dolphin song (2013/24)

Instrumentation:
Violin
Cello
Piano

Duration: ca. 8’

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commissioned by the Shanghai International Arts Festival 上海国际艺术节

dolphin song laments the extinction of the Yangtze River white dolphins, also known as the baiji. One of the few freshwater dolphin species in the world, they inhabited the Yangtze for millions of years, long before humans arrived.

Due to more recent industrialization and pollution in and around the Yangtze, including the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, the dolphins were declared "functionally extinct" in 2006.

Performances:

7/2026: Cairns, Australia
Australian Festival of Chamber Music

10/2025: Honolulu, HI
Kaua’i Concert Association

4/2024: Houston, TX
Rice University Shepherd School of Music
Lena-Marie Stöger, violin
Sebastian Stöger, cello
WooJoo Choi, piano

10/2015: Cambridge, MA
Harvard University
Sumire Hirotsuru, violin
Audrey Chen, cello
Justin Snyder, piano

1/2015: New York, NY
Asia Society
Emma Powell, violin
Audrey Chen, cello
Thomas Reeves, piano

10/2013: Shanghai, China
Shanghai International Arts Festival