Where The River Meets The Sea vol. 4

Where The River Meets The Sea

…is a project that brings European free improvisation

into encounter with improvised traditional music.

Blending diverse elements and textures, the project

unfolds as a fluid, detail-rich sonic journey that blurs

the boundaries between old and new mediums.

Like water, it absorbs and connects every detail into

a single evolving sound.

Yen Hsuan Wu - guzheng (Chinese plucked zither)

Vincent Laju - cello, shakuhachi

Jung-Jae Kim - saxophone

Yen Hsuan Wu is a guzheng player, artist, and composer from Taoyuan, Taiwan. Working across

traditional, contemporary, experimental, electronic music and improvisation, she explores new techniques

and sonic possibilities of the guzheng while preserving its traditional resonance. She received her Master’s

degree in Traditional Chinese Music from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 2017 and is

currently a member of the contemporary trio CUBE BAND and co-initiator of the pop-up project Hidden

Routine. She performs as a soloist and collaborator in chamber music, theatre, and experimental contexts,

and has appeared at festivals such as Jeonju International Sori Festival, Taipei Arts Festival, Krakowska

Jesień Jazzowa, Taipei International New Music Festival, and more.

https://www.youtube.com/@yenhsuan_guzheng

Vincent Laju with the cello as his main medium, he composes with drawing, poetry, electroacoustic, , and

raw organic materials (wood, horsehair, objects). He plays chiba 尺八 shakuhachi aimlessly. He studied and

graduated in France in Jazz, Classical, Composition and Peintre en Lettres and now is based in Berlin. With

a focus on improvisation he collaborates with artists from all discipline, from solo to large ensembles such

as Berlin Improvisers Orchestra or Grand8. He performed at the Lacking Sound Festival at C.LAB in Taipei

in Taiwan tour, for Monat der zeitgenössischen Musik in Berlin with Elo Masing, Festival Constellations in

Paris with Grand8 and LFDS, Topographies Festival presented by the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland,

playing compositions by Francis Heery.

www.vincentlaju.com

Jung-Jae Kim is a South Korean saxophonist, composer, and improviser based in Berlin. His work

explores the boundaries of sound through transdisciplinary approaches and free improvisation. He has

performed across Europe and Asia and collaborated with leading improvisers including Axel Dörner, Richard

Scott, Matthias Bauer, and Ernesto Rodrigues, among others. His album Shamanism (Relative Pitch

Records, 2025) was selected among JazzTimes’ Top 10 Releases of 2025. Kim also co-composed the

award-winning score for the documentary Silent Observers (2024) and co-organizes the Berlin experimental

music series Nexus.

https://jungjaekimmusic.com