Wang Lu

Excerpt from "Riffs and Flow," a new piece for mixed Chinese ensemble featuring @yangjin_pipa @xiajing1111 @cathy.yang_erhu Wu Wei (percussion), and myself on piano, premiered this past weekend at @harvardcamlab 's "Under One Sky" in honor of @tzuchiusa 's 60th Anniversary concert. Thank you to the brilliant musicians for creating this work together! @chinesemusiciansassociationna

THIS JUNE, Next Fest brings our world premiere program centering immigrant women composers to Brooklyn's @nationalsawdust , "The city's most vital new-music hall" (@nytimes ). SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2026 | 7:30 PM National Sawdust 80 N 6th Street Brooklyn, NY 11249 LEARN MORE: [link in bio] next-fest.org/attend Artistic Director @peteraskim leads the string orchestra in bold world premieres by the GRAMMY®-nominated @andrea_casarrubios (Spain), @niloufar.nourbakhsh (Iran/US), @adeliiacomposer (Uzbekistan), and @wanglu.composer (China), alongside timely works by @clariceassad (Brazil) and Aleksandra Vrebalov (Serbia). Graphic by @joelpeterjohnson #brooklynmusic #newmusic #contemporaryclassical #stringmusic #immigrantvoices

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹: 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 From 6 to 7 June 2026, Hans Thomalla @hans.thomalla and Wang Lu @wanglu.composer , two internationally renowned composers, will host a contemporary opera workshop at the Goethe-Institut China. Composers, theater artists, and others interested in contemporary Western opera (including music theatre) or in new forms of vocal and musical storytelling are invited to participate in this workshop, where they will receive feedback on their opera and music-theater projects or ideas—whether they are fully formed or early-stage inspirations— from the instructors, and discuss them with other participants. - Workshop Days: Saturday June 6th (afternoon), Sunday June 7th (late morning until 6pm) - Workshop Language: English - Deadline for submissions of projects: April 28th 2026 - Notification of projects selected for discussion: May 15th 2026 More information about the workshop and the application process can be found at: https://bit.ly/4cja41p ✨公开招募：2026北京当代歌剧/音乐剧场工作坊 在当代艺术不断跨界与融合和背景下，歌剧——这一结合了声、乐和叙事的艺术形式正焕发着崭新的生命力。 2026年6月6日至7日，北京德国文化中心·歌德学院（中国）邀请国际知名作曲家汉斯·托马拉和王璐在歌德学院798空间举办当代歌剧/音乐剧场工作坊，旨在探索声音与音乐叙事的新形式。工作坊面向作曲家、表演艺术家、写作者以及广大对当代歌剧或音乐剧场感兴趣的参与者开放。工作坊将结合项目展示与讨论，呈现欧美当代歌剧领域的最新趋势，探讨个人的项目和创意。 工作坊将全程以英语进行，现招募参与者。 申请截止日期：2026年4月28日。成功申请者将于5月15日前获得主办方通知。未获得通知者默认为申请未成功。 工作坊及报名详情请见：https://bit.ly/4cja41p #worshop #opera #musictheatre #china

Over the last few weeks we’ve had the good fortune of welcoming some extraordinary guests to interact with our community at Brown. Thank you George Lewis, @chayaczernowin7 , and @hans.thomalla for your insights on your own work and feedback for our comp students. Thank you Victoria Chang (@fattery12 ) for coming to talk ekphrasis in my comp seminar, and also for our Public Humanities talk organized by @uhlenna . Thanks @ekmelesvocalensemble for a residency that gave us the out-of-body experience of Stockhausen’s Stimming and premieres of six new grad composer works. And though not pictured, thank you also to Ash Fure and Peter Bussigel @alreadyfuture for leaving us with such a vivid impression of your work.

Presenter Partners Alert! On March 23rd, the Harlem Chamber Players presents the 5th Annual Women of the Movements Concert, an evening celebrating the voices of living women composers in a dynamic and forward-looking program. Featuring works by Shelley Washington, Lisa Ralia Heffter, Wang Lu, and Angélique Kidjo, the concert also highlights a world premiere by Bora Yoon, performed by an outstanding ensemble featuring percussionist Vong Pak and the Harlem Chamber Players. This free event takes place at Columbia University’s Lee C. Bollinger Forum—RSVP required. For more info as well as to RSVP, please visit https://shorturl.at/1dBxo . . . . . . . #classicalmusic #composers #composersofinstagram #nyc #musicnyc

¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! The People United Will Never Be Defeated! Part patchwork, part exquisite corpse, 18 composers were invited by the @nyphilharmonic to make our own orchestral commentaries on Frederic Rzewski’s classic piano variations based on Sergio Ortega’s song. Being together with this cohort and listening to the work take collective shape was an intensely moving experience. The orchestra was all in with @gustavodudamel and in life-affirming renditions of the Eroica symphony. It was a joyous, wordless celebration and protest rolled into one. At the post-concert toast, Tania León recognized the great Ursula Oppens, who premiered the original in 1976 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. We were honored to contribute to the project, celebrating #usa250, which stemmed from the brilliant conception of @patric_astillo and the NYPhil artistic planning team (Thank you Beth, Henry, and Lauren!). And thanks to the patrons who helped make the commissions possible, including @5wengfriedmans for Wang Lu’s (pictured here) and @acornarleneld . There are two more performances, tonight and next Tuesday. 📷#3 @brandonpatoc

What a thrilling night at Lincoln Center! Not only was I there for the historic world premiere of The People United Will Never Be Defeated 2026—but I was honored to have commissioned one of the variations by the brilliant composer @wanglu.composer ! This powerful, inspiring orchestration of Frederic Rzewski’s Theme and 36 piano variations was reimagined by 18 composers from diverse backgrounds. Maestro @gustavodudamel led the @nyphilharmonic in a breathtaking performance—bravi tutti! It was an unforgettable celebration of new music- truly grateful to have played a small part in it!

“Voices of the Orchard” (10 min.) is a witty and vibrant orchestral suite inspired by ideas from my chamber opera “The Beekeeper”, with libretto by @kelley_rebecca . The work was written in 2022 at Chicago Opera Theater as part of The Vanguard Initiative, under the mentorship of @lidiyaconductor

“Surge” for orchestra commissioned by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation and the @nyphilharmonic in 2022 was released last Friday on @newfocusrecordings by @bmopmusic alongside orchestra works by @anthonyscheung @ericnathanmusic and @butchrovan , recording engineered by Jim Moses.

20 years since graduating from the Central Conservatory of Music. Growing with all these wonderful classmates was a real gift for life. The music excerpt you hear is from a traditional Chinese ensemble work I composed during the time of undergraduate studies, titled "Qing Dan".

Terrains Friday, June 27 8:00pm Automata, 504 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Composer and percussionist Bonnie Whiting presents Stages, a performance art piece centering music for singing, speaking, and moving percussionist, developed collaboratively with composer Wang Lu. The project explores and unveils deeply hidden stages of consciousness and moves fluidly between them using sounds, bodily movements, vocalizations, and text recitations, while also employing familiar objects such as pot lids, infant music boxes, radios, solo cups, and thermal sheets.

An Excerpt from my new piece “On What Planet”- inspired by Kenneth Rexroth’s poem of the same title for ensemble of Pipa, Zheng, Erhu, Violin and Piano, premiered by @chinesemusiciansassociationna and guest pianist @ivoryshuai at @clevelandmuseumofart last weekend. Bravo to the wonderful musicians for this truly elegant interpretation. @yangjin_pipa @xiajing1111