Jixue Yang (BM ’18, MM ’20, DMA Candidate), Artistic Director, Producer, and Pianist Lulu Yueyi Wang and Tian Qin, Visual Artists
TIAN QIN (BM ’22) *GG Prelude YA-LAN CHAN (MM ’16, DMA ’23) *Kintsugi HUIJUAN LING *A Darkness Ever So Soft ANRUO CHENG Reflections (with thanks to Eunmi Ko and the MUTED Project) III. My Dear Absent Voice CHUJUN LI (MM ’20) *Forgotten Maria JEE WON KIM (MM ’20) *막 / 幕 / veil I. Am I myself II. or just a shadow? *World Premiere
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Ades Performance Space Manhattan School of Music 130 Claremont Avenue New York, New York 10027
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Jixue Yang is a pianist and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) candidate at the Manhattan School of Music. Her work explores the intersection of classical and contemporary music, integrating extended techniques, electroacoustic elements, and multimedia. She has received recognition such as the Gold Award at the Singapore International Music Competition and has participated in festivals including Nief-Norf, Cortona Sessions, and Sinuston Festival.
As a founding member of the electroacoustic trio Apply Triangle, Yang released the triple album Oxalis Triangularis, featuring 33 commissioned works for piano and electronics by composers from across the globe. Supported by Chamber Music America’s Ensemble Forward grant, the project showcases her commitment to redefining the piano as a medium of sonic experimentation and collaborative authorship. Through performance, curation, and recording, she seeks to reposition the piano as a dynamic site for resistance, agency, and shared narrative.
Through her performances and research, she remains committed to learning, collaboration, and amplifying underrepresented voices in contemporary music.
imUnsure is an interdisciplinary piano+ performance curated and performed by pianist Jixue Yang, co-created with diasporic East Asian women musicians and artists. Blending piano, electronic soundscapes, and immersive visuals, the performance presents newly commissioned works that explore imposed identities (U) versus the inner self (i). Through themes of cultural displacement, intergenerational trauma, and the search for authentic self-expression amid societal expectations, the concert stage is transformed into a space for reflection, resistance, and storytelling.
This project has been made possible with the support of the Manhattan School of Music, the International Foundation for Contemporary Music’s Cortona Sessions for New Music (fiscal sponsorship), and the Houston Arts Alliance’s Let Creativity Happen grant. It is presented in collaboration with THE BLANC Gallery, Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival, Montrose Project, and Houston Trinity Episcopal Church.
Learn More https://yangjixue.com/imunsure/
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