All Works
mezzo-soprano and string quartet
Commissioned for the Parker Quartet and Fleur Barron by the Salata Institute at Harvard, the Harvard Department of Music Blodgett Fund, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music with generous additional support by the Harvard Provostial Fund, the Harvard Office for the Arts, and the Mahindra Humanities Center.
string quartet
Commissioned by and dedicated to JACK Quartet with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, 92nd Street Y, and Wigmore Hall, in celebration of the group’s 20th anniversary.
solo flute
Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Denis Bouriakov. Part of the LA Phil Etudes series.
2 pianos/keyboards + 2 percussion
Commissioned by the Earle Brown Charitable Trust for Yarn/Wire.
two pianos
A new arrangement of Sibelius’s Symphony No. 7 (1924) for two pianos.
string quartet
Commissioned by the Parker Quartet in celebration of their 20th anniversary.
large ensemble (18 musicians), spatialized
Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association for the LA Phil New Music Group, conducted by John Adams.
tenor, violin, piano/keyboard, pre-recorded sounds, spoken voices (recorded or live)
Commissioned by the Ojai Music Festival for the American Modern Opera Company.
flute and piano
Commissioned by and dedicated to Duo Axis (Zach Sheets and Wei-Han Wu).
orchestra
New orchestral version (2021) of Debussy’s solo piano work (1907).
large ensemble (17 musicians)
Commissioned by Acht Brücken/Musik für Köln, for Ensemble Musikfabrik, conducted by Elena Schwarz. Music for the film Stump the Guesser, by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson.
large ensemble (16 musicians)
Commissioned by and dedicated to Ensemble Modern for its 40th Anniversary.
solo violin
Springs Eternal written for Jennifer Koh, Holding Out for Kate Outterbridge. Written during spring 2020, the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, for online premieres, and to raise funds for artists in need.
solo piano
Commissioned for and dedicated to David Kaplan, with support from the UCLA Music Library, Hugo Davise Fund.
solo piano
Commissioned for and dedicated to Shai Wosner, with the support of Peoples’ Symphony Concerts. A reflection on the work and life of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, composed in 2019-20 for Wosner’s “Variations on a theme by FDR” project.
solo piano
Commissioned for and dedicated to Min Kwon, for the America/Beautiful project.
piano and large ensemble
Commissioned by the Kölner Philharmonie as part of the Non Beethoven Project for the year 2020 and Ensemble Modern, in celebration of 40 years.
Noh voice, bass flute, cello
Commissioned by and dedicated to Ryoko Aoki and ensemble-no. Part of Noh x Contemporary Music Vol. 7.
13 musicians
Commissioned by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition at the University of Chicago, for the Grossman Ensemble.
12 musicians
Co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Ensemble Dal Niente.
piano quintet
Commissioned for Gilles Vonsattel and the Escher Quartet by Music Accord, Inc.
soprano and piano
Commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center
orchestra
Commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director, with the generous support from the Young Composers Endowment Fund established by Jan R. and Daniel R. Lewis.
string quartet, horn, and piano
Film by Joseph Koerner and Christian Bruun
viola and ensemble
Commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).
mezzo-soprano and string quartet
Commissioned for the Parker Quartet and Fleur Barron by the Salata Institute at Harvard, the Harvard Department of Music Blodgett Fund, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music with generous additional support by the Harvard Provostial Fund, the Harvard Office for the Arts, and the Mahindra Humanities Center.
traditional Chinese instruments and western ensemble
Premiered by the Atlas Ensemble, conducted by Artyom Kim. Muziekgebouw aan' t IJ, Amsterdam.
orchestra
Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, with the generous support of the Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music.
piano quintet
Commissioned by the Internationales Musikfestival Heidelberger Frühling.
9 musicians
Premiered by the Scharoun Ensemble, conducted by Anthony Cheung. Villa Aurelia, American Academy in Rome.
8 musicians with electronics
Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress for the Talea Ensemble.
for 10 musicians
Commissioned by Asian Young Musicians Connection for the Taipei Chinese Orchestra
solo horn and orchestra
Commissioned by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra).
11 musicians
Commissioned by WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln) for Ensemble Modern.
18 musicians with electronics
Commissioned in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the Ensemble Modern.
piano
Commissioned and premiered by Benjamin Binder, as part of his Nouveau Carnaval project.
10 musicians
Part one premiered by the International Contemporary Ensemble; part two premiered by Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne.
7 musicians
Commissioned by and premiered at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, 24 October, 2008.
4 musicians
Written for and premiered by Wayne Lee, Danny Goldman, Peter Anderegg, and Vassilis Varvaresos.
violin, cello, piano
Premiered by the Callisto Ensemble. Revised version premiered by Longleash.
orchestra
Commissioned and premiered by the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, James Yannatos conducting.
Premiered on 29 October, 2004, at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA.
Chamber opera in ten scenes
Libretto by Anthony Cheung, after Lu Xun