王婧 Jing Wang

Jing Wang (b.1992) is a composer and new music improviser. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in composition at the Central Conservatory of Music under Guo-ping JIA, Xin-min LUO, and Jian-ping TANG, and Master’s Degree in composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln under Johannes Schöllhorn. She’s currently conducting her PhD research of composition at the University of Hong Kong under CHAN Hing-yan.

Her composition includes chamber music, orchestra and stage works in a variety of themes, such as Time, Space, Nature, Game, Kung-Fu, etc. Her work “Free fireflies” has achieved the Honorable Mention of 2012 BICW New Music Award and it has been premiered by E-MEX Ensemble. After that, her works started to be performed in China, Germany, Italy, Netherland, US, Canada, etc. She has participated in numerous music festivals in Europe and Asia, and worked closely with many performers and ensembles. Recently in 2020, her work “Beiss mich!” has been published by Breitkopf & Härtel, and her work “Yan” has been performed in several occasions by Ensemble Musikfabrik.

In the aspect of improvisation, she has performed new music as a pianist with improvisers and sound artists in Germany, Italy, and Canada. She also has conducted salons of new music and improvisation in China.