2026

  • Ceasing Time (2016) — cello and live electronics
    EICAR, Paris, France | soundinitiative, Louise Leverd/ cello

  • Water Memory (2022) — water solo installation
    Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater, University of North Texas, Denton, USA | Tzu‑Ling Hung/ percussion

2025

  • The First Impression of Providence (2025) — cello and live electronics
    Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, USA | Jeffrey Zeigler/ cello (premiere)

  • Flow (2025) — violin, cello and piano
    Grant Recital Hall, Brown University, Providence, USA | Longleash Trio (premiere)

  • Ocean Waste Interactive Home Audio System (2025) — sound installation
    Matsu Biennial, Matsu, Taiwan

  • Jingwei (2025) — new Peking opera, music design/ composition
    Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center, Taipei, Taiwan | Guoguang Opera Company

  • Mystery of Clock (2025) — collaborative performance
    Théâtre Plaza, Montreal, Canada | Aiyun Hung/ percussion, Mark Fewer/ violin

2024

  • Earth’s Instruments (2024) — site-specific performance & spatial installation
    Art Guerrilla Residency Program, Xiju Island, Matsu, Taiwan

2023

  • Water Memory (2022) — installation performance
    INTERVENTIONS Festival, Stuttgart, Germany | Céline Papion/ performer

2022

  • Water Memory (2022) — water solo installation
    NTU Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan | I-Lly Cheng/ performer

    Sonic Ocean Festival, Stuttgart, Germany | Céline Papion/ performer

  • QUALIA (2022) — performance / installation NTT-TIFA Artist-in-Residence Program
    National Taichung Theater Playhouse, Taichung, Taiwan | Theresa Lei, Fei-Tsui Luo/ peformers

  • Sounds of Maze — portrait concert
    Treasure Hill Artists Village, Taipei, Taiwan | with Céline Papion

2021

  • PHAEDRA – A Dream of Passion — music design/ composition
    Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center, Taipei, Taiwan | Guoguang Opera Company

  • Sun Boom — music design
    C‑LAB Taiwan Sound Lab, Taipei, Taiwan

  • The Memory of the Land (2021) — Site-specific performance, for two performers and cotton papers
    Treasure Hill Artists Village, Taipei, Taiwan

  • PRIMAL CHAOS — dance × sound improvisation
    HORSE Dance Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan

2020 (selected)

  • Life Is Floating Endlessly (2020) — organ, sheng ensemble & percussion
    Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Kaohsiung Chinese Orchestra, cond. Chien Wen‑Pin

  • Yong (2020) — sheng, synthesizer and 8‑channel live electronics
    Online/live-stream | Li‑Chin Li, Hai‑Ting Liao

  • Mikrokosmos No.1 (2020) — VR and 64.4 Ambisonic system
    Taiwan Sound Lab, Taipei, Taiwan

  • .. .. (2015) harpsichord and live electronics
    National Recital Hall, Taipei, Taiwan | Chia-Hsuan Tsai/ harpsichord

  • Sound Playground — electronics system design
    Taiwan Sound Lab, Taipei, Taiwan

2019 (selected)

  • Touch- Duo (2018) two water installations
    Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

  • Misreading (2019) — 32 transducers & projection mapping
    National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan

  • Trace (2019) — flute, piano, violin, viola, cello, amplified watercolor paper
    Budapest Music Center, Budapest, Hungary | UMZE Ensemble (premiere)

  • Waves (2016) — four open instruments and live electronics
    West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong | Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

  • Touché Nature (2017) — 4 water installations / percussion
    La Piscine d’en Face, Paris, France | soundinitiative
    Eslite Performance Hall, Taipei, Taiwan | NanaFormosa Percussion Duo

  • Touch- Solo (2018) — one water installation and a performer
    Hong-Gah Museum / Taipei Dangdai | Yung-Tuan Ku

2018

  • Yours Mine (2016–2022) — for open solo instrument, voice, and flexible tape
    Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, Finland | Maija Anttila (premiere)

  • Touch - Three (2018) — three sound/ video installations and three performers | Theresa Lei, Ro-Mei Yu, Wan-Chen Hsieh.

  • Touch‑ Duo (2018) — two water installations
    ICMC, Daegu Arts Factory, Daegu, South Korea

  • Touch‑ Solo (2018) — for one water installation and a performer
    Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Darmstadt, Germany | Yung‑Tuan Ku

  • Taipei × San Francisco Electronics Improvisation
    Reykjavik Lab, Taipei | With Jorge Bachmann, Dawang Huang and Xie Zonggi

  • Improvisation: Daily Object
    Anemos Café, Taipei | With Yung-Tuan Ku

2017

  • Subtlety (2017) — prepared zheng, live electronics and video/light
    Ya Song Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan | Ming‑Chin Kuo (premiere)

  • Submerged in Silence (2013) — piano, live electronics, and live video
    ISCM World Music Days, Vancouver, Canada | Megumi Masaki

  • UNI- (2015) — sheng, flute, live electronics and image
    ICMC, Shanghai Conservatory, Shanghai, China

  • Touché Nature (2017) — 4 water installations / percussion
    La Piscine d’en Face, Paris, France | soundinitiative
     Le Bourg, Lausanne, Switzerland | We Spoke percussion group

  • Mourning for Fukushima (2017) — piano with transducers
    Huis de Pinto, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2016 (selected)

  • The Sensation of Reality (2016) double concerto for sho and recorder with live electronics
    Conservatorium van Amsterdam | Yi-Chang Liang/recorder, Naomi Sato/sho and I-Han Fu/ conductor

  • Kodama (2016) — shakuhachi and live electronics
    Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Harrie Starreveld/ shakuhachi

  • Within a Tranquil Space (2016) — for shakuhachi, duduk, sho, sheng, guzheng and guqin
    Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Netherlands | Atlas Ensemble

  • Touch (2016) — water installation / percussion
    Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Darmstadt, Germany | We Spoke

  • Ceasing Time (2016) — cello and electronics
    Splendor, Amsterdam, Netherlands | I‑Lly Cheng (premiere)

2015

  • UNTITLED (2015) — soprano saxophone and live electronics
    Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2025

2024

  • Earth's Instruments (2024), Site-specific performance, with a space installation, Matsu, Xiju island

2022

  • Warer Memory (2022)15’, for water installation solo

  • Qualia (2022)60’, for two performers, music theatre

  • Yours Mine (2016-2022) 10’-20’, for open solo instrument/ performer, voice, and flexible tape, to present different performers’ playing in a website form.

2021

2020

  • Life is Floating Endlessly (2020)15', for organ, sheng ensemble, and percussionists, conducted by Chien Wen-Pin, performed by KCO, in National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts-Weiwuying

  • Yong (2020)15', for sheng, synthesizer, and eight channels live electronics, performed by Li-Chin Li and Hai-Ting Liao

  • Mikrokosmos No.1 (2020)5', for VR and Ambisonic system, present in Taiwan Sound Lab

2019

  • Trace (2019) , for flute, piano, violin, viola, cello, amplified watercolor paper, in Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, by UMZE Ensemble

  • Misreading (2019) 12’, for 40 installed transducers under concert hall chairs and projection mapping on the ceiling, will premiere in National Concert Hall of Taiwan, Innovation Series

  • Dew (2019) 8’, for dizi and live electronics, will premiere in National Concert Hall of Taiwan, Innovation Series, premiered by Ryan Zen

2018 

  • Touch (2018) 6’, two water installations, presented in ICMC 2018, in Daegu Arts Factory./ WOCMAT 2018, in Daegu Arts Factory. /WOCMAT 2018, in National Chiao Tung University

  • Touch - One (2018) 5’, for one water installation and a performer, performed by Yung-Tuan Ku, in Darmstadt 2018.

  • Touch - Three (2018) 10’, for three sound/ video installations and three performers, performed by Theresa Lei, Ro-Mei Yu, Wan-Chen Hsieh.

  • Yours Mine (2016- ) 15', for open solo instrument/ performer, voice, and flexible tape, to present different performers’ playing in a website form.

2017

  • Mourning for Fukushima (2017) 15', three consecutive short piano pieces with transducer-installed piano, performed in Huis de Pinto in Amsterdam

  • Touche Nature (2017) 10', for four percussionists with four loudspeakers and water bowls, premiered in Lausanne in Le Bourg by We Spoke Percussion Group

  • Subtlety (2017) 10', for prepared Zheng, live electronics and light, premiere in Ya Song Concert Hall in Taipei by Ming-Chin Kuo

2016

  • Kodama (2016) 9', for shakuhachi and live electronics, premiered in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ by Harrie Starreveld

  • Within a Tranquil Space (2016) 7’, for shakuhachi, duduk, sho, sheng, guzheng, and guqin, premiered in Conservatorium van Amsterdam by Atlas ensemble

  • Yours Mine (2016) 10’, for open solo instrument, voice, and flexible tape, premiered in Gaudeamus Academy, Muziekhuis Utrecht, by Wiek Hijmans

  • Touch (2016) 10’, for four water installations/percussionists, try out in Darmstadt, Lichentberg Schule, by We Spoke percussion group

  • Ceasing Time (2016) 10’, for cello and live electronics, premiered in Splendor Amsterdam

  • The Sensation of Reality (2016) 20’, a double concerto for sho, recorder, and live electronics, premiered in Conservatorium van Amsterdam

  • Waves (2016) 6’, for four open instruments, premiered in Conservatorium van Amsterdam

  • Piano Etude I - V (2015- 2016), for piano solo and live electronics

2015

  • UNTITLED (2015)  9', for soprano saxophone, live electronics, and tape, premiered in Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Het Bethaniënklooster.

  •  ._. (2015) 9', for Harpsichord and Live electronics, for Machiko Suto.

  • UNI- (2015)  15', for Sho, Recorder, Live electronics and Image, performed at Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

  • ECHO-Sand (2015) Sound Installation work with Piano and Live electronics, performed at Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

  • ECHO-Light (2015) Sound Installation work with Objects, Violin, Soprano, and Live electronics, performed at Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Studio MAPA Nederland.

2014

  • Personal piano recital at Cité internationale des Arts. http://citedesarts.pagesperso-orange.fr/Concerts/002014/21-07-14-concert-kocamangil-cheng.htm

  • Nix (2013) 5', for piano, live electronics, performed in Blue Note at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam

2013

  • Submerged in Silence (2013) 9', for piano, electronics, and image, performed in National Concert Hall of Taiwan.

2012

  • Shan (2012) 7'30, for four traditional Chinese instruments, performed in National Concert Hall of Taiwan. Third prize winner of the Composition Competition of Chai Found Traditional Music Workshop.

  • Melt (2012) 10', for Guzheng and Electronics, performed in the concert hall of National Taiwan University of Art

2011

  • Heterochromatic Dream (2011) 5', for soprano, piano, and electronics, selected as the vocal piece in 2010-2011, sponsored by National Theater/ Concert Hall of Taiwan.

  •  Into Strings (2009) 5', electronics, The Concert of the Sound Exchange, in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.

  • SDINGUHOTS (2011), video, in collaboration with Lo Sheng-Wen and Chen Wei-An, in Treasure Hill International Artist Village.

  • Dark, Light (2010)10', for string quartet, in National Theater Concert Hall of Taiwan.

  • Kaleidoscope Project(1) (2011), interactive sound/optics installation, at National Taiwan University.

2010

  • Dark, Light (2010)10', for string quartet, won first prize at the Fine Arts Creation Award held by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

  • Into Strings (2009) 5', electronics, has received high recognition at the International Rostrum of Composer 2010.

2009

  • Superimpose (2009)7', for soprano, percussion, and electronics, received honorable mention at the Fine Arts Creation Award held by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

  • Interpenetration (2009) 10', for solo piano, performed in the concert hall of National Taiwan University of Art

 



 

 

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