ICMC BOSTON 2025
Online Listening Room
Curiosity, Play, Innovation - A 50th Anniversary Celebration of Creativity in Music, Science, and Technology
June 8-14, 2025
ICMC BOSTON 2025: Online Listening Room #2
ID#: 82
The Fun of Number – for electronics and visuals (2024) ; 10:09
by Yikeshan Abudushalamu
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
“The Fun of Number” is an electroacoustic composition with an intergraded visual component that delves into the musical and symbolic richness of the number 7 and its derivatives. The piece uses the number 7 as a guiding principle for its both macro and micro structures, rhythmic patterns, pitch organization, and sonic texture, creating a multilayered exploration of numerical aesthetics. The result is a captivating audiovisual experience that merges mathematical curiosity with sonic creativity, inviting the audience to experience the “funs” inherent in numerical form transformed into sound and image.
Yikeshan Abudushalamu
Yikeshan Abudushalamu (b. 1985) is a Uyghur composer from Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. Yikeshan earned both his bachelor’s (2008-2013) and master’s (2015-2019) degrees in composition from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he is currently a PhD candidate under the guidance of Professor Shirui Zhu. As an exchange student (2012-2013), he also studied at the Haute École de Musique de Genève, where he worked with Michael Jarrell (Composition) and Luis Naon (Electronic Composition). His awards and honors include: 2019 Winner of the Luciano Berio International Composition Competition, 2015 Composer-in-residence at the Manca Festival in Nice, France, 2014 Honorable Mention of The 11th MUSIC ACOUSTICA-Beijing Electronic Composition Competition , 2010 Winner of Shanghai 2nd Rivers Awards Composition Competition, 2010 Honorable Mention of China 2nd National Percussion Instruments Composition Competition. During his studies, Yikeshan was often invited to participate in various international and domestic academic activities and received scholarships and honors in many categories.
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