Sorrow and Divinity in Sound: Yuxuan Liu’s “Poems of Forgotten Love”
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Yuxuan Liu was awarded the Platinum Prize in the O: Best Chamber Music Category at the 2025 Season 2 Best Classical Musicians Awards.
Biography
Yuxuan Liu is a Screen composer, Concert Composer and Sound Artist who was born in Guangyuan, China in 2000. He currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. Yuxuan's music has never been limited by musical style, subject matter, technical means or things like that. His motivation for music creation comes from the pursuit of creation itself.
· Member of The Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association of Composers, USA(NACUSA-LA)
· Member of Society of Composers and Lyricists(SCL)
· Member of Grammy U
· Member of Chinese Musicians Association, Electronic Music Association of China (EMAC)
Yuxuan started learning piano at the age of 8. He was admitted to the Composition Department of Sichuan Conservatory of Music with the fourth place in Sichuan Province, China. During his undergraduate studies, he majored in both the Composition Department and the Music Engineering Department. And he was the Scholarship Recipient. He has been listed in school news many times with his excellent grades. During his graduate studies at LACM, he studied Composing for Visual Media and was the recipient of the Admission Scholarship and the President's Scholarship. Yuxuan's learning experience allowed him to be exposed to all forms of music in the world at an early age, which had a profound impact on his musical aesthetics and creation.
He has participated in many projects for Visual Media, Including but not limited to movies, TV series, concerts, live performances, games, etc. For example, he has previously participated in music projects such as the television series "Shao Nian Ge Xing (The Blood of Youth)" ; "Soul Land 2", "Tian Xing Jian (Heroes)" ; and the movie "My Dad is an Alien" ; Bilibili's Light-Seeking Microcosm Project; Tiktok e-commerce gold origin plan advertising; JD.com Home Delivery Advertising; The game "One Last Interview" released on Steam; YOKAVERSE Gaming Company Board Games; Beijing TV's most beautiful Chinese opera program "Ode to Pear Blossom" ; Hisense World Cup TVC Soundtrack; The online Mid-Autumn Festival Gala "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moonlight" produced by Xinhua News Agency Client x Douyin and Jet Lag Island in 2022 and 2024; China's first national treasure in a museum collection "Eight Sounds "Yuan" Realm·National Treasure Folk Music" Metaverse Folk Music Concert; Large-scale original children's play "Hey, My Kingdom!" ; Manbo radio drama "A Selfish Thought" soundtrack; Chengdu Baroque Opera House; Chengdu University for the Aged; and so on.
In addition, He has won many music awards, including but not limited to:
-The 2023 Danny Award “Gold Award” in the Film Score Group;
-The 2022 IEMC International Electronic Music Competition Second Prize in the Video Score Section;
-The second prize in the AIMAA International Composition Competition in the United States;
-Vivaldi International Composition Competition “First Prize” and “Beeffie Creative Musical Artists Award”;
-“Competition Award”(the highest award) of the International Composition Competition “Composers” of Russia;
-2024 Opus Artis Paris International Composition Competition "First Prize";
-2024 The Twelfth International Online JSFest “Second Prize” in Instrumental Music
-2024 World’s Best Musicians Classical Music Composition Competition "First Prize"
-2024 European Classical Virtuoso Award Composition Competition "Silver Prize"
-2024 St. Petersburg Rimsky Korsakov International Festival of Culture and Arts Dedicated Composition Competition "First Prize"
-2025 Golden Key International Music Festival Piano Composition Competition "First Prize" and so on.......
Website: https://www.yuxuanliumusic.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuxuanliumusic/
What's the inspiration behind the composition "Poems Of Forgotten Love", and what message do you hope to convey through it?
This piece is a string quartet derived from the musical theme of director Poshi’s short film *Poems of Forgotten Love*, for which I am the composer. Through this chamber work, I aim to convey the emotional core of the film and align the music with its overall tone.
Could you share the process of transforming "Poems of Forgotten Love" into music?
During the early stages of composing the theme, I spent many evenings discussing ideas with director Poshi. Eventually, we finalized this melodic theme. I hope you enjoy it.
How do you feel about the response to your composition, and are there any particular emotions or reactions you'd like listeners to experience when they hear it performed?
The music portrays a woman’s confession inside a church. More specific details can be experienced once the film is publicly released. I hope the audience can feel both sorrow and divinity through the music.
