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"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

Justine F. Chen
Photo: Steven Laxton

Justine F. Chen
Photo: Steven Laxton
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Photo: Steven Laxton.
JUSTINE F. CHEN
COMPOSER AND VIOLINIST
BREAKING NEWS:
BRAVA to the ever luminous Jen Zetlan and Nana Shi and their phenomenal performance of PHILOMEL in my old stomping grounds of Brooklyn Heights! Thank you, BASS!
THANKS to Johnathan McCullough and Carol Wong for their charmingly hilarious performance of my Platform Anxiety song! April 13, 2023 -Thanks also to Carnegie Hall, Citywide!
THANK YOU to the cast and crew of THE LIFE AND DEATH(S) OF ALAN TURING!! Chicago Tribune COT Interview Out Chicago
What to do in Chicago
Crain's Business
The Economist
Chicago Tribune
BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Maryland Opera Studio for their beautiful performance of TWA - a new opera with librettist Jacqueline Goldfinger!
Check out my Know Them Now video on YouTube! Thanks, BMI!
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