Chung Shih is a composer from Singapore with an emerging international presence with commissions and requests from Asia, Europe and America. He has worked with some of world’s premier contemporary musicians, including Nicholas Isherwood (France), the Meridian Arts Ensemble (USA), Sigune von Osten (Germany), Wuwei (China), Quake - chamber ensemble (USA), Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart (Germany), EXAUDI vocal ensemble (UK), Slee Sinfonietta (USA), Lars Graugaard (Denmark), Andy Laster (USA) and Bugallo-Williams Duo (USA), at such new music festivals as Music At The Anthology 2003 Festival (USA); Northwestern New Music Marathon (USA); June in Buffalo (USA); Singapore New Music Forum; 38eme Rugissants (France); Osterfestival Tirol (Austria); Romanischer Sommer Köln 2005 (Germany); Radar Festival (Mexico); International Computer Music Conference 2005 (Spain); Zepplin 2008 Sound Art Festival (Spain); Singapore International Arts Festival; and Musicacoustica 2008 / Electroacoustic Music Studies Asia Network Day (China).

He is also a guqin (Chinese 7-string zither) player. His study of the ancient Chinese qin music led him to in-depth study of the Chinese literati culture which includes brush painting, philosophy and garden design. Consquently, his interest in composition can be described as an exploration of a double intersection: one between the avant-garde and the experimental, and the other between the international contemporary and traditional Chinese literati cultures

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