pianist | composer | interdisciplinary artist
Sing-Yat Chen (陳星逸) is a pianist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist from Hong Kong.
Her creative voice was hailed by Neue Musik Zeitung as “impressively reflective of an inner struggle.” Through her work, she integrates music, literature, visual arts, and science to explore spiritual-philosophical ideas and provide solace.
As a nominee for the Gaudeamus Award 2026 and a finalist of the 80th Concours de Genève, her compositions bridge Eastern and Western sensibilities, dualities of synthesized and organic sounds, fragility and materiality with poetics.
As a versatile performer and former piano fellow at the Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend 2023, Sing-Yat has performed with the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Actively promoting contemporary music, her collaborations include Ensemble Modern, Collective Lovemusic, IEMA Ensemble 2025–2026, Het Muziek, LaKT Ensemble, Kinetic Ensemble, Neo Quartet, Romer Quartet, cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, and sound artist Vica Pacheco.
Her works have been featured at outHEAR New Music 2026 and Festival Mixtur 2025, and broadcast on Belgian Internet Radio Organroxx and RTHK Radio 4. Her composition have been performed on the historic 1746 Hildebrandt organ in St. Wenzel (Naumburg, Germany)—an instrument personally tested and approved by Johann Sebastian Bach.
She believes in the spirituality of music which reflects humanity across space and time.
Her interdisciplinary approach incorporates spatialization, movement, and cognitive science, with an expanding focus on electronics and improvisation to create immersive experiences.
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event highlights
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Portrait interview: https://youtu.be/DQNmp6QuRoI?si=JOPnLQnufiGPjejW
work 1: wasteland ii (here is no water but rock… if there were water…) featured in concert IEMA-Ensemble 2025/26 – Lunch break concert
Part of Gaudeamus 2026 Lunch break concert
Date: Fri 11 Sep, 13:00 - 14:00 h
Location: TivoliVredenburg - Hertz
Price: Free
CREDITS
Luciano Maria Moricca – oboe
Federico Ambruosi – sound designwork 2: to try to remember what it left featured in concert Soheil Shayesteh & Nils Petter Molvær & Het Muziek
Part of Gaudeamus 2026 Saturday night
Date: Sat 12 Sep, 19:30 - 20:45 h
Location: TivoliVredenburg - Hertz
Price: €29.00 - €54.00
Het Muziek:
Shannon Lee – Violin
Marijke van Kooten – Violin
Lisa Eggen – Viola
Sebastiaan van Halsema – Violincello
Jordi Carrasco Hjelm – Double bass
Leslie Pérez-Canto – ConductorString ensemble through Open Call for Emerging String players (Ulysses Musician Journey):
Zofia Debska – Viola
Svetlana Riger – Violin
Tiag Yi Tan – Violin
Nicolò Bottasso – Violin
Vivian Giesbertz – Violin
Hortense Airault – Violoncello
Hesce Mourits – VioloncelloTimotej Willewaldt – Violin
Alkistis Μisouli – Viola
Sacha Palies – Double basscommissioned work: chronotope_02: les plis de la nuit with lovemusic
Part of Gaudeamus 2026 Saturday night
Date: Sat 12 Sep, 21:45 - 22:45 h
Location: TivoliVredenburg - Pandora
Price: €29.00 - €54.00
CREDITS
Emiliano Gavito – flute
Adam Starkie – clarinet
Emily Yabe – violin
Céline Papion – cello
Christian Lozano Sedano – electric guitar
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NOV 24, 2024 (SUN) · 7pm - 8pm · Wortham Theatre, Houston, TX.
A composition portrait recital featuring audio-visual immersion, poetry, and an art installation. This interdisciplinary performance is supported by Chapman Welch on electronics.
wasteland iii - aquaphony · for violin and electronics (2023) 8’30”
Paul Mortilla, violin
through the mirage on warm sands slipped a passage of time · for acoustic guitar solo (2024) 8’00”
Marc Rosenberg, acoustic guitar
wasteland ii - here is no water but rock…/if there were water · for oboe and electronics (2023) 8’40”
Anne Pinkerton, oboe
cascading traces… of layered time · for string quartet (2023) 6’30”
Byeol Claire Kim, violin I
Fiona Shea, violin II
Ho Fei Ng, viola
Ben Rodriguez, cello
sky ∞ space · for argus (original ceramic flute) and electronics (2024) 6’00”
Sing-Yat Betty Chen, argus (original ceramic flute) by Vica Pacheco
through the fractured wake of that long forgotten pipedream · for electric guitar solo (2024) 7’30”
Aisling Ma, electric guitar
wasteland iv - nirvana · for viola and electronics (2024) 10’10”
Nicholas Lindell, viola
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JUL 26, 2024 (FRI) · 9:45pm - 10:30pm · The Room, FREESPACE, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
Led by Vica Pacheco, a performance of group improvisation on sounds and body movements using Vica’s original ceramic instruments, assisted by choreographer Chin Ching Chui, partnered with Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong as part of the Freespace Noise Fest.
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JUL 27-29, 2023 · Mass MoCA · North Adams, Massachusetts
A series of performances as a pianist/keyboardist of Bang on a Can Summer Festival Fellow 2023.
Orchestra of Original Instruments, Thu, Jul 27 10:30pm (15′)
Bang on a Can Summer Festival Fellows 2023
Mark Stewart, director
Andriessen & Akiho, Fri, Jul 28 4:30pm
Louis Andriessen, De Snelheid (18’) arr. James Polk
Ken Thomson, conductor
Abrielle Scott, alto flute
Anne Pinkerton, oboe
Maya Stone, bassoon
Lucas Nunes Gianini, clarinet
Kathryn Vetter, bass clarinet
Laura J. Martínez, alto saxophone
William Pyle, alto saxophone
Jacob Nance, alto saxophone
David Cossin, temple blocks
Dylan Ofrias, temple blocks
Luciano Medina, percussion
Madeline Hildebrand, keyboard
Vicky Chow, keyboard
Sing-Yat Betty Chen, keyboard
Iwo Jedynecki, accordion
Mark Stewart, electric guitar
Pete Harden, electric guitar
JP Bernabe, electric bass
Claire Litwinowicz, violin
Spotlight on Joan Tower, Fri, Jul 28 8:00pm
Joan Tower, Into the Night (15’)
Abrielle Scott, flute and piccolo
Lucas Nunes Gianini, clarinet
Elicia Neo, violin
Nick Photinos, cello
Sing-Yat Betty Chen, piano
Luciano Medina, vibraphone
Spotlight on David Sanford, Fri, Jul 28 10:30pm
David Sanford, Long Time Coming (20’)
Laura J. Martínez, alto saxophone
Sing-Yat Betty Chen, piano
Elizabeth Kate Hall-Keough, cello
Gregg August, double bass
Newest Voices World Premiere Concert II, Sat, Jul 29 12:00pm (40’)
Bobby Ge, OF A FEATHER
Lucy McKnight, Coyote Hill
Jacob Ridderberg, Swallow
Celka Ojakangas, all creatures small and LOUD
Todd Reynolds, conductor
Abrielle Scott, flute and piccolo
Anne Pinkerton, oboe
Lucas Nunes Gianini, clarinet and bass clarinet
Maya Stone, bassoon
William Pyle, soprano and alto saxophone
Ethan Strickland, percussion
Sing-Yat Betty Chen, piano
Claire Litwinowicz, violin
Santiago Velo Quintairos, viola
Elizabeth Kate Hall-Keough, cello
JP Bernabe, double bass
Adrian Knight Twinlings, Sat, Jul 29 2:00pm (18’)
Sing-Yat Betty Chen, keyboard
Madeline Hildebrand, keyboard
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selected COMPOSITIONS
cHRONOTOPE_[ ]
a series of chamber works
SHATTERED SKY/REMAINING LAND
for large orchestra
TO TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT IT LEFT
for string orchestra
waste-land sequentia
a series of solo- electroacoustic compositions
cascading trances… of layered time
for string quartet and film
Oscillation~
for sinfonietta
through the fractured wake of that long forgotten pipedream
for electric guitar solo
through the mirage on warm sands slipped a passage of time
for acoustic guitar solo
PERFORMANCES
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Contact
For inquiries about collaborations, performances, or lessons in piano, composition, or music theory, please fill out the form below. I’d love to hear from you and explore new creative possibilities together!
Alternatively, you can reach me directly at singyat.musik@gmail.com.