20/08/2026
Faculty and students from the School of Music, CUHK-Shenzhen, recently presented original research on contemporary Chinese art music at the 2026 Dublin Music Analysis Conference (DubMAC), held at Trinity College Dublin and the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Alvin Wong 黃胤銘 , Associate Professor of Cello, presented a lecture-recital on Bright Sheng's Seven Tunes Heard in China, combining live performance with music analysis to explore how timbre, gesture, and interpretation can reveal deeper cultural meaning in cross-cultural works.
Liu Yi, a 2024-entry doctoral student in Music Composition and Theory, presented research on Gao Ping's Piano Concerto No. 2, Evocation of Spirit, offering a fresh analytical perspective through the Chinese aesthetic concept of liubai and ideas of space, emptiness, and structure. Her research was supervised by Grace Yu, Associate Professor of Musicology, who also attended the conference in support of the presenters.
Both presentations were selected through international peer review and warmly received by scholars and performers from around the world, sparking meaningful discussions on performance practice, Chinese aesthetics, and contemporary music analysis.
This achievement reflects the School’s commitment to integrating artistic practice, academic research, and international exchange, while bringing contemporary Chinese music scholarship to a broader global stage.
Congratulations to Prof. Alvin Wong, Liu Yi, and Prof. Grace Yu!