Lih Qun is a composer, electronic producer and musician. She explores the full percussive and lyrical range of the cello, drawing on sound effect worlds created through electronic production and vocal textures, her sets travel through complex aural-hallucinatory worlds of intricately shifting landscapes. A composer for theatre, contemporary dance and circus, she uses cinematic orchestration, opera, dystopian electronic beats, story telling and soundscape to create narratives.
A classically trained musician for over 30 years, and a composer and producer for the last 10, Lih Qun works with a large palette that shifts effortlessly between cinematic modern classical, sonic environment and electronica. She has an implicit understanding of how to mix genres and unusual instrumentations to create a dynamic yet very human and touching soundtrack.
CV
2021
Roadburn Redux festival
In collaboration with Die Wilde Jagd
“Haut” (album performance)
“Atem” (new commission for Roadburn Redux)
“Working title” composition commission for Joy Alpuerto Ritter as part of Akram Khan Company in collaboration with Malta dance school
“UNDA” DanceInversion Festival (Moscow, Stanislavsky Theatre)
2020
“Rage” short film composition for choreographer Joy Alpuerto Ritter for Ballet Black (London)
“VACIO” for Cia Omkara (Berlin) (Composer, performer)
“La Tabula Rosa” Düsseldorf Arts Festival (Production: URBANATIX)
Artist-in-residence “CAN 7” Formentera (Spain) with Raz O’hara
Ibiza Concert Tour with Raz O’hara (venues: La Granja, Sabine, CAN 7, The Beach House)
“UNDA” Isadora Now (London, Barbican Theatre ) Feb 21-29
(Choreographer Christine Joy Ritter) produced by the Viviana Durante Company (Composer, performer)
2019
“Hoy er Wer da ?” Hoyerswerda KUFA Tanz Project (Composer, performer)
Gefördet durch die Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung und die Lausitzer Seenlandstiftung
Vacio for Cia Omkara (English Theatre Berlin) (Composer, performer)
La Granja, Ibiza 2019 (with Raz O’hara)
NAS festival, Berlin 2019 (solo and with Raz O’hara)
Sisyphos, Berlin 2019 (with Raz O’hara)
“Dummylab” (Base-Berlin) Hannover GOP (Composer/performer)
2018
“DUMMY” (Base-Berlin) (2018) München GOP
“URBANTIX- Grooftop” (2018) Wolfsburg Festival
Cellist/Loopstation
“VACIO” OMKARA productions (2018) Barcelona, Berlin, Prague
Cellist /producer/ co-composer
“Dolores (Schmerz)” Hong Thai Nguyen (2018) (Theatre der Jugend Welt) Leipzig
Composer/Producer/Cellist/Pianist
2017
“Urbanatix – Grooftop ” (2017) Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum
Cellist/Loopstation
“Das SMACC” (2017) Berlin
Cellist/Loopstation
“Body Poems” (2017) New Zealand
“2005” Cie Clone; Toulouse, Paris (2016) (theatre)
Composer
2016
“Hysteria” Berlin (2016) (short film independent)
Composer, actor
“Body Poems” (2016) (Berlin, SE Asia, Middle east, Australasia)
Cellist, composer
“Dynamic Huangshan” for choreographer Yan Li Ping. Huang Shan, China (2016) (circus/theatre)
Composer, Musical Director
“EXIT” (Germany/Canada) (Short Film independent)
Composer
2015
“Dummy Lab” Chamäleon Theatre; Berlin (2015) (circus/theatre)
Composer, Cellist
“Faites La Place” Trafic de Styles; Paris (2014) (Dance Theatre
Musical Director/Composer
“ Soiling Eve” for choreographer Chris Rudd with The Peter London Global Dance Theatre; New York (2014)
Composer
”Enveloppes Timbrées” Trafic de Styles; Paris (2012)
Musical Director/Composer
“Dummy” Base Berlin; Berlin (2010- 2012)
Composer, performer
BOB Collective – resident composer
“In Search of Light”
2014 Bagni Di Lucca Arts Festival
2013 Blaue Kei Theatre, Veghel, Netherlands
2010 Edinburgh Fringe festival
2010 Villa San Rocco, Tuscany, Italy : creative research residency
“Bob” August 2012 (Potsdam Fabrik, Germany)
Perfomance and creation as Artists-In-Residence
“Lines” Oct – Dec 2010 (Potsdam Fabrik/Base-Berlin)
Performance and creation of “Lines” as Artists-in Residence
“Benabbio” (2010-11) (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Eindhoven International Wintercircus , Park Theatre.
“The Glass Menagerie” (2010) Micradanses, Paris, France.
