Larry SHUEN is a Hong Kong composer and multidisciplinary artist. Heavily inspired by classical music and composition training, Shuen’s works are often derived from music, sounds, and listening. His artistic practice includes concert music, film scoring, interactive programming, video essay, sound art, installation art, and media art, through which Shuen expresses his thoughts on life and surroundings.
Shuen has been active in theatre production in recent years. He is the sound designer of Six Mouths, an annual production by Unlock Dancing Plaza in 2022. Shuen’s recent multidisciplinary work Goin’ Goin’, a collaboration with artist Cheng Nga Yan, explores a superimposed relationship between sound, virtual navigation, and an exercising body. Shuen also closely exchanges ideas and collaborates with a number of local artists, including Lawrence Lau, Ho-chi So, nnscya (aka. Annisa Cheung), Karen Yu, Joseph Lee, Kenneth Hui Ka Chun, Wai Lok Chan, Human Architects, etc.
孫禮賢，香港作曲家及跨領域藝術家。深受古典音樂及作曲訓練所啟發，孫氏的作品多數以音樂、聲音、聆聽為出發點。音樂會作品、配樂、交互編程、錄像文章、聲音藝術、裝置藝術及媒體藝術皆是他的創作範疇，藉此探討對自身及其環境的所思所感。
孫氏近年活躍於劇場創作，2022年於不加鎖舞踊館年度製作《品品》擔任聲音設計。近期跨領域創作《走走》與藝術家鄭雅茵探索聲音、虛擬導航及運動中的身體的層疊關係。孫氏亦常與劉曉江、蘇浩慈、張靜瑜、余林橞、李偉能、許家俊、陳偉樂、人人建築等本地藝術家互相交流及合作。
Exhibitions
2022. Moving Space(s) at Oil Street Art Space.
2021. AfterLive.
2019. Microcosm || Magnetism: SCM MFA Show 2019.
2019. Tai Po Youth Arts Festival 2019 – Let Bygones Be Bygones.
2018. Sonic Anchor Special Series: Sound Forms – Fresh Form 1.
2018. Unravel: SCM MFA Student Show 2018.
2017. Transient Inflections: A Selection of Works from the SCM Creative Media Show 2017.
2017. Robert Lettner: New Wunderkammer Of Rococo + Utopia Of Ornaments.
Performances
2022. West Kowloon - Jazz Fest Experimental Lab.
2022. Chan Wai Lok’s interactive choreography - In the Cloud.
2022. West Kowloon - Sonic Encounter.
2022. Goin’ Goin’, Unlock Dancing Plaza Open Field Vol.1.
2021. Goin’ Goin’, CMHK Sonic Anchor #34.
2020. Out Of Our Heads (OOOH!).
2019. Ftarri Live.
2019. Microcosm || Magnetism: SCM MFA Show 2019.
2019. Tai Po Youth Arts Festival 2019 – Let Bygones Be Bygones.
2018. Sonic Anchor Special Series: Sound Forms – Fresh Form 1.
2018. Unravel: SCM MFA Student Show 2018.
2017. Transient Inflections: A Selection of Works from the SCM Creative Media Show 2017.
2017. Robert Lettner: New Wunderkammer Of Rococo + Utopia Of Ornaments.
Music and Sound Design
2022. Untitled 2.0, Albert Garcia’s lecture performance work-in-progress.
2022. POV, Heiwa Wong’s dance film.
2022. Six Mouths, Unlock Dancing Plaza Annual Production.
2022. The Problematic Workout, Lee Ka Hei’s screen dance.
2021. The Graduate, Tsang Chung Yin’s film.
2020. Beyond the Veil, Hui Ka Chun’s screen dance.
Awards and Commissions
Goin’ Goin’, commissioned work in Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong (CMHK) Sonic Anchor #34, Sep 2021.
Conversation Errors, commissioned work in CMHK Out of Our Heads, May 2020.
Selected artist in CMHK Sonic Transmission 2018/19.
Selected artist in Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong (CMHK) Sonic Transmission 2018/19, Oct 2019.
Gymnopedies No.1 Remix, selected entry in CMHK Hong Kong Mixtape 2018, Jul 2018.
Gold Prize in Youth Choir Category of the 1st Tokyo International Choir Competition (as the conductor of The Greeners’ Sound), Jul 2018.
2nd Place in Choral Open Class of the 70th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival (as the conductor of The Greeners’ Sound), Mar 2018.
Partials, commissioned work in CMHK Sonic Anchor, May 2018.
Street through a Glass Ball, commissioned by Hong Kong Composers’ Guild (HKCG), Jan 2016.
Rainscape, selected entry in Chamber Category of Asian Composers League 2015 in Philippines, Nov 2015.
Deer Enclosure, commissioned and performed by The Greeners’ Sound, Jul 2015.
Sunset in Pak Nei, commissioned by HKCG, Dec 2014.
As a stream, 3rd prize in HKCG New Generation 2014, June 2014.
Coherence II, commissioned by HKCG, Oct 2013.
Meditation, selected entry in HKCG New Generation 2013, Jun 2013.
Qualifications
Master of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2021-2022.
Master of Fine Arts (Distinction), The City University of Hong Kong, 2016-2019.
Bachelor of Music (1st class honours), The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, 2012-2016. Associate Diploma in Recital in Solo Piano, Trinity College London, 2007.
Shuen has been active in theatre production in recent years. He is the sound designer of Six Mouths, an annual production by Unlock Dancing Plaza in 2022. Shuen’s recent multidisciplinary work Goin’ Goin’, a collaboration with artist Cheng Nga Yan, explores a superimposed relationship between sound, virtual navigation, and an exercising body. Shuen also closely exchanges ideas and collaborates with a number of local artists, including Lawrence Lau, Ho-chi So, nnscya (aka. Annisa Cheung), Karen Yu, Joseph Lee, Kenneth Hui Ka Chun, Wai Lok Chan, Human Architects, etc.
孫禮賢，香港作曲家及跨領域藝術家。深受古典音樂及作曲訓練所啟發，孫氏的作品多數以音樂、聲音、聆聽為出發點。音樂會作品、配樂、交互編程、錄像文章、聲音藝術、裝置藝術及媒體藝術皆是他的創作範疇，藉此探討對自身及其環境的所思所感。
孫氏近年活躍於劇場創作，2022年於不加鎖舞踊館年度製作《品品》擔任聲音設計。近期跨領域創作《走走》與藝術家鄭雅茵探索聲音、虛擬導航及運動中的身體的層疊關係。孫氏亦常與劉曉江、蘇浩慈、張靜瑜、余林橞、李偉能、許家俊、陳偉樂、人人建築等本地藝術家互相交流及合作。
Exhibitions
2022. Moving Space(s) at Oil Street Art Space.
2021. AfterLive.
2019. Microcosm || Magnetism: SCM MFA Show 2019.
2019. Tai Po Youth Arts Festival 2019 – Let Bygones Be Bygones.
2018. Sonic Anchor Special Series: Sound Forms – Fresh Form 1.
2018. Unravel: SCM MFA Student Show 2018.
2017. Transient Inflections: A Selection of Works from the SCM Creative Media Show 2017.
2017. Robert Lettner: New Wunderkammer Of Rococo + Utopia Of Ornaments.
Performances
2022. West Kowloon - Jazz Fest Experimental Lab.
2022. Chan Wai Lok’s interactive choreography - In the Cloud.
2022. West Kowloon - Sonic Encounter.
2022. Goin’ Goin’, Unlock Dancing Plaza Open Field Vol.1.
2021. Goin’ Goin’, CMHK Sonic Anchor #34.
2020. Out Of Our Heads (OOOH!).
2019. Ftarri Live.
2019. Microcosm || Magnetism: SCM MFA Show 2019.
2019. Tai Po Youth Arts Festival 2019 – Let Bygones Be Bygones.
2018. Sonic Anchor Special Series: Sound Forms – Fresh Form 1.
2018. Unravel: SCM MFA Student Show 2018.
2017. Transient Inflections: A Selection of Works from the SCM Creative Media Show 2017.
2017. Robert Lettner: New Wunderkammer Of Rococo + Utopia Of Ornaments.
Music and Sound Design
2022. Untitled 2.0, Albert Garcia’s lecture performance work-in-progress.
2022. POV, Heiwa Wong’s dance film.
2022. Six Mouths, Unlock Dancing Plaza Annual Production.
2022. The Problematic Workout, Lee Ka Hei’s screen dance.
2021. The Graduate, Tsang Chung Yin’s film.
2020. Beyond the Veil, Hui Ka Chun’s screen dance.
Awards and Commissions
Goin’ Goin’, commissioned work in Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong (CMHK) Sonic Anchor #34, Sep 2021.
Conversation Errors, commissioned work in CMHK Out of Our Heads, May 2020.
Selected artist in CMHK Sonic Transmission 2018/19.
Selected artist in Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong (CMHK) Sonic Transmission 2018/19, Oct 2019.
Gymnopedies No.1 Remix, selected entry in CMHK Hong Kong Mixtape 2018, Jul 2018.
Gold Prize in Youth Choir Category of the 1st Tokyo International Choir Competition (as the conductor of The Greeners’ Sound), Jul 2018.
2nd Place in Choral Open Class of the 70th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival (as the conductor of The Greeners’ Sound), Mar 2018.
Partials, commissioned work in CMHK Sonic Anchor, May 2018.
Street through a Glass Ball, commissioned by Hong Kong Composers’ Guild (HKCG), Jan 2016.
Rainscape, selected entry in Chamber Category of Asian Composers League 2015 in Philippines, Nov 2015.
Deer Enclosure, commissioned and performed by The Greeners’ Sound, Jul 2015.
Sunset in Pak Nei, commissioned by HKCG, Dec 2014.
As a stream, 3rd prize in HKCG New Generation 2014, June 2014.
Coherence II, commissioned by HKCG, Oct 2013.
Meditation, selected entry in HKCG New Generation 2013, Jun 2013.
Qualifications
Master of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2021-2022.
Master of Fine Arts (Distinction), The City University of Hong Kong, 2016-2019.
Bachelor of Music (1st class honours), The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, 2012-2016. Associate Diploma in Recital in Solo Piano, Trinity College London, 2007.