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2025

  • New piano concerto: Allegra Chamber Orchestra and Megumi Masaki, conducted by Janna Sailor (March 2025) at the Annex, Vancouver.

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  • New solo piano work (May 2025): Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition 2025.

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  • New work (May 2025): SMCQ, Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Montréal.

2024

  • World premiere of Byakuya (Midnight Sun Songs) and Japanese premiere of I Have My Mother’s Eyes: a Holocaust Memoir Across Generations (December 1) at Okuma Auditorium, Waseda University, Tokyo.

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  • Blueridge Chamber Music Festival – Sonic Storybook (August 15, 2024). Bloom for soprano, tenor, flute, cello, percussion, and piano at the Annex, Vancouver.

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  • Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra and Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra conducted by Chih-Sheng Chen - Global Soundscapes Festival 2024 (June 9, 2024). as the first spring blossoms awaken through the snow at the Culch, Vancouver.

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  • Gai Lan Ensemble with Zhongxi Wu (May 25, 2024). Hummingbird in Winter at the Engineered Air Theatre, Calgary.

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  • Standing Wave Ensemble with Ali Razmi (seta/tar) and Geling Jiang (liuqin/guzheng) at Bloom (May 19, 2024). Poppies Still Bloom and Fall at the Annex, Vancouver.

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  • Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra and Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra conducted by Chih-Sheng Chen (April 7, 2024). as the first spring blossoms awaken through the snow at the Taipei Traditional Arts Festival, Zhongshan Hall (Taipei, Taiwan).

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  • Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra and Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra conducted by Chih-Sheng Chen (April 1, 2024). as the first spring blossoms awaken through the snow at the Tongyeong International Music Festival (Tongyeong, South Korea).

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  • Orchestra of St. Lukes, Zhongxi Wu (suona/sheng) and Naomi Sato (sho) conducted by Steven Mercurio (March 28, 2024). Birds Calling… from the Canada in You at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Centre (New York). Sponsored by the Azrielli Music Prizes.

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  • Esprit Orchestra, Zhongxi Wu (suona/sheng) and Naomi Sato (sho) conducted by Alex Pauk (January 24, 2024). Birds Calling… from the Canada in You at Koerner Hall, Toronto. Sponsored by the Azrielli Music Prizes.

2023

  • Victoria Symphony and Miyama McQueen-Tokitaconducted by Christian Kluxen (November 26, 2023). Bloom for koto and orchestra at the Royal Theatre, Victoria.

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  • Chutzpah! Festival (November 18-19, 2023). World premiere of I Have My Mother’s Eyes: a Holocaust Memoir Across Generations for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and intercultural ensemble, conducted by Jennifer Tham at the Norman Rothstein Theatre (Vancouver).

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  • Gabriola Songs and Luna Performing Arts (November 11-12, 2023). I Have My Mother’s Eyes chamber song cycle world premiere at Phoenix Auditorium, Gabriola Island, BC.

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  • Philharmonia Orchestra (London), Zhongxi Wu (suona/sheng) and Naomi Sato (sho) conducted by Steven Mercurio (October 15, 2023). Birds Calling… from the Canada in You at Cadogan Hall, London. Sponsored by the Azrielli Music Prizes.

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  • Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra conducted by Janna Sailor - Summer Academy 2023 (July 9, 2023). as the first spring blossoms awaken through the snow at the Annex, Vancouver.

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  • Dance Scape (July 4, 2023) by Sheila Vandikas, George Vandikas, and Harrison Vandikas. Still Shaking from the Latté and Princess Don’t Kiss That Toad! at the Canadian Music Centre, Toronto.

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  • National Arts Centre Orchestra’s Canada Day Concert 2023 conducted by Alexander Shelley (July 1, 023). let us not be the reason someone out there is praying for peace at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa.

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  • BC Chinese Music Association – Breaking Barriers Tour (April 19-24, 2023). Hummingbird in Winter conducted by Peggy Hua at the Edmonton City Hall (April 22) and Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre (April 24).

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  • Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Miyama McQueen-Tokita conducted by Otto Tausk (March 10-12, 2023). World premiere of Bloom for koto and orchestra at the Orpheum Theatre (Vancouver) and Bell Performing Arts Centre (Surrey).

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  • Let Us Not be the Reason… A Concert for Peace by Little Chamber Music (February 24, 2023). Featuring let us not be the reason someone out there is praying for peace for string orchestra at the Canadian Memorial United Church, Vancouver.

2022

  • Victoria Symphony Orchestra (November 19, 2022) with Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor. Performance of forty years of snowfall will not heal an ancient forest for orchestra at Farquhar Auditorium, University of Victoria.

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  • Naomi Sato, Zhongxi Wu, and l’Orchestra Métropolitain de Montréal (October 20, 2022) with Alexandre Bloch, conductor. World premiere of Birds Calling… from the Canada in You for sho, sheng/suona, and orchestra at la Maison Symphonique.

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  • Turning Point Ensemble (September 18, 2022) with Own Underhill, Artistic Director. World premiere of Hummingbird Lovers (revised) for 2 violins and chamber orchestra at the Annex, Vancouver.

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  • Glacier Symphony Orchestra (August 9-14, 2022) with John Zolteck, Artistic Director. American premiere of let us not be the reason someone out there is praying for peace and ice melting… trickling gently at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center (Whitefish, USA).

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  • Geling Jiang, Ensemble Bios and Andrea Vitello, conductor, produced by Classics Management / Artes Italia (online premiere on May 31, 2021 for Stringray Classica). World premiere recording of Il Viaggio di Dante for guzheng and chamber orchestra at Teatro Niccolini (Florence, Italy).

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  • Geling Jiang and AU Ensemble (March 23, 2022) video recording of and even if the sky fades into the dark for liuqin and string quartet at Deep Cove Theatre, North Vancouver.

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  • Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (March 10, 11, 27, 2022) with Vern Griffith, conductor. Three performances and on-stage interview of forty years of snowfall will not heal an ancient forest for orchestra in the children’s show The Composer is Here at the Vancouver Orpheum.

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  • BC Chinese Music Ensemble with Jennifer Tham, conductor (pre-recorded at the Annex, Vancouver, February 27, 2022). Online world premiere of Hummingbird in Winter for Chinese ensemble (dizi, suona/sheng, sheng, liuqin, pipa, guzheng, percussion, 2 erhus, daruan, cello, double bass).

2020-21

  • Composer-in-Residence, Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo (Italy, 2021-22 season)

    • December 11, 2021, directed by Amaury Du Closel at Teatro Centrale, Sanremo, Italy. World premiere of the commissioned orchestral work, Voices Ring in the Distant Breeze.

    • September 17, 2021, directed by Andrea Barizza at Teatro dellÓpera del Casino Sanremo, Italy. World premiere of the commissioned orchestral work, Peal of Bells in the Distant Clouds.

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  • Geling Jiang, Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra and Janna Sailor, conductor (online premiere: December 20). World premiere of Fly Away Phoenix, Into the Sky for sanxian and intercultural string orchestra at the Annex, Vancouver.

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  • Dailin Hsieh, Julia Chien, Katie Rife, and Allegra Chamber Orchestra - FestivELLE with Janna Sailor, conductor (online premiere June 27, 2021). World premiere of the last frozen teardrop to fall from the sky for guzheng, 2 percussion and strings at the Annex, Vancouver.

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  • SMCQ Montreal New Music Festival (online premiere February 18, 2021), world premiere of as the first spring blossoms awaken through the snow for 10 intercultural instruments performed by the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, conducted by Janna Sailor at the Annex, Vancouver

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  • Human Shadow Etched in Stone (online premiere August 6, 2020) presented by Little Chamber Music / Polygon Gallery / Opus 59 Films, world premiere of let us not be the reason someone out there is praying for peace for 42 strings, conducted by Janna Sailor, at Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver.

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  • Canada Council Digital Originals online presentation of 6 intercultural performers recording from home during various levels of COVID-19 lockdown around the world – Neelamjit Dhillon (Los Angeles), Naomi Sato (Fijnaart, Netherlands), Navid Goldrick (Himeji, Jpan), Ali Razmi (Richmond, BC), Geling Jiang (Wuhan, China), David Danel (Prague, Czech Republic), Saina Khaledi (Coquitlam, BC). World premiere of Under the Same Big Sky I-VI for solo instruments.

2018-19

  • L’Ensemble Télémaque (November 15-17, 2019) at Alcazar, Cité de la musique and PIC in Marseille. World premiere of if only raindrops… for actor, soprano and ensemble. With GroundSwell (Winnipeg).

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  • Amadeus Choir, directed by Kathleen Allan (October 19, 2019) at St John’s York Mills Church in Toronto. World premiere of Beloved for SSATB soloists, 5 handbells and SATB choir.

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  • Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra/Pacific Rim Arts Centre (June 1 and 5, 2019) at Ucluelet Community Centre and Waterfront Theatre at Vancouver Grandville Island during the Sounds Global Festival 2019. World premiere of Debris (chamber opera version) and Kokoro for intercultural ensemble.

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  • Sanremo Symphony Orchestra (March 21, 2019), directed by Ahmed El Saedi at Teatro dellÓpera del Casino Sanremo, Italy. World premiere of the commissioned orchestral work, may spring breeze awaken the blossom in you…

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  • Turning Point Ensemble (March 9 and 10, 2019), directed by Owen Underhill, stage direction by Idan Cohen at the Annex. World premiere of the commissioned chamber opera, The Old Man and the Sea.

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  • Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV (November 12, 2018) at the Vigado Ceremonial Hall, Budapest, presented by the Antal Dorati International Conducting Competition. World premiere of the mandatory competition work, so long as your tears are still in the sea.

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  • AU Ensemble (August 25, 2018) at the UIT markt Festival, Podium Mozaiek, Amsterdam, presented by Reinekwint Productions – Netherlands premiere of One Thousand White Paper Cranes for Japan (soprano, sho, and intercultural ensemble version).

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  • Kyushu Okinawa Composers Association - Die Guilde der Musiker Kyushu and AU Ensemble (September 1, 2018) at the Airefu Hall, Fukuoka, Japan. Asian premiere of One Thousand White Paper Cranes for Japan (soprano, sho, and intercultural ensemble version).

2016-17

  • ISCM World Music Days 2017 (Vancouver) and Redshift Music (November 7, 2017) at the Vancouver Public Library – world premiere of Life of a Snowflake for 18 electric guitars.

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  • ISCM World Music Days 2017 (Vancouver) and Turning Point Ensemble (November 6, 2017), directed by Owen Underhill, at the Roundhouse Community Centre – world premiere of the chamber opera, The Old Man and the Sea.

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  • Postmodern Camerata Society (May 27-28, 2017), directed by Greg Caisley at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Vancouver – world premiere of the semi-staged cantata, Debris.

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  • SYC Ensemble Singers, directed by Jennifer Tham (May 7, 2017) at Esplanade Theatre, Singapore – world premiere of  yukiya kon (come falling snow) for mixed choir.

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  • I Solisti della Scala (June 2017) – recording of Gargoyles in Love for wind octet at Bartok Studio, Milan, Italy for Warner Classics.

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  • Prague Modern and Prague Conempuls Festival of New Music with Marian Lejava (conductor), Heather Pawsey (soprano), Bic Hoang (dan bau) and Naomi Sato (sho) (August 24, 2016) at Studio ALTA, Prague – European premiere of One Thousand White Paper Cranes for Japan (soprano, sho, dan bau and western ensemble version).

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  • ISCM World Music Days 2016 (Tongyeong, South Korea) and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, directed by Sharon Andrea Choa (March 29, 2016) – Asian premiere of as the snowflakes return to the sky for string orchestra.

2014-15

  • String Noise (Pauline Kim and Conrad Harris) and Ostrava Banda, directed by Rolf Gupta (August 24, 2015) during the Ostrava Days Festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic – world premiere of Hummingbird Lovers for violin duo and chamber orchestra.

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  • California Institute of the Arts (March 3, 2015) in Valencia, California – US premiere of the expanded intercultural version of One Thousand White Paper Cranes for Japan.

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  • Radom Chamber Orchestra, directed by Maciej Żółtowski (November 30, 2014) at the Radom Concert Hall in Radom, Poland – world premiere of ice melting... trickling gently... for string orchestra.

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  • Chamber Sounds Opera, directed by Clarence Tan (August 27, 2014) at Esplanade Theatre, Singapore – world premiere of One Thousand White Paper Cranes for Japan (expanded version for 3 sopranos and ensemble).

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  • Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Yanjia Huang (August 11, 2014) during the Carinthian Music Festival (Ossiach) – two performances of as the snowflakes return to the sky.

2012-13

  • Boston Choral Ensemble, directed by Andrew Shenton (November 22 24, 2013) at Old South Church, Boston – world premiere of Raindrops Footsteps Raindrops Footsteps for mixed choir.

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  • Ostrava Banda, directed by Petr Kotik (August 26, 2013) during the Ostrava Days Festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic – world premiere of Enthalpy of Vaporization for small orchestra.

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  • The Esoterics, directed by Eric Banks (October 6-14, 2012) in Seattle – world premiere of Hoping You Hear Me for mixed choir.

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  • Locrian Chamber Players (May 31, 2012) at Riverside Church, New York – world premiere of gently, like the trickling of melting ice for string quartet.

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  • Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Yanjia Huang (March 28, 2012) – performance of as the snowflakes return to the sky at the Vienna Konzerthaus.

Pre-2012

  • Vienna RSO conducted by Peter Eötvös (October 8, 2011) in Graz, Austria during the musikprotokoll series of the avant-garde festival, Steirischer Herbst – European premiere and radio broadcast of as the snowflakes return to the sky.

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  • Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bramwell Tovey (May 29, 2010) at the Orpheum, Vancouver – world premiere of forty years of snowfall will not heal an ancient forest.

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