The concept of this composition is to explore the sound by experimenting with the sound of the piano and its derivatives, the digitalized morphing transformed from the acoustic prepared-piano interacting with the sound of a regular tuning piano shows the limitless possibilities, extending the boundaries of the art of sound.
Excerpt from the manuscript of "Derivative"
Piano: Noshvia (Xuwei) Wu
Violin:Jingming Yi
Cello:Ningze Ma
Main Instruments: Piano, Violin, Cello.
The inspiration of this piece of music comes from a watercolor painting that the composer saw in an art exhibition. At that moment, she was really touched by the rendering effect of the picture. In this piece of music, the violoncello with low melody portrays water-drop as colorful; the violin is like the line which connects the colorful melody; the piano spreads the colors, rendering the picture freely. The music expresses an idea that the composer advocates the nature and yearns for the beautiful things.
“President” is inspired by the novel of the same name- by MiguelÁngelAsturias. In this composition, Noshvia compared each instrument to the inner character of the novel, using polyphonic techs to express the” conversation” of the “five instruments/ five people” from different angles and try to integrate literary works into the modern composition. Highlight the “tension”, “darkness”, and “repressive” atmosphere of the novel. “President” was performed In BEIJING 2018.
Texture “G” is a short piece based on the Granular Synthesis Technique, through the Granulator by stretching, dividing the Samples into very short pieces. This work is an exploration of the vivid sounds/unique sound creatures or so-called “Grains”.
This piece inspired by the communication between the sound fragments and time. Although these sounds are evolving, twisting, answering each other, But still holding the "quiet space", waiting for the response of "Time".
There are three movements in this piece:
Intro- (0:00-0:24)
“Time responding”- (0:07-0:08, 0:11-0:13, 0:16-0:20, 0:25-0:32)
Evolution- (0:33-1:28)
“Time responding”- (0:42-0:45, 0:48-0:49, 0:53-0:55, 0:58-1:01, 1:02-1:03, 1:06-1:07, 1:28-1:31)
Twisted! - (1:32-2:10)
“Time responding”- (1:37-1:41, 1:44-1:45, 1:54-1:55, 1:57-1:58)
"Night Swim"
Noshvia Wu - Hurt Somebody
(Official Video)
Noshvia Wu - Kid
(Official Video)
Noshvia Wu - Night Swim In The Bathtub
(Official Video)
"IMMERSIVE EMOTION"
Performance at MIT Media Lab
