Composer Prize 2026

Kitty Xiao

Works

untitled (2026/27) (work in progress) for Large Ensemble & Electronics

tendons for transformation ii (2026) (work in progress) for Flute, Violin, Cello, Percussion, Electronics & Video

Out for a midnight swim (2026) for Soprano, Flute, Clarinet in b, Violin & Percussion

untitled (2026) (work in progress) for Electronics

the closest thing to surrender (2024) for Electric Guitar Quartet & Electronics

tendons for transformation (2023) for Cello, Percussion, Piano & Video

pour (2023) for String Quartet & Electronics

Other Tongue (2022) for Solo Violin & Electronics

Is it Working? (2022), Sound Design (Electronics) for dance film

still there in your body (2022) for Soprano & Electronics

In flesh ii (2022/23) for Soprano, Large Ensemble & Electronics

In flesh (2021) for Cello & Electronics

flight (2021) for Double Bell Trumpet & Electronics

metagames (2021) for Soprano, Percussion & Electronics

tendons for transformation (2021) for Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Percussion & Electronics

the intimacy of strangers (2021) for Countertenor & Electronics

limits (2021) for Electronics

Two works of introspection (2020) for Electric Guitar & Electronics

The Distance of the Moon (2020) for Chamber Orchestra

Out for a Midnight Swim (2020) for Large Ensemble & Electronics

Emphysema feathered his appetites (2020) for Bass Clarinet, Marimba & Electronics

Fluorescent Cities (2020) for Percussion Trio

Crimson Lake (2019) for Live Electronics

Brought into Morning (2019) for Choir & String Orchestra

So it goes (2019) for Trumpet, Double Bass, Piano & Electronics

Xphae Drones (2019) for Two Prepared Pianos, Two Percussion & Electronics

Light Breaks (2019) for Soprano, Organ & Double String Quartet

A city’s pounding heart (2019) for Amplified Flute, Violin, Cello, Percussion, Electronics & Live Video

Night Crawl (2019) for Organ & Electronics

Topaz (2018) for Piano

Ink and Wash (2018) for Chamber Orchestra

Impulse (2018) for Live Processed Trumpet & Electronics

Burnt Umber (2018) for Theremin, Alto Flute, Violin, Piano, Synthesizer & Electronics

Ultramarine to Indigo (2018) for Theremin, Alto Flute, Violin, Piano & Electronics

Where We Meet (2017) for Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, Piano & Gamelan

The Tenderness of Rain (2017) for Five Old Pianos

Dialogue (2017) for Prepared Piano & Electronics

A hundred thousand windows (2017) for Piano Quartet & Percussion

A special thing (2017, in collaboration with Hannah Reardon Smith, Kevan Atkins & Martin Koszolko, for Flute, Prepared Rhodes, Prepared Piano & Electronics

Solstice II (2016) for Voice, Trumpet, Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Electric Guitar, Piano, Cello, Double Bass, Drums & Jangu (Korean Drum)

Solstice I (2016) for Violin, Bass Clarinet & Piano

Akurra (2016) for Clarinet, Violin, Clarinet, Bassoon & Trombone

Night Bloom (2016) for Solo Piano

Emei (2016) for Flute, Violin & Piano

Solus (2016), Short film

Torn (2015), Short film

Novum (2015) for Alto Flute/Bass Flute, Violin & Piano

Nipper (2015) for Alto Flute, Violin & Piano

Nimbus (2013) for Flute, Violin & Piano

The state she was in when she got home (2012) for Voice, Cello, Piano & Electronics

Silence (2012) for Piano