"Lyrical, atmospheric... striking… balances despair and humor." - NY Times
"...the kind of propulsive, emotionally resonant score that choreographers tend to dream of." - NY Times
"... revelatory... terrific... inventive..."
- Chicago Reader
"... inventive, thought-provoking, and engaging..." - Debra Lew Harder, Met Radio
Photo: Steven Laxton
Photo: Steven Laxton
Photo: Steven Laxton.
JUSTINE F. CHEN
COMPOSER AND VIOLINIST
BREAKING NEWS
NYC Premiere of IRIDESCENT GEST, part of the mighty Matt Haimovitz's Primavera series at GatherNYC@MAD 11 AM Nov. 9, 2025
THRILLED to announce the selection of my chamber opera SISTERS OF THE STORM with librettist Marcus Yi for a New Music Creator Fund Grant!
BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Jonathan Michie, Andrew Bidlack, and Djordje Nesic on their moving TURING performance at ALT's 20th Anniversary Gala.
Check out our rave review from Gramophone of SHALLOW BREATH AND STEALTH
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