WINNIE HUANG — WINNIE HUANG

Winnie Huang is a violinist, gestural performer, composer, and artistic researcher whose work explores how sound is shaped through the body. Moving between performance, composition, and research, she approaches music and gesture as inseparable dimensions of artistic inquiry.

She performs internationally as a soloist including appearances at the Berlin Philharmonie, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and the KKL Luzern. In 2025 she was named artiste étoile of the Lucerne Festival. As a chamber musician, Winnie collaborates widely with leading European contemporary ensembles and is a founding member of the Paris-based ensemble soundinitiative.

Her work has been supported by international residencies, most recently at the Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart, Germany. Alongside her performance career, she gives lectures and workshops internationally and since 2025, she has been Associate Professor for Research in Music Performance at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano.

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Winnie Huang is a violinist, gestural performer, composer, and artistic researcher whose work explores how sound is shaped through the body. Her practice moves between concert performance, composition, research, and pedagogy, approaching each as an interconnected form of inquiry. At the centre of her work lies an ongoing investigation into the relationship between music and gesture: how movement generates sonic articulation, how technique embodies knowledge, and how artistic identity evolves across contexts.

She performs internationally as a soloist including appearances at the Berlin Philharmonie, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and the KKL Luzern. In 2025 she was named artiste étoile of the Lucerne Festival, shaping the festival’s summer edition through a constellation of performances and curated encounters that reflected her interdisciplinary artistic vision. As a chamber musician, Winnie collaborates widely with major European contemporary ensembles and appears regularly at leading international festivals, contributing to commissions, experimental formats, and cross-disciplinary projects.

A founding member of the Paris-based ensemble soundinitiative, she has contributed to its artistic direction at various stages of its development and continues her association as a violinist. Her broader artistic trajectory is defined by sustained collaboration and collective experimentation rather than fixed roles.

Winnie’s work has been supported by international artistic residencies that serve as laboratories for experimentation and compositional development. Most recently, she was a fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart (2024–25), where she expanded her research into embodiment and performative identity.

Alongside her artistic activity, Winnie maintains an active international presence as a lecturer and educator. She regularly gives guest lectures, workshops, and presentations at conservatoires and universities across Europe and beyond, contributing to discussions on artistic research, embodiment, and contemporary performance practice. Previously she served as Junior Professor of Artistic Research at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Germany, and in 2025 she was appointed Associate Professor for Research in Music Performance at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, Switzerland. Her work there spans doctoral supervision, curriculum development, and the design of transdisciplinary research frameworks within contemporary performance contexts.

Born in China and raised in Australia, Huang is now based in Europe. Across stage and studio, concert hall and research platform, her practice seeks to expand what performance can mean: not only the transmission of sound, but the embodied negotiation of relation, authorship, and resonance.