John Han Xu许瀚

Xu Han 许瀚 (Beijing, China) is a composer, scholar, sound artist, trombone and euphonium player, instrument hacker, coder, and improviser who draws inspiration from Buddhist philosophy and hands-on aesthetics. Han is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Peking University School of Arts. Han holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition and Sound Studies from Cornell University, as well as master’s degrees in composition, with distinction, and performance from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester, UK. Han has studied with Benjamin D. Piekut, Trevor J. Pinch, Adam Gorb, Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri, Kevin Ernste, Emily Howard, Roberto Sierra, and Blake Stevens.

Han’s works have been performed by the London Symphony Orchestra (UK), BBC Singers (UK), Wet Ink Ensemble (USA), Israeli Chamber Project (Israel), Composers Conference Ensemble (USA) with conductor Vimbayi Kaziboni, Red Desert Ensemble (USA), Yarn/Wire (USA), Greg Stuart (USA), Sara Zazo Romero (Spain), Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra (USA), KOE Duo (USA), NOMON (USA), Manchester Camerata (UK), 19 SoundLab (China), Tacet(i) Ensemble (Thailand), Cornell Festival Chamber Orchestra (USA), and RNCM Symphony Orchestra (UK).

Han has received scholarships and funding from the Peking University Boya Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sage Fellowship of the Graduate School at Cornell University (USA), Otto R. Stahl Memorial Award (USA), Darmstadt Summer Course (Germany), Shanghai Concert Hall (China), Sound Art Museum (China), Composers Conference–Fromm Foundation Composition Fellowship (USA), England Council (UK), LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme (UK), Cornell Council for the Arts (USA), RNCM School of Composition (UK), and RNCM School of Wind, Brass and Percussion (UK). Han is also a recipient of the British composer Arnold Cooke Award (UK) and the London Symphony Orchestra Bursary (UK).