China: Beijing: Peking University: 24–27 June: EMS2027: The Nature of Electroacoustic Music: Xu Han, Concert Committee member US: Horizon Ensemble: 15–16 May: Justice and Joy: A Few Practices of Chinese Acoustic Justice: Julian Gau, conductor: Planned sinfonietta performance for AAPI Heritage Month
Publication: Chinese Arts, no. 4: 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: Journal article release Publication: International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, vol. 57, no. 1, June, pp. 125–151: John Han Xu: Composition as Translation: The Critical Reception of Tan Dun and Liang Lei in a Multicultural Context: A&HCI journal article release Publication: Chinese Arts, no. 1, pp. 71–79: Blake Stevens and John Han Xu: Sound Ecology in Tan Dun’s ‘Organic Music’: Journal article release; reposted by Contemporary Music Review (China) China: Beijing: School of Music: 14 November, 19:00–21:00: Between Tradition and the Present: In Quest of “Chineseness” in Music Practice: Xu Han, performance lecture Japan: Japanese Society for Sonic Arts: Forthcoming: The Sonic Arts Lab at Peking University: A Working Report after Three Years of Experimentation: Conference presentation China: Beijing: Peking University School of Arts: 12 June, 19:00: Sound as More Than Sound in Recent Australian and New Zealand Art: Xu Han, invited discussant China: Beijing: School of Arts, Peking University: AI Film Music Creation Workflow: Invited lecture and four-hour workshop for MFA Film students
Publication: Huangzhong: Journal of Wuhan Conservatory of Music, no. 1, pp. 48–59: John Han Xu: Constructing a Genealogy of Knowledge in Pierre Schaeffer’s Theoretical Thought: Journal article release China: Shenzhen: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen: 22 October, 17:00: Questioning AI’s Impact on Music: Invited lecture China: Beijing: Peking University School of Arts: 16 September, 18:30: Musicology PhD Colloquium Series: First Colloquium: Invited expert respondent China: Harbin: Harbin Grand Theatre: 26–31 July: 20th World Saxophone Congress: Sara Zazo Romero, saxophone: Where the Clocks Once Aligned: Commissioned work and performance US: Winter Park, Florida: Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts: 27 June: A Few Practices of Chinese Acoustic Justice: Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra: Performance Australia: Canberra: Australian National University: NIME: 26–27 June: Bending Nature: An Architectural Sound Installation Exploring the Resonance of Architectural Texture and Natural Sound: Conference paper and installation China: Beijing: Central Conservatory of Music: 22 June, 15:00: Expression of Intuitive Desire: Digital score and presentation US: Boston: International Computer Music Conference: 8–14 June: Blind Opera 2.1 / Bathing the Buddha: Club concert and listening room US: San Diego: University of California, San Diego: 2 June, 17:00: Practices Based on Acoustic Facts: Invited lecture China: Beijing: Central Conservatory of Music: 21 May, 09:30: Rootless Sonic Practices? Artistic Practice: From Composition to Sound Art: Invited lecture China: Shanghai: Cadillac · Shanghai Concert Hall: 15 March, 14:00–15:30: Blind Opera: Music, Body and Architectural Improvisation: Performance and workshop China: Beijing: Sound Art Museum: 9 March–8 April: Fractured Continuum: Thoughts That Wander with the Wind: Commissioned kite sound installation China: Guangzhou: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou: Rootless Sonic Practices? The Shift from Modernist Music to Sound Art Shaped by Technological Paths: Invited lecture
US: New Hampshire: Avaloch Farm Music Institute: 4 August: A Midday Dream, Entangled in the Folds of a Closed Chinese Fan: Composers Conference 80th Anniversary: 8 for 80 commission supported by the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University: World premiere
Germany: Darmstadt: 5–19 August: Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music: Full-scholarship participant; meeting with George E. Lewis US: Boscawen, New Hampshire: Composers Conference: 23 July–6 August: A Few Practices of Chinese Acoustic Justice: Composers Conference Ensemble: Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor: World premiere
US: Red Desert Ensemble: Reassembling Sense: Premiere for deep learning and four channels, comprising movable channels for bending clarinet and metal tube with a stereo channel US: 12–15 September: Greg Stuart, percussion: Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum?: Rehearsal and premiere
US: Israeli Chamber Project: Étude No.1: Premiere US: New York City: Yarn/Wire: Étude No.8 M&W: First performance and collaboration US / online: Wet Ink Ensemble: Illusions: Online presentation for ensemble and partials installation
US: Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Moog Festival: Étude No.3 · Peking Opera in the Fog: Premiere of the eight-channel electroacoustic work US / online: Buddha’s Light International Association and Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center: Étude No.5 · Cyber Buddha: Commission for electronics, chanting and virtual interactive installation; documented by the Cornell Chronicle Thailand: Bangkok / online: Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium: 15–20 December: Blind Opera / Étude No.7: Performances and symposium presentation
China: GongGeng College: January: Chen Qigang Music Workshop: Selected participant; Chen Qigang, composition director and Head of the Adjudication Committee for the NCPA Young Composer Programme
UK: London: London Symphony Orchestra: 2017–18 Panufnik Composers Scheme: Han selected as one of six composers UK: London: LSO St Luke’s: 18 March: London Symphony Orchestra · François-Xavier Roth, conductor: Buddha Holds the Flower: Through the Ashes of the Fragrance, the Blissful Grandeur Rises: Performance for the LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme China: Beijing: International Platform, China Conservatory of Music (IPCCM): 19 June: The London Symphony Orchestra: Composers’ Workshop & Lecture: Lecture and composers’ workshop
UK: Royal Northern College of Music: New Music North West: BBC Philharmonic: Han selected as one of three finalists UK: Manchester: BBC Radio Manchester, Eastern Horizon: 7 May: Interview with Han Xu
UK: Royal Northern College of Music: Paramita: Buddhist choir and symphony orchestra performance, recorded and broadcast by the Buddha’s Light International Association television station
UK: London / Manchester: BBC Singers Workshop: 24 November; BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 26 November: Stillness: Rehearsal recorded by BBC Radio and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 UK: Manchester: Manchester Camerata: err.: Premiere