Jason Kao Hwang
Jason Kao Hwang in concert, November 2006.
Background information
Born	1957
Origin	Waukegan, Illinois, USA
Genre(s)	Jazz, contemporary classical music
Occupation(s)	Violinist, composer, music director
Instrument(s)	Violin
Associated acts	Far East Side Band
Website	http://www.jasonkaohwang.com

Jason Kao Hwang (b. 1957 in Waukegan, Illinois) is a Chinese American violinist and composer. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_USA.svg‎ REDIRECT File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Elvis Presley Stevie Nicks Jodie Foster Janet Jackson Meryl Streep Jessica Lange Faye Dunaway Madonna (entertainer) Trent Reznor Diana Ross User:Mtiedemann... Waukegan is a city in Lake County, Illinois, of which it is the county seat. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The title of music director is used by many symphony orchestras to designate the primary conductor and artistic leader of the orchestra. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... Waukegan is a city in Lake County, Illinois, of which it is the county seat. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ...

A versatile performer, Hwang focuses primarily on jazz and improvised musics, and has a particular interest in cross-cultural projects. He has been associated with the Asian American jazz movement and has performed (on violin, electric violin, and electronics) with Anthony Braxton, David Murray, Pauline Oliveros and the Deep Listening Band, Butch Morris, William Parker, Fred Hopkins, Milford Graves, Billy Bang, Ushio Torikai, Henry Threadgill, Reggie Workman, Diedre Murray, Leroy Jenkins, and Makanda Ken McIntyre. Asian American jazz is a musical movement in the United States begun in the 20th century by Asian American jazz musicians. ... This electric violin, made by Leo Fender in the late 1950s, has a non-traditional design. ... Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American composer, multi-reedist and pianist. ... David Murray Live in Warsaw, Poland, in April 2003 David Murray (born 1955 in Oakland, California, United States) is a notable jazz musician. ... Pauline Oliveros (born 1932 in Houston, Texas) is an accordionist and composer who currently resides in Kingston, New York. ... The Deep Listening Band was founded in 1988 by Pauline Oliveros, accordionist, electronics and composer, Stuart Dempster, trombonist, didjeridu player, and composer, and Panaiotis, vocalist, electronics, and composer. ... Lawrence D. Butch Morris is an American jazz cornetist, composer and conductor, born February 10, 1947 in Long Beach, California. ... This article is about the jazz bassist. ... Fred Hopkins (1947-1999) was a double bassist who played a major role in the development of the avant-garde jazz movement. ... Milford Graves (born August 20, 1941) is a free jazz drummer who plays several different kinds of percussion of origins throughout the world. ... Billy Bang (b. ... Ushio Torikai (鳥養潮; surname Torikai; b. ... Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1941), Chicago, Illinois, is an American saxophonist, flautist and composer. ... Reggie Workman (b. ... Diedre Murray is an American cellist specializing in jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music. ... This article contains information on the musician Leroy Jenkins. ... Makanda Ken McIntyre (born Kenneth Arthur McIntyre in Boston, Massachusetts, September 7, 1931; d. ...

Hwang is a founding member of The Far East Side Band, an intercultural ensemble combining Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and American musical elements. He has composed the scores for numerous films and has also worked in the field of commercial music. He was in the original cast of the Broadway production of M. Butterfly, performing music he co-arranged for that production; he later toured with the national productions as a music director. M. Butterfly is a 1988 play by David Henry Hwang, which deals with themes about cultural stereotypes of East vs West (see Orientalism), and is loosely based on the real life relationship between Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu. ...

Hwang has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, the Greenwall Foundation, the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, and the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust for his opera Immigrant of the Womb. The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded program that offers support and funding for projects that exhibit artistic excellence. ...

His chamber opera The Floating Box: A Story in Chinatown premiered in 2001. Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra. ...

Mr. Hwang has recorded for the Axiom, Celluloid, Columbia, Enja, FMP, New World, Victo, and Asian Improv labels. Axiom was a record label founded by musician Bill Laswell in 1989, with the support of Chris Blackwell. ...

External links

• Interview with Jason Kao Hwang

See also

• Asian American jazz