Kui Dong

Described in publications such as The Washington Post, Gramophone, and The Boston Intelligencer as “ceaselessly compelling,” “exceptional beauty and imagination,” and praised for its “21st-century sensibilities,” Kui Dong’s music has been performed and commissioned by numerous ensembles. She has received honors and prizes from a wide range of prestigious institutions, including Opera America, the Koussevitzky and Fromm Foundations, Meet the Composer, ASCAP, Austria’s Ars Electronica, the Tanglewood Music Center and Festival, the Spoleto Festival USA, the Arditti and Del Sol Quartets, Volti, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Alea III, Third Coast Percussion, Slagwerkgroep Den Haag, Spain’s Tenerife Symphony, Japan’s Fukuyama Arts and Public Interest Incorporated Foundations, Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television, the Central Ballet Group of China, and The Orchestra and Chorus of the National Performing Arts Center of China. Dong’s music is available on four full-length portrait CDs: “Painted Lights,” “Since When Has the Bright Moon Existed,” “Hands Like Waves Unfold,” and “Pangu’s Song,” as well as compilation albums on various labels. She is also the author of a novel titled “The Story of Little Soldier Duo Duo,” written in English and published in translation in China. Kui Dong is a Professor of Music at Dartmouth College.