Opus1-People concerto
Everyone should create in their own way.
- Shiuan Chang
A little peak while In progress…
Opus1-People Concerto is a performance art piece that includes a composed theater and a real-time large-scale interactive sound installation complete with the collective creativity of, and performance by, its audience.
Opus1 takes an original approach to content and form by visualizing cause-and-consequence's complex fabric through a socially engaged, interactive, and collective real-time sonic composition. Inspired by forest ecosystems, where diverse sonic elements—birdsong, wind, water, and insects—form an evolving, self-organized soundscape, Opus1 explores how human movement, technology, and AI-driven soundscapes can create similar emergent musical structures. The installation breaks the barrier between stage and audience, creating a unique experience where the audience simultaneously functions as authors, performers, observers, and collaborators.
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Goal
To create an ever-evolving multidisciplinary work and interconnected infrastructures where people become the generators of sound—not just as performers, but as agents of perception, shaping sonic worlds through their presence, movement, and collective intention.
Concept | Shiuan & Yuan
Artistic Director | Shiuan Chang
Music Composition & Sound Design | Shiuan Chang
Installation | Yuanyuan Ma
Dramaturgy | Wo-Yao Hung
Audio & Sound Engineering | Shao-Ting Sun
Recording Engineering | Shao-Ting Sun
Lighting Design | Ray Zheng
International New Music Ensemble Collaborative Recording | Ictus Ensemble
International Collaborative Recording | Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Performing Musicians | Ictus Ensemble
Performing Dancer | Liu I-Ling
Producer | Emma Liao
Development Director | Joyce Chen
Stage Manager | Nick YuChen Hung
Technical Director | Ray-Pei Yu
Co-Production | WeiWuYing Performing Center of the Arts
Inviting Venue | National Taichung Theater
Co-developer: Quanta Research Institute
Technical Support: Quanta Research Institute
Touring planning | udnfunlife
International Development | Peter Boris (Pace Gallery)
Composition Commission Sponsorship | MUZIK 3 Foundation
Sound & Audio Engineering Sponsorship | LCY Education Foundation
Consultant | Huey-Mei Lee, Yong-Feng Chung Divooe Zein
More Information
Premiere:
Date: 2026 10th-12th, April at Weiwuying International Music Festival
Venue: Kaohsiung Weiwuying Center for Performing Arts
Live performancers: Ictus Ensemble & Li-Chin Li
pre-recorded music composition:
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Ictus Ensemble