer with a background in performance, her works are both playful and soulful. She seeks to fuse contemporary music with language, using her native Hunan dialect (Hunanese) as a musical element in her compositions.
