CV
The China-born, Germany-based composer Hang Su works at the intersection of music, performance, photography and critical theory. His works are not only shaped by advanced compositional techniques but also by an in-depth engagement with postcolonial narratives, identity questions, and sociopolitical processes. His compositions challenge listening habits by merging conceptual structures with delicate, often fragmented layers of sound.
His work is characterized by an interdisciplinary practice that integrates elements of theater, electroacoustic music, and documentary sound art. He critically explores sociopolitical themes—ranging from migration and diaspora experiences to body politics and the reconstruction of marginalized voices.
From 2002 to 2006, he studied for a BA in Music Composition at Minzu University in Beijing. From 2009 to 2012 he studied at the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig and received his diploma in music composition. From 2012 to 2016 he completed the master class (Meisterklasse) composition with summa cum laude. He was a scholarship holder of the Heinrich Böll Foundation from 2010 to 2015.
During his studies and various of international festivals and similar occasions, he received personal lessons from Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Pierluigi Billone, Steven Takasugi, Brian Ferneyhough, Mark Andre, Hans Tuschku, Hector Parra, Francesco Felidei, Klaus Lang, Nomi Epstein, Milica Djordjevic, Isabel Mundry, Rebecca Saunders, David Helbich, Younghi Pagh-Paan.
He was a founding member of association Contemporary Insights and forma Leipzig - association for contemporary music and literature in Leipzig, as well as the member of ZMB (Zeitgenössisches Musiktheater Berlin | Contemporary Musik Theatre Berlin) and LAFT (Landesverband freie darstellende Künste Berlin e.V.). His works have been performed in Germany, Great Britain and Austria by Ensemble Handwerk, Trio Sostenuto, Ensemble forma Leipzig, Ensemble MaM (Berlin), Ensemble Mocrep (Chicago), Ensemble SNIM (Vienna), etc. His works were performed also in Lofft - Das Theater in Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, Berlin Festival of contemporary music theatre (BAM!), Göttingen evenings of contemporary music, Berlin Klangwerkstatt, Musiktheatertage Wien, Darmstädter Ferienkurs, BallHausOst Berlin.
Since 2023, he has been working with communication designer and filmmaker Silvan Hagenbrock as LÍNGSĀNLÍNG, an artist duo focused on performance in urban spaces. He is the founder of the Lab of Asian Diaspora, a laboratory for Asian artists dedicated to community building and performance in collaboration with political and democratic initiatives for and by the Asian diaspora. Together with Lara Bräucker, he co-organises and curates the working group Decoloniality in Music Theatre within the framework of the Netzwerk Freies Musiktheater.
Art Residency:
2025 PACT Residency (Performing Arts Choreographisches Zentrum NRW)
2021 TakeCareResidenz at the LOFFT - DAS THEATER in cooperation with Flausen networks of performance arts and Fonds darstellender Künste
2019 Scholarship holder of the art residence in the Künstlerhaus Lukas, the art residency of state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
2018 Schloss Wiepersdorf, the art residency of state Brandenburg
Scholarship:
2023 Research Funding of Performing Arts Fund (Fonds der darstellenden Künste)
2022 - 23 Scholarship of Musikfonds e.V.
2021 Working Fellow of Cultur Office, City Leipzig, Saxony Germany
2021 - 22 Scholarship of GEMA (German performing rights society)
2020 - 21 Scholarship of Musikfonds e.V.
2020 Working Fellow of Denkzeit scholarship of cultural foundation of the Free State of Saxony
2017 Working Scholarship holder of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
2010 - 2015 Scholarship of the Heinrich-Böll Foundation
Project Funding:
2025 Project Funding of Musikfonds e.V.
2025 Project Funding of City Leipzig
2024 Project Funding of Bezirkskulturfonds Berlin Mitte (líng sān líng)
2023 Project Funding of Berliner Projektfonds Urbane Praxis
2023 Project Funding of Steglitz-Zehlendorf Berlin
2022 Project Funding of Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
2022 Project Funding of City Leipzig
2022 Process Funding of Performing Arts Fund (Fonds der darstellenden Künste)
2022 Project Funding of Capital Cultural Funds (Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin)
2020 Project Funding of City Leipzig, in cooperation with Werkstattmacher e.V. / Lofft - Das Theater
2019 Project Funding of City Leipzig, in cooperation with Werkstattmacher e.V. / Lofft - Das Theater
2019 Project Funding of Initiative der Neue Musik Berlin e.V.
2019 Project Funding of Musikfonds e.V.
2018 Project Funding of the Culture Office of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Berlin
Work Commission:
2021 Composition Funding from Culture Office of Pankow, Berlin
2020 Commission of Composition from the MDR-Rundfunk Klassik (Central German Radio)
2018 Work commission of Musiktheatertage Vienna
2025
PACT Residency
Performing Arts Choreographic Center NRW
📍 September – October 2025
With: LEE MUN WAI, Fang Sheng Chou, Nina DeLudemann
NUDEL_WERFT
About Lübeck Ships, China, and Museum Objects
Collaboration with Silvan Hagenbrock (lingsanling)
📍 Kulturfunk*, Lübeck
Lab of Asian Diaspora 1 (yī)
Concert and Diaspora Story
Hang Su + Sabrina Ma
📅 May 18, 2025
📍 Kulturpilger Kleinliebenau (Schkeuditz)
🎯 Supported by Musikfonds e.V. / BKMAsian Social Care – The Asian Part in Me
Workshop & Community Evening for the Asian Diaspora and Friends
With: Korientation e.V., kjjabber (DJ), su dance110 (Performance)
📅 May 2, 2025
📍 Ost-Passage Theater Leipzig
🎯 Funded by City of Leipzig
2024
Nudelbar500
Pop-up Kitchen and Neighborhood Stories
Collaboration with Silvan Hagenbrock
🎯 Supported by the Cultural Office Berlin-MitteProcession of Slings (60’)
A Performative Walk on German Colonialism in China
Music: Hang Su | Direction & Audio: Hang Su & Silvan Hagenbrock
Live Performance: su dance110
2023
Dusted Atlas (60’)
A Performative Walk on German Colonialism in China
Supported by Berliner Projektfond Urbane PraxisThe Gesture of Horizon (180’) — A Music Theatre
📍 Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
📅 May 6–7, 2023
🎯 Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste, Musikfonds e.V., GEMA,
Neustart Kultur und Take Care Residency (Flausen+,
2022
The Eating Show (60’) — A Political Music Theatre Piece
📍 Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
📅 October 14–16, 2022
🎯 Commissioned by Pankow Cultural Office
Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Cultural Office Leipzig & Cultural Foundation of Saxony
2021
New Work – GEMA Work Grant
Vocal Works – Commission: Pankow Cultural Office
Music for the Emancipation of Women – Leipzig City Grant
Soundgarden of a Biography – Residency at LOFFT, funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste + Flausen
2020
Image Music for Maria Reiche / Wang Zhen Yi
🎯 Musikfonds Grant
How to Describe a Rainbow (1’)
🎻 Commission: MDR Symphony OrchestraMy Eating Show (50’)
📍 LOFFT – Das Theater
📅 October 12–14, 2020
Music/Text/Video: Hang Su | Dramaturgy: Sören Zweiniger🎯 Denkzeit Stipendium – Cultural Foundation of Saxony
2019–2010 (Highlights)
The Body Memory (2019) – Ballhaus Ost, Berlin / LOFFT Leipzig
Redefinition (2018) – Klangwerkstatt Berlin
The Nude Frame (2018) – Musiktheatertage Wien
The Writing of Physical Heaven (2017) – Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig
First / Second Appearances of Incessancy – Darmstadt Summer Course, HMT Leipzig
Calligraphy / 5 Songs for C.G. / Virtuelle Realität – Various ensembles, 2009–2010