Lei Liang

RECENT EVENTS

• April 15, 2023:  New York, NY
  A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams (orchestra), Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor, Carnegie Hall

• May 6, 2023:  Boston, MA
  Mother's Songs (pipa and viola), Wu Man and Hsin-Yun Huang, Jordan Hall

• May 16, 2023:  Boston, MA
  Six Seasons  (version for cello, piano and percussion), Callithumpian Consort, Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theater, New England Conservatory of Music

• May 17, 2023:  Washington, DC
  Keynote speech, "Home, Illuminated by Sounds." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• May 19, 2023:  Beijing, China
  Silk and Bamboo Concerto (for bamboo flute and string quartet), Zhang Weiliang, bamboo flute, Fusion Quartet, National Centre for the Performing Arts, The National Theatre

• June 9, 2023:  Ojai Valley, CA
  vis-à-vis (pipa and percussion), Wu Man, pipa, Steven Schick, percussion, Ojai Festival

• June 10, 2023:  Ojai Valley, CA
  Mother's Songs (pipa and viola), Wu Man, pipa, Nate Schram, viola, Ojai Festival

• June 11, 2023:  Ojai Valley, CA
  Trans (percussion and audience), Steven Schick, percussion, Ojai Festival

• June 16, 2023:  Cambridge, MA
  Composer-in-Residence, Longy's Divergent Studio

• June 16, 2023:  Cambridge, MA
  Lei Liang Portrait Concert, Longy's Divergent Studio: Lake (for 2 trumpets), Trio (cello, piano, percussion), In Praise of Shadows (flute solo), Aural Hypothesis (sextet), Lake (version for 2 cellos), Lakescape (version for countertenor, piano, percussion), Feng (violin), Garden Six (version for 4 bassoons), Lakescape V (baritone voice, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet)

• June 28, 2023:  Colorado Springs, CO
  Six Seasons, Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, Stephen Drury, director, Osborne Studio Theater, University of Colorado

• July 13, 2023:  Putney, VT
  "New Ice," "Darkness," "Migration" from Six Seasons; Selections from Garden Eight. Yellow Barn Music Festival

• July 20, 2023:  Putney, VT
  Serashi Fragments (string quartet). Yellow Barn Music Festival

• July  29, 2023:  Dublin, NH
  Lakescape III  (violin solo), Miranda Cuckson, violin, A Walden School 50th-Anniversary Celebration, Louise Shonk Kelly Recital Hall 

• August 27, 2023:  Lucerne, Switzerland
  Bamboo Lights (chamber orchestra), Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Lucerne Hall

• September 18-22, 2023:  Nagoya, Japan
  Composer-in-Residence, Aichi University of the Arts

• September 19, 2023:  Boston, MA
  Mongolian Suite (version for viola), Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music

• September 20, 2023:  Nagoya, Japan
  Mongolian Suite (version for cello), In Praise of Shadows (flute solo), Lake (flute and cello),  Aichi University of the Arts

• September 28, 2023:  Boston, MA
  Garden Eight (version for percussion ensemble), The Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, dir. Samuel Solomon, Boston Conservatory Theater

• October 8, 2023:  La Jolla, CA
  déjà vu (violin and percussion),  Cho-liang Lin, violin, Josie Lin, percussion, Conrad Prebys Concert Hall

• October 24, 2023:  La Jolla, CA
  vis-à-vis (pipa and percussion), Wu Man, pipa, Steven Schick, percussion, Conrad Prebys Concert Hall

• Oct 25-26, 2023:  Bloomington, IN
  Composer-in-Residence at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University

• Oct  26, 2023:  Bloomington, IN
  Brush-Stroke (chamber orchestra), Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University

• Oct  26, 2023:  Bloomington, IN
  Harp Concerto, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University

• November 3-5, 2023:  Guangzhou, China
  Chou Wen-chung Music Research Center, Xinghai Conservatory of Music

• November 3, 2023:  Guangzhou, China
  Aural Hypothesis (sextet), Tianjin Juilliard Ensemble

• November 5, 2023:  New York, NY
  My Windows (piano solo), Donald Berman, Bargemusic

• February 21, 2024:  La Jolla, CA
  Six Seasons (version for solo violin), Marco Fusi, violin

• April 18, 2024:  Cambridge, MA
  Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture, Harvard University

• November 4-8, 2024:  Louisville, KY
  Composer-in-Residence, University of Louisville

Complete Listing

The world premiere of Inheritance, a new chamber opera by Lei Liang, was described as "unusually powerful" (New Music Box), "groundbreaking," "unique and compelling" (San Diego Union Tribune)

Inheritance revolves around the bizarre life of Sarah Winchester, the eccentric widow and heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune. According to popular belief, Winchester imprisoned herself in her labyrinth-like home to seek refuge from the spirits of those killed by the same weapons whose manufacture and sale gave her a life of indescribable wealth. Inheritance juxtaposes elements of Winchester’s biography with contemporary events in a work that explores America’s deeply complex relationship with guns. Watch a short trailer, or read more about the opera here.