Li-Chin Li

Li-Chin Li (b. 1988) is a Taiwanese sheng soloist, composer, improviser, and interdisciplinary performer, working between Taiwan and Europe. She graduated from the Department of Chinese Music at Tainan National University of the Arts and was formerly a sheng musician with the Hong Kong Chin ese Orchestra. In recent years, she has been active as a soloist, collaborating with conductors such as Shao-Chia Lü, Tung-Chieh Chuang, and Shu-Han Yang, as well as ensembles including the Taipei Chinese Orchestra, Ensemble Cairn, LINEA, Lapland Chamber Orchestra, and Trickster Orchestra.

She has been invited to participate in numerous residencies and creation programs in the field of experimental and contemporary arts, including the Royaumont Foundation, IRCAM (Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) at the Centre Pompidou, Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, the French National Centre for Dance, La Symphonie de Ségriès, EMS (Elektronmusikstudion) in Sweden, the Asian Cultural Council in New York, and Avaloch Farm Music Institute in the United States. Since 2019, she has been involved in the long-term international research project sheng! l’orgue à b ouche (2019–2026), led by Tout Pour la Musique Contemporaine (TPMC). She is also a collaborating musician in IRCAM’s art-and-science project SoMax2, through which she continues to explore the sheng’s sonic possibilities in contemporary contexts and the subjectivity of the performer.