Kefan Cao, Baoxin Luo, Zuoqi Zhong, and John Han Xu. “The Loss of Technical Control and the Return of the Human: Networked Musical Performance Based on Digital Scores.” Chinese Arts, no. 4, 2026.
CNKI recordJohn Han Xu. International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, vol. 57, no. 1, June 2026, pp. 125–151.
DOI: 10.21857/mjrl3urzk9Blake Stevens and John Han Xu. “Sound Ecology in Tan Dun’s ‘Organic Music.’” Chinese Arts, no. 1, 2026, pp. 71–79.
John Han Xu. “Constructing a Genealogy of Knowledge in Pierre Schaeffer’s Theoretical Thought.” Huangzhong: Journal of Wuhan Conservatory of Music, no. 1, 2025, pp. 48–59.
DOI: 10.19706/j.cnki.cn42-1062/j.2025.01.005Electroacoustic Music Studies Network · Peking University, Beijing.
Blake Stevens · Annie Yen-Ling Liu · John Han Xu. Japanese Society for Sonic Arts.
John Han Xu and Zehao Wang. “Bending Nature: An Architectural Sound Installation Exploring the Resonance of Architectural Texture and Natural Sound.” Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2025), Canberra, Australia, 24–27 June 2025.
Proceedings & paperSelected for the 50th International Computer Music Conference, a leading international forum for computer music: programmed eyeless mask and fixed media.
Caleb Kelly · Peking University Boya Art Forum No. 138.
School of Arts, Peking University · MFA Film.
Boya Young Scholars Forum · School of Arts, Peking University.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.
Department of Music, University of California, San Diego.
Composition Department, Central Conservatory of Music.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou.
A digital score with real-time feedback from the audience. Department of Music AI and Music Information Technology.
A feature on Blind Opera and its spatial sound practice at Shanghai Concert Hall.
Read featureTwo companion reports document the programmed masks, spatial listening, audience participation and the creators’ post-performance discussion.
Ye Chenliang and Li Jinsong follow the work through Shanghai Concert Hall, showing how sensor data becomes sound and guides architectural improvisation.
Zhang Hengwei’s photographic report records the programmed mask, unscripted improvisation, spatial navigation, audience participation and the creators’ explanation of the sensors.
A feature on technology and live performance that interviews John Han Xu and Zehao Wang about transferring narrative authority to space and the body.
Read featureThe DIGI MUSE announcement introduces the programmed masks, spatial listening, creators John Han Xu and Zehao Wang, and art director Linya Huang.
A DIGI MUSE preview with the schedule and introductions to Blind Opera, John Han Xu, Zehao Wang and Linya Huang.
Read previewA Numéro Art China feature on Blind Opera, its programmed eyeless masks, spatial sound, and reflection on technological blindness, published 21 March 2025.
An Art China feature on the exhibition Fractured Continuum at the Beijing Sound Art Museum, including John Han Xu’s outdoor kite-based sound installation Thoughts That Wander with the Wind.
An interview with John Han Xu on composition, sound art, and research practice. Numéro Art China, issue 8, Winter 2023.