Chin Ting Chan
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| Biography | Chin Ting Chan (*1986) is a Hong Kong-American composer. He holds a doctoral degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, as well as degrees from Bowling Green State University and San José State University and he is currently an Assistant Professor of Music Composition at Ball State University. Chan has been a fellow and guest composer at festivals such as ManiFeste of the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics / Music, the World Music Days Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music, and UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers. He has worked with ensembles such as City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Ensemble intercontemporain (France), Ensemble Metamorphosis (Serbia), Ensemble Signal (United States), eighth blackbird (United States), Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Mivos Quartet (United States), and Rosetta Contemporary Ensemble (Japan), with performances in more than twenty countries. His recordings have been featured on over fifteen albums, and his scores have been published by Babel Scores and Universal Edition. ABOUT Chin Ting Chan: «Mirror Sculpture» The musical material of Mirror Sculpture comes from a variety of source, including recordings of analog camera clicks, a printer at work, glass shattering, piano strings, and different synthesis models. It plays on the ambiguities between the contextualization of sound material and the use of it purely as an abstract musical gesture completely disassociated with its physical origin, as described by Pierre Schaeffer’s definition of a «sound object» through the process of «reduced listening.» The music is inspired by over twenty years of observation on a Ficus tree. While its surrounding has changed dramatically, the tree remains vigorous and intact. This shows the impact of time on things at different pace. Our perception or memory of them can vary dynamically, transforming them into a mirror that reflects who we are at different times and stages of our lives. When we are able to adapt to our surrounding with an open mind and curiosity, we not only see a clearer image of ourselves from this mirror, but also through it. |
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