JEN, Chen-Hui
JEN, Chen-Hui
Chen-Hui Jen, Composer (1981, Taiwan)
Chen-Hui Jen is a composer, poet, and pianist, whose music presents an imaginative, spiritual, and poetic space with subtlety and sophistication. She writes music for orchestra, chorus, and chamber music for western and Asian instruments, with and without electronics. Chen-Hui Jen's music works reflect an angle of contemporary art music that integrates time, sound, color, and poetry. She earned a Ph.D. degree in music at the University of California, San Diego, and currently serves part time at the Florida International University as an instructor and as the pianist in the NODUS New Music Ensemble.
Chen-Hui Jen's music works have been performed at multiple prestigious new music festivals and concerts, including the ISCM World Music Days, SEAMUS, ICMC, Visiones Sonoras, Acanthes Music Festival, ACL Music Festival, EarShot San Diego, ISCM New Music Miami Season, People Inside Electronics series, Taipei International New Music Festival, WOCMAT, and Taiwan Contemporary Sizhu Music Festival. She has also received commissions by multiple ensembles including the League of American Orchestras Women Composers' Reading and Commission Project, Ensemble 20° dans le Noir, Aurora Borealis Duo, Accordant Commons, Astralis Duo, The Living Earth Show, Palimpsest Ensemble, Ensemble ISCM-Taiwan, Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra, Taipei Chamber Singers, Müller Chamber Choir, Ching-Yun Chorus, and Kaohsiung Chamber Choir, as well as multiple grants from the Taipei Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Taiwan National and Arts Foundation.
Chen-Hui Jen's piano performances primarily focus on experimental new music and electroacoustic music. She has been performed at many distinguished venues, conferences, and festivals including the Spectrum in New York City, Center for New Music in San Francisco, Taipei National Recital Hall, Taiwan Chai Found 101 Auditorium, Miami Bakehouse Art Complex, ISCM New Music Miami Season, Root Signal Festival, and FETA Festival.
Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
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in eternal dusk | Orchestra | 2017 | 13' | |
yet the dew remains in pale | Orchestra | 2012 | 15' | |
...through drifting moons | String Ensemble | 2011 | 9' | |
The Mind of Crescent Moon | Violin Concerto | 2004 | 18' |
Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
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Voices from the Twilight Islands | Male Chorus | 2020 | 7' | |
as though formless inside | Male Chorus | 2018 | 8' | |
…timelessly | Soprano, Percussion | 2017 | 8' | |
in between emptiness | A capella Male Chorus | 2016 | 8' | |
In Fading Colors of Autumn Hills | Soprano Trio | 2016 | 6' | |
Rising from the distant blue | A capella Male Chorus | 2014 | 7' | |
Trois poèmes pour la côte fuyante | Mixed Chorus, Piano | 2014 | 13' | |
twilight as a drifting islet | Mixed Chorus in 2 Groups | 2013 | 8' | |
Ringing Winds | Mixed Chorus, Piano | 2012 | 7' | |
Voices from the Montains | Mixed Chorus | 2008 | 15' | |
Romance | Mixed Chorus, Piano | 2007 | 7' | |
Harbor Nocturne | Mixed Chorus, Piano | 2006 | 7' | |
Ding Feng Bo | Mixed Chorus, Piano | 2004 | 7' |
Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
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until after the twilight (Trio ver.) | Flute, Sheng, Cello, Electronics | 2017 | 11' | |
into silence, and keep falling | Cello, Piano | 2016 | 9' | |
across & between III | 4 Traditional Thai instruments: Khim, Jakhe, Gong Wong Yai, Gong Mon | 2015 | 8' | |
on a rising haze | Di (Xiao), 36-Reed Sheng, Pipa, 21-String Zheng, Sanshien, Erhu I (also Treble), Erhu II (also Alto) | 2015 | 12' | |
landwards, a sinking nuance | Flute, Zheng, Cello, Erhu | 2013 | 9' | |
…then oceanwards | Chinese chamber ensemble | 2012 | 15' | |
Through a Fading Autumn | Erhu I (also Treble), Erhu II (also Alto), Pipa, 21-String Zheng | 2010 | 15' | |
Intoning toward the Twilight | Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trombone, Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass | 2009 | 7' | |
Jardin du Nord | Di, 36-Reed Sheng, Pipa, 21-String Zheng, Contrabass, Erhu I (also Treble), Erhu II (also Alto) | 2009 | 12' | |
…since it’s no more a landscape | Alto and Bass Flutes, Guqin, String Trio | 2008 | 15' | |
Under the Pines | Di (Xiao), 36-Reed Sheng, Pipa, 21-String Zheng, Sanshien, Erhu I (also Treble), Erhu II (also Alto) | 2008 | 13' | |
Timeless Intonation | Clarinet (also Bass Clarinet), Percussion, Contrabass | 2007 | 13' | |
Hovering Seaward | Flute (Piccolo, Alto Flute), Grand Piano | 2006 | 15' | |
The Spectrum of an Ancient Soul | Di (Xiao), 36-Reed Sheng, Pipa, 21-String Zheng, Sanshien, Erhu I (also Treble), Erhu II (also Alto) | 2006 | 8' | |
What’s Twinkling in the Distance | Clarinet, Bassoon, Trombone, Vibraphone, Harp, Violin, Cello | 2005 | 12' | |
Poems & Utterance | Flute (Piccolo), Clarinet (Bass Clarinet), 2 Percussion Players, Piano, Viola, Double bass | 2004 | 11' | |
The Drunk Song of Midnight | Di, Erhu, Pipa, Zheng | 2004 | 9' | |
The May, the White Flower | Oboe, Pipa, Cello | 2004 | 7' | |
16 3/4 Moons | Xiao, Pipa, String Quartet | 2003 | 12' |
Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
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Two Preludes – I. Distant Birds (light-vented bulbuls) II. Winds from the other Shore | Piano Solo | 2020 | 7' | |
Returning Pinewards | Solo Zheng | 2018 | 13' | |
Vanishing Ridges, Autumn Echoes | Solo Trumpet | 2016 | 8' | |
As a Dying Haze | Solo Alto Flute | 2011 | 12' | |
Mountainwards… | 21-String Zheng Solo | 2010 | 12' | |
The River Bank of SummerEvening | Piano Solo | 2004 | 7' | |
The Contemplative Moment | 21-Strings Zheng Solo | 2003 | 8' |
Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
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Onto the Silent Peaks | Piano, Electronics | 2020 | 13' | |
From Fading Mountains | Erhu, Pipa, Zheng, Electronics | 2018 | 12' | |
until after the twilight | Flute, Accordion, Cello, Contrabass, Electronics | 2017 | 11' | |
across & between II: into the chasm | Electric Guitar, Small Percussion | 2015 | 8' | |
Drifting Mountainwards | Pipa, Electronics | 2015 | 8' | |
across & between I | Electric Guitar, Percussion | 2014 | 8' | |
Inwards, drinking with my shadow | Classical Guitar, Electronics | 2014 | 7' | |
As Hovering Ashes in a QuarterMoon | Cello, Live Electronics | 2013 | 14' | |
d' un songe | Piano, Live Electronics | 2010 | 13' | |
Those Remaining Words in Nuance | Soprano, Electronics | 2009 | 9' |
* link to " NCAF online Archive of Grant Fruitages "website (in Chinese)
Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration |
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From Fading Mountains | Erhu, Pipa, Zheng, Electronics | 2018 | 12' |
Returning Pinewards | Solo Zheng | 2018 | 13' |
in between emptiness | A capella Male Chorus | 2016 | 8' |
on a rising haze | Di (Xiao), 36-Reed Sheng, Pipa, 21-String Zheng, Sanshien, Erhu I (also Treble), Erhu II (also Alto) | 2015 | 12' |
landwards, a sinking nuance | Flute, Zheng, Cello, Erhu | 2013 | 9' |
twilight as a drifting islet | Mixed Chorus in 2 Groups | 2013 | 8' |
Ringing Winds | Mixed Chorus, Piano | 2012 | 7' |