Infused with Silent Voices premiered by Abbey Felton and Ensemble Offspring on Oct 23rd 2023
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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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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"
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.
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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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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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"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
ON THE HORIZON FOR 2024...
Pan creates colourful and dramatic scores for concert, film and game music.
ABC Classic
TEA BREAK
A multi-sensory journey through the world of tea, culture and music
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About
Composer, Sound Designer, Pianist
Christine Pan is known for her versatility in style and malleability in form. Her compositions intertwine Australian and Asian aesthetics and are often developed from psychological and spiritual frameworks. Her practice spans into various areas of gaming, science, palliative care, film and sound design for theatre.
Christine started her career as game music composer with No Moss Studios. Her art music has been performed by leading musicians, including the Goldner Quartet, WASO, Ensemble Offspring, Orchestra Victoria whilst also receiving commissions for Vivid Sydney and Musica Viva and ABC Classic. Her works have been performed at Accademia Chigiana (Italy), KUACMI (Kansas, USA), Fairbanks Summer Festival (Alaska, USA) and published in Women & Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture, Nebraska Press.
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