Kueiju LIN ( 林桂如 )

photo by 劉人豪

Artist︱Kueiju LIN 
As a composer, Kueiju Lin enjoys working with acoustic and electroacoustic instruments, sound installations and interdisciplinary collaborations in both theater and dance. She is also an improviser on piano. Her debut album  “Classy Bluster - Improvised Music by Kueiju and Friends” is released in December 2010.

She holds a Bachelor degree in Composition from the Taipei National University of the Arts and a PhD. in Composition from University of California, San Diego.

She has collaborated with Taiwan’s Guo-Guang Opera Company, Taiwan Bangzi Company, M.O.V.E. Theatre Group, Mobius Strit Theatre, Dance Forum, Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company, theater director Xiao-Ping Lee, Hong-Zheng Fu, choreographer I-Fen Tung, amongst others. In 2009, she was the artist-in-residence in Perth, Australiz, sponsored by the Taipei Art Village, and exhibited her sound installation “listenning to the darkness” (in collaboration with Chris Tonkin) in the Totally Huge New Music Festival. In additions to her involvement in collaborative projects, she has received commissions from La Jolla Symphony and Chrous (U.S.A), Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (Canada), Forum Percussion Ensemble (Taiwan), amongst others. Her music has been performed in concerts and music festivals in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Israel, Australia, France, Poland, Canada and across the USA.

She is currently the music director of the M.O.V.E. Theater Group (Taipei), the founder of MeiMei Co-op and an adjunct assistant professor at the Taipei Municipal University of Education and the Fu-Jen Catholic University.



演出者︱林桂如
畢業於國立台北藝術大學音樂系，赴加州大學聖地牙哥分校音樂系進修作曲及電腦音樂，2008年獲作曲博士學位。現為動見体劇團音樂總監，及多所大學音樂系兼任助理教授。

音樂創作型態多元，除器樂創作外，亦投身音樂劇場、電腦音樂、裝置藝術等跨領域創作，並為電影、紀錄片、劇場及舞蹈作品擔任音樂設計工作。合作對象包括十方樂集、國光劇團、臺灣豫劇團、1/2Q劇場、莫比斯圓環創作公社、舞蹈空間舞蹈團、國家文藝獎得主李小平導演、台新藝術獎得主符宏征導演等。近期熱衷於鋼琴即興演奏，2010年底發行首張專輯「林桂如音樂即興現場實錄─古典音噪」。

2011年獲國藝會音樂類委託創作（十方樂集），2009年獲台北國際藝術村選為澳洲伯斯駐村藝術家，互動聲音裝置藝術作品"Listening to the Darkness"獲選於澳洲Totally Huge New Music Festival展出，2008年獲美國La Jolla Symphony and Chorus委託創作。音樂作品曾於台灣、日本、韓國、澳洲、法國、波蘭、加拿大、美國及以色列等各地音樂節演出。

近期獲邀參與劇場及舞蹈之音樂創作：動見体劇團《聲響肢體劇場－強力斷電》《屋簷下》《戰-二部曲》《阿拉伯之夜》《達爾文之後》《離心的居所》《道德神經》，國光劇團《霸王別姬-尋找失落的午後》，臺灣豫劇團《海玲50：梆子姑娘》，台大戲劇系學期公演─肢體意象劇場《關鍵時光》， 莫比斯圓環創作公社《哈奈馬仙之hamletb.》、舞蹈空間舞團《十號線》、董怡芬編舞作品─2011新人新視野《我沒有說》等。