ICMC/25/d2/1100 Concert n08/06 Four Seasons Fragrance

• Four Seasons Fragrance , for cello and fixed media

  • My Notes

    • 20:16 Person/Chih-Yi (Joy) Chu's sensitivity and virtuosity seem effortless. The vector fields in the visuals are mesmerizing. Kind of impressionist, So absolute, are ... these from monet? It almost seems so, but I can't quite tell - it never resolves, ... each season is represented. So beautifuly performed. Sumptuous. Reminds me of that Robin Williams movie ... What Dreams may Come.
    • The concept of the piece reminds me of the NASA/Symphonies of the Planets, with is cross-medium transference.
    • I wonder what instructions she is receivingin her earbuds.
    • The electronics are not as much of a presence here, but the composition is awesome.
    • Aesthetically this seems really compelling

  • #Description

    • Have friends ever heard of the Person/Marcel Proust phenomenon? For example, when people smell a certain odor, they will recall the scene where they once smelled this odor. The work takes the unique scents representing the four seasons as the development thread of the music.
    • Based on the composer’s true feelings, several scents are selected, such as woody scent, refreshing scent, grassy scent, floral scent and fruity scent.
    • Express the flavor of the seasons through musical language. Meanwhile, based on the characteristics of olfactory perception, design five sections: late autumn, winter, spring, summer and early autumn, and map the olfactory perception features to the spatial and frequency parameters of the music. Through the interaction between the cello and computer music, the scents of the four seasons are transformed into auditory language. The on-site installed odor player and the audience’s electroencephalogram (EEG) signals provide real-time feedback, creating an immersive space of “olfactory perception audio”. By anchoring the seasonal frequencies with odor coordinates, the audience can hear the code of time’s passage amid the woody scent of late autumn and the floral fragrance of midsummer.

  • #Performer #Cellist Person/Chih-Yi (Joy) Chu

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    • Taiwanese cellist Chih-Yi (Joy) Chu is currently pursuing a Graduate Diploma at the New England Conservatory, where she studies with Yeesun Kim of the Borromeo String Quartet. She earned a Master of Music degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying with Peter Stumpf. An accomplished orchestral and chamber musician, Chih-Yi has served as principal cellist of the National Taiwan University Symphony Orchestra and as associate principal cellist of the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop. A former member of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, she is currently a member of the Taipei Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and appears as a substitute cellist with the New World Symphony and other regional ensembles in the Boston area. Chih-Yi’s chamber music experience encompasses a wide-ranging repertoire– from classical to contemporary works– and features diverse instrumentation. This summer, she is invited to join the graduate ambassador string quartet at the Stringwood Chamber Music Festival, and will serve as principal cellist of the Prague Summer Nights Festival Orchestra, collaborating with orchestra members from the Czech Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra in Prague and Vienna.

      
      Beyond her classical music training, Chih-Yi holds a Bachelor of Science degree from National Taiwan University. She is also an avid performer, improviser, and songwriter in electroacoustic music, new music, popular music, musical theater, and film music. She has collaborated with various independent artists from Taiwan, Indiana, Boston, and Los Angeles, and has appeared in productions by IU’s Audio Engineering and Theater departments, NEC’s Contemporary Musical Arts and Composition departments, the opening performance of the 2020 Golden Bell Awards in Taiwan, and Sarah Brightman’s 2016 concert in Taipei.
      

  • #Author #Composer

    • Person/Xiaoxuan Wang

      • Xiaoxuan Wang

        
        
        
        Wang Xiaoxuan, a composer and cross-sensory interaction artist, holds a Ph.D. in electronic music composition from the Central Conservatory of Music. She is a graduate student of Professor Li Xiaobing, the director of the Department of Music Artificial Intelligence and Music Information Technology at the Central Conservatory of Music and a doctoral supervisor. She is currently an associate professor at Shenyang Conservatory of Music, a member of the China Musicians’ Association, a member of the Liaoning Musicians’ Association, an executive committee member of the Computational Arts Branch of the China Computer Federation, and a member of the China Chorus Association. Music creation involves computer music, cross-sensory interaction design, art songs, chamber music, chorus, etc. She won the second prize in the 2019 Brixworth Female Composers Competition in the UK. Won the Best Work Award in the Sound Silence Thought Electronic Music Composition Competition in Pennsylvania, USA in 2020; The electronic Music “The Phoenix Songs II” was included in the album “Electroacoustic & Beyond7” released by the British RMN Music record company in October 2022. Several electronic music works have been successively selected for the 2022 and 2023 “World Earth Day” Global Marathon Real-time Music Festival in different locations. The electronic music pieces “Phoenix Arrives” and “Square and Circle” respectively won the silver award in Group A and the excellence award in Group B of the 2023 Second World Music Artificial Intelligence Conference Electronic Music Composition Competition. He has presided over and participated in several scientific research projects at the college and provincial levels, and authored the monograph “Intelligent Music Future: Frontier Exploration of Interdisciplinary Art Creation”.