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For the degree of master of multimedia composition in the graduate college of Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT), 2018 Master’s Committee: Professor Dr. Georg Hajdu, Professor Elmar Lampson Download the addendum: Libretto of ChatROM Abstract This thesis focuses on multimedia art works presented in multiple spaces. Multimedia technology is not only used as… Read more

Hatsune Miku For Academics And For Its Fans: More Than A VST? Dong Zhou Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT) Hatsune Miku is one of the most well-known phenomena of music technology and multimedia music. It was at first just marketing strategy of the Vocaloid virtual instrument, but now a lot of artists throughout… Read more

Result: “The great affairs of a state are sacrifice and war…” by Santa Bušs “Mashupapash” by Sergio Vasquez We will practice and perform some other pieces in our future concert as well. Thank you for supporting us! (简体中文版在下方) Gong Projekt is established in 2017. It is a community that connects musicians and composer-performers who are… Read more

Excerpts: https://youtu.be/gYwwAtv6iGM Elysion, paranoia or just data? ChatROM is an alternative opera performed in two rooms at the same time, about Anime, gender and the life in post-digital era. The story is between a lesbian animation fan (Webname: 404) and a transgender cosplayer (Webname: Sachiko). They met in an internet chatroom and started rethinking of… Read more

for 19-div Trumpet and electronics Premiere: 18.06.2016 HAW Production Lab, Hamburg, Germany 19-div Trumpet: Stephen Altoft Further performance: 15.05.2017 E-Werk, Kammertheater,Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany 19-div Trumpet: Stephen Altoft This piece will soon be published. Read more

Dong Zhou ist Komponist*in, Performer*in und lebt in Hamburg. Die künstlerische Praxis verbindet Musik, Performance und Medientechnologie. Im Zentrum stehen die Narrative der Technologie sowie die Transformation persönlicher Erfahrungen in performative Ausdrucksformen. Mit dem Soloprojekt Congee Rats begreift Zhou elektronische Musik als Ausgangspunkt für radikale Grenzgänge und entwirft ein verdichtetes, emotionales Universum: introspektiv, düster und… Read more

Premiere: 15.08.2015, Shanghai Minsheng Gallery City Maze is a multimedia musical theater in WFS system. It tells a story about the memory and the development of Shanghai. Composition: QIN, Yi  ZHOU, Dong  JIN, Weilong Interactive Design: WEN, Ruolun Watch experts of concert recording Read more

Premier: 08.06.2017, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg Angels and fairies are going to fall from heaven to the earth. They are preparing, preparing, but always not ready. I am waiting for that day, but till now, I am also not ready. Most of the sounds in this piece are based on recorded singing/ talking voice.… Read more

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