Winnie Huang

Winnie Huang, this year’s “artiste étoile” at Lucerne Festival, was born in China, raised in Australia, and is now primarily active in Europe – as a violinist, gestural performer, composer, and artistic researcher. She is co-director and violinist of the Paris-based contemporary music ensemble soundinitiative. Huang’s experience as a participant in the Lucerne Festival Academy was formative. She currently maintains a close association with Lucerne Festival as a Contemporary Leader, serving as a curator for the Forward Festival and as a violin coach each summer. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Trustees for Eavesdropping London and on the advisory board for the journal FORUM+. Central to Huang’s artistic vision is her ongoing collaboration with both emerging and established composers, including Liza Lim, Jessie Marino, Richard Barrett, Kristine Tjøgersen, Charlie Sdraulig, Bernhard Lang, Sivan Cohen Elias, Michael Beil, and Clara Iannotta. She regularly performs with ensembles such as Nadar Ensemble, lovemusic, Ensemble Linea, and Down the Rabbit Hole and appears at such leading festivals as Ars Musica in Brussels, Donaueschinger Musiktage, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, MaerzMusik in Berlin, ManiFeste in Paris, the Ruhrtriennale, and Warsaw Autumn. Career highlights have included solo performances at the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Lucerne Festival. Huang has a particular passion for musical-gestural projects, which she develops either independently or in close collaboration with composers. Following several years as an assistant professor of artistic research at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Huang – who has taught as a guest lecturer at numerous international institutions – was appointed Associate Professor for Research in Music Performance at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano in 2025.

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March 2025

se-Australian violinist, violist, gestural performance artist and composer currently based between Belgium and France. An active performer of new music, Winnie is a founding member and solo violinist of Paris based new music ensemble soundinitiative and co-founder and member of performative duo LookOut.
She continually works with emerging and established composers and regularly performs with international ensembles at international festivals such as Ars Musica, Musikfest Berlin, Manifeste, Klang Festival, Festival Royaumont, Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik, Lucerne Festival, Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt, Ruhrtriennale, BIFEM, Brisbane Festival, Wawsaw Autumn and Donaueschingen Festival among others. Career highlights have included solo performances at the Berlin Philharmonie, KKL Lucerne, and the Elbphilharmonie, among many international ensemble tours in Europe, USA and Australia. An engaging educator, Winnie has consistently taught in Australia, France and Belgium and her interest in the performance of musical-gestural pieces is explored frequently through her own original compositions and collaborating with other composers, developing highly gestural contemporary works, while academically, Winnie continues her doctoral artistic research in the field of musical-gestures and physical performance awareness.

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August 2021