FINDING MISSING SOUND
About Us
three Musician from Taiwan
The notion behind “Lost Sounds” is to use music as a medium to communicate with other people or objects. The combination of Zheng, Pipa, Liuqin and Zhongruan not only creates an unforgettable unique sound, it also demonstrates the cleverness and ingenuity of the arrangement. The members used their own creativity to compose, produce, and edit the composition. In addition, they invited other composers on commission to create parts of the final piece.
The name, “Lost Sounds,” was inspired by the common feature of dots in the music characteristics of the three types of musical instruments used and, correspondingly, Yayoi Kusama’s polka dot exhibition work. The significance of the title being inspired by Yayoi Kusuma is further derived from her name in Chinese. Yayoi's Chinese name is 彌生 ("mi sheng") and Lost Sounds in Chinese is also 迷聲 ("mi sheng"). “Lost” represents trying find a balance between traditional instruments and various other musical forms, to unearth the infinite possibilities in the creation of sounds.
Musician Bio
“Lost Sounds” is produced by youthful Taiwanese musicians YANG, Yi-Wei, HUANG, Hsuan-Jung and HUANG, Sze-Ting, using the instruments Zheng, Pipa, Liuqin, and Zhongruan. The group was created when all three members were awarded with the “2017 The Stars of Tiding from IBT.” On January 20th 2017, they held a concert, “MusiCode,” in collaboration with O-Bank, and it was there that the idea for “Lost Sounds” originated.
YANG, Yi-Wei
Zheng
YANG, Yi-Wei is from Nantou, Taiwan. She has a M.A. in Graduate Institute of Musicology from Taipei National University of the Arts and a B.A. in Chinese Music Department from Tainan National University of the Arts. YANG was awarded with “2014 The Stars of Tiding from IBT”, “103 Youth Ambassadors, Taiwan (ROC)” and “104 Ministry of Education (MOE) Collegiate Youth Remote-Area Art Education Work Team”. She also performed with Gu-Fang Contemporary Art of Zheng, XinXin Nanguan Ensemble, Monkey Kids Beiguan Ensemble, Asian Composers League, etc. In addition, YANG also wrote some music articles, posted on Performing Arts Review and NCO 30th Anniversary.
HUANG, Hsuan-Jung
Pipa, Composer
HUANG, Hsuan-Jung is from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Now studying Graduate school in Department of Music in Soo-Chow University. HUANG majors in composition and followed Dr. Yim Fuk-wing to learn Composition and Theory. She graduated from Department of Chinese Music, Tainan National University of the Art, and majored in Pipa, minored in Composition. HUANG had rich performer experiences during studied in TNNUA. She was also invited to go to Hong Kong to perform with Wu-Ji Ensemble in 2013. On the other hand, she’s one of the school representative in many concerts. HUANG won chance to perform her work “Cross Point” in “Shuanghsi Music Forum Concert” in 2015； Another work “The Ceremony of Island ” won “TCO international composition Award ” in 2016.
HUANG, Sze-Ting
Liuqin, Zhongruan
HUANG, Sze-Ting is from Taichung, Taiwan. HUANG is now studying her master’s degree in Multimedia Applications at Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology in National Taiwan Normal University. HUANG graduated from Department of Chinese Music, Tainan National University of the Art, majored in Liuqin and minored in Sanxian, Guqin. HUANG has been invited to perform in China and Japan since 2011. HUANG has won numerous awards, including the winner of the NTCH’s “ Young Star of Chinese Music” series in 2010, the work of sound poetry “Echo” was chosen in “ 2015 Taipei Poetry Festival”.