A native of Hong Kong, Viola Yip is an experimental composer, performer, improviser, sound artist, and instrument builder. She has been interested in creating new self-built instruments and sound works in the intersection of composition, performance, and improvisation, exploring various relationships between materiality, space, and our musical bodies in music.
Viola’s instruments and performances have been presented in major music festivals and concert series in New York, Missouri, Chicago, San Diego, Boston, Bowling Green (Ohio), Pittsburgh, Ithaca, Saratoga Springs, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Dublin, Belfast, Manchester, Huddersfield, Madeira, Ghent, Amsterdam, The Hague, Brussels, Basel, Zurich, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Munich, and Darmstadt.