Manchester-based composer Gloria Xia on narrative, ritual, accessibility, and autobiographical experiences in composition
Minzuo Lu
Germany-based Chinese composer and artist Minzuo Lu on beauty, calligraphy, fleeting moments, and Wolfgang Rihm
Sofia Jen Ouyang
Chinese-American composer Sofia Jen Ouyang on working with text, positionality, dialectics, and the “impossibility of translation”
Zhenyan Li
Chinese composer Zhenyan Li on noh theatre, Beijing Opera, political humour, and writing “sarcastic” music
Sun Keting
Chinese composer Sun Keting on Eastern philosophy, ikebana, the beauty of imperfection, and grounding oneself in nature