Acceptance speech: 18th Frontiers of Knowledge Awards for Music and Opera

Acceptance speech by Unsuk Chin, who was honored for creating a distinctive voice with broad global impact in contemporary music, both through her innovative virtuosity and her unique sonic imagination.

Chin advocates a conception of contemporary composition that transcends national frameworks and is grounded in the search for a personal language in dialogue with the global landscape of music. She highlights the importance of combining tradition and modernity, both in Western classical music and in the musical expressions of different cultures. She also underlines her interest in exploring the inner nature of sound and in constructing musical forms from the organic properties of sonic material.