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