About Me

Chang Ge is a Chinese composer and pianist, currently based in the UK. She is interested in generating new translative compositional aesthetics and techniques through close engagement with various art forms, focusing on bridging gradual transitions and fostering a dialogue between auditory and visual experiences. Her work reflects her interest in transcultural, translinguistic, and transdisciplinary artistic knowledge, exploring how these elements intersect to create innovative and meaningful artistic expressions.

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Her music has been performed internationally at venues that include the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, St. Petersburg International New Music Festival, the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, the National Association of Composers USA National Conference, The Wrong Gallery and the King's College Chapel, etc. Her work has been performed by King's College London Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Universiti Teknologi MARA Conservatory of Music, Quatuor Bozzini, Lontano Ensemble, Orchestra of the Swan and Thallein Ensemble, the Pavilion Ensemble, pianist William Howard and vocal artist Yifan Shao and so on. Recently, she presented her solo exhibition Circles / Rehearsal, an interdisciplinary installation at Wildfire Theatre, Hangzhou, China. She was the Assistant Producer in Eagle Media in Shanghai. She was the winner of the John Mayer Prize (2025). Her Unchanging Changes was placed second in the 2025 St. Petersburg - Shanghai Soundways international composition competition and her electronic piece Mountains Answer won the Second Prize in the 5th Feng Zikai World Internet Music Competition 2025.

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She is currently a PhD music composition student at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where she studies with Joe Cutler, Howard Skempton and Carrie Churnside. She completed her Master’s degree with distinction at King’s College London under the supervision of Edward Nesbit. Her music has been published by Universal Edition since 2025.

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Publisher: https://www.universaledition.com/en/Contacts/Chang-Ge/