Christine Pan Music

Recent Premiere

Umwelt MOMENTUM commission by AMC, performed by Patrick Vaughan at the Hansen Dyer Hall, Melbourne Dec 2nd 2024.

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CHRISTINE PAN'S FIRST SONG-CYCLE

WORLD PREMIERE

7:30PM FRI 27 JUNE + SAT 28 JUNE

Step into the sonic future with the world premiere of The Parts We Give, a bold new hyperpop song-cycle by Australian-Chinese composer Christine Pan.

This genre-blending, high-voltage performance rips apart the seams of classical tradition and stitches them back together with glitchy synths, distorted vocals, and raw emotional power. Didi and Jiejie exist in a space between memory and simulation—two siblings chasing echoes of a life they’re only beginning to understand. As they reconstruct a shared past shaped by sacrifice, care, and cultural pressure, they begin to question what was chosen, what was inherited, and what was ever truly theirs.

The Parts We Give is part concert, part transmission from another dimension. This one-hour concert reshapes the rules of music theatre, fusing opera and hyperpop into something radically new. Be the first to witness this genre-defying work at East Sydney Community and Arts Centre.

Creative Team:
Christine Pan - Composer, Librettist, Sound Designer
Wesley Yu - Tenor playing the role of Didi
Megan Kim - Soprano playing the role of Jiejie
Eklavya Mugil - Piano Accompanist
Nicole Pingon - Director and Dramaturg
Luna Ng - Lighting Designer
Hailley Hunt - Costume and Set Designer
Amy Zhang - Production Assistant
Ayako Ohtake - Development Artist
Dominic Lui - Development Artist
Paul Smith - Blush Opera Artistic Director and Producer

The Parts We Give will begin its worldwide journey in Sydney, with further performances with Blush Opera, University of New England, Parramatta Lanes and restaged by Tenth Muse Initiative in Perth in 2026. An international premiere is planned for the ACMI Conference in Los Angeles.

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The Parts We Give is supported by
the Arts Music Fund 2024
Creative Town Halls

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03 Jun

Groundbreaking new way to experience the world of Didi and Jiejie

06:00 pm

Same house. Same tasks. DIFFERENT Rules. Explore family dynamics from the POV of Didi or Jiejie. The Parts We Give the Game releasing VERY SOON. Stay tuned for more updates! by following @christinepanmusic and @fable_arts

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CREDITS — The Parts We Give, the Game
Game Development and Direction: Daniel Pini
Programming: Daniel Pini
Visual Art and Design: Daniel Pini
Game Narrative and Story Development: Daniel Pini, in consultation with Christine Pan for character development and Chinese Australian cultural elements
Original Music and Story (licensed): Christine Pan (from the song-cycle The Parts We Give)
Production: FABLE ARTS

Sunburst Lichen
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

PREMIERED 30TH JANUARY 2024

Inspired by the resilience of the Alaskan Sunburst Lichen, Xanthoria elegans, Christine Pan brings you a sonorous and exciting new work to be premiered by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as part of the Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers’ Program in 2024.

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LATEST RELEASE with ABC Classic

MOTIONS OF EQUINOX

"Christine Pan showcases the beauty of the harp through important silence and clever writing ....the work takes the listener on a deep journey through the different registers, textures and sonorities"

Cameron Lam LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE

Pan collaborated with harpist Kate Moloney to compose this work inspired by sociology and physics. Seeing the similarity between the "spins" of relationships and figure-skating, Motions of Equinox explores the dynamics of human interactions through the structural and harmonic trajectory of the piece.
I. Blind Euphoria
II. Nostalgia for Celestial Bodies

ABC Classic is thrilled to be releasing the fifth volume in our now annual celebration of Australia’s female composers, Women of Note. Released to coincide with International Women’s Day (8 March 2023), this album presents music from five rising stars in the Australian art music scene – Christine Pan, Heather Percy, Ella Macens, Marlene Cummins and Elizabeth Younan – plus two of the most respected women composing today: Anne Boyd and Deborah Cheetham Fraillon. In Motions of Equinox, Christine Pan finds an unexpected meeting point between human relationships and the laws of physics in the twists and glides of figure skating.
- ABC Classic

LATEST ELECTROACOUSTIC SINGLE

TIME CAPSULE

Pan’s first single ‘Time Capsule’ is created as an audio-visual project with Australian-Filipinx animator Bea Brabante. The track is a study of the current self and the inner child, the difficulties of surviving in an inter-cultural space and all the societal, familial and financial pressures that come with being a first gen Australian-Asian. Blending the bel canto and Chinese opera techniques, Pan layers immersive vocal harmonies with beats sampled from the shuffling of Mahjong tiles. The work is cathartically vulnerable and aims to provide spiritual care for our inner child. It has a message of care and self-compassion, not trying to solve anything but simply sitting and embracing our emotions.

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SCORES

TRACKS

PREMIERES

Christine Pan is all about people and the human condition, how we behave in certain ways and what drives us. Pan takes pride in meticulously researching the world around her.

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RECENT REVIEWS AND ARTICLES

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BM Gazette

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Limelight

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"For me, it's not about what kind of music I write, it's about the people, their stories, and the explosive excitement of a potentially amazing collaboration. Just have fun!"

Christine Pan