KAI-YOUNG CHAN, COMPOSER
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Orchestral Works
Chamber Works
Vocal and Choral Works
​Collaborative Works
Chamber Works
Shattered Voices
viola, bass flute, cello, and fixed media
Commissioned and premiered by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
8’30

2024

s(tr)ing1
viola,
 electronics, and neon sign
Commissioned and premiered by Matthew Schreibeis
10’

2024

at the edge of the earth
violin 
and sheng
Commissioned and premiered by Patrick Yim
8’

2024

for mutual nostalgia
string quartet

Recorded by Mivos Quartet
8’00

2023

in search of II
clarinet 
and fixed media
Premiered by Chan Ka-Hei
6’

2023

Echoes of the Autumn Night II
clarinet, violin, and cello

Premiered by Busan Contemporary Music Ensemble
7’

2022

Hard it is to Meet and Part II
violin and piano

Premiered by Busan Contemporary Music Ensemble
7’

2022

fragmented voices
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and fixed media

Premiered by VIPA Ensemble
8’00

2022

in search of
violin
and fixed media
Commissioned and premiered by Patrick Yim
6’

2021

a boat going nowhere
violin and fixed media

Commissioned and premiered by Patrick Yim
5’
2020

Murray Murmurings
violin solo
Commissioned and premiered by Patrick Yim
7’
2019

Ruminations on Leveling All Things I
string quartet
Commissioned by HKCG and premiered by MR. Quartet
6’
2019

Echoes of the Autumn Night
two violins
Commissioned and premiered by Patrick Yim and Joel Smirnoff
5’30”
2018

Away Alone Aloft
violin solo
Commissioned and premiered by Patrick Yim
7’
2018

In a Bamboo Grove
string quartet
Commissioned by VIPA and premiered by Mivos Quartet
7’30”
2017

Jo-Ha-Kyu
saxophone quartet
Premiered by PRISM Quartet
7’
2016

Variations on Light and Space
string quartet
3’
2015

Mieko  
flute and electronics
Premiered by Emma Resmini
5’
2015

Seek, Seek
oboe, clarinet, and strings
9’
2014

Mieko
flute solo
Premiered by Carolin Ralser
7’
2014

Toper of the Bamboo Grove
bass clarinet and cello     
Premiered by Allison Herz and Eric Coyne
5’        
2014

The River Remembers
flute, cello, and piano
1’30”   
2014

Moon over Pyrus Blossom
piano solo
Premiered by Kawai Chan
4’
2014

as the walls close in
viola, contrabass, and piano
Premiered by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
1’30”
2013

Ignis Fatuus
string quartet
Premiered by Daedalus Quartet
8’
2013

Parametrical Games
string quartet
Performed by Daedalus Quartet
1’30”
2013

Shimmers the Shivery Moon
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Premiered by Niles Watson, Allison Herz, Guillaume Combet, Michal Schmidt, and Ashley Hsu
7’30”
2013

L’esprit de la nuit
percussion trio
Premiered by JENGA Percussion Quartet
8’
2013

le vent de la nuit
alto flute and piano
Premiered by Mimi Stillman and Natalie Zhu
4’30”
2012

Fata Morgana
oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, contrabass
Premiered by Composers Guild Ensemble
7’30”
2012

Dawn on the Lantau Shore
violin, cello, piano
1’
2012

Poetic Landscapes: Zheng Playing of Chan
dizi, sheng, erhu, zheng, and narrator
Premiered by Chinese Music Virtuosi
8’
2012

Les marées de la nuit
tam-tam and piano
Premiered by Phoebus Lee and Brian Ting
10’
2011

Once Upon a Snowy Night
flute, viola, and harp
Premiered by TST Trio
7’
2011

Tinkles in the Rain
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Premiered by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
7’30”
2011


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