A graduate of King’s College, London  and PhD in composition (University of Buffalo), Singaporean composer HOH Chung Shih  generates a body of work described as one that “explores unique perspectives on space, time, physicality, process, and ultimately performance, with these often taking on structural importance in ways that are often at odds with normative (perhaps Western) concert music paradigms.” “His scores often draw from notions of irrationality and inconceivability” tied to Buddhist views. “Several scores foreground the relationship between body, breath, movement and instrument (Parts [series of 3 works: 2012-13], Reef Weave [2020]), allowing the organic negotiation of
body and space to reveal the structure of the music.”
 
Hoh couples his interest in Classical Chinese culture, through his study and research on Guqin (Chinese 7-string zither) [Hoh, 2021; 2023], with his interest in music-making communities across cultures. Working in Singapore, a major crossroad on the globe, Chung Shih's art has been  “unique within the Singapore context” with  “rich and thoughtfully implemented social engagement through interactions with performers and the public,” an art making that “is not entrenched in solipsistic self expression, subsumed by concept and methodology.”
 
Extending his approach to music-making to the larger community of practitioners, he has also served as the President of the Composers Society of Singapore since 2016.

Visit his website at: http://chungshih.info/NEWINDEX.html