May Zeng

May Zeng is a Naarm-based violinist, curator and survivor with a focus on new experimental music and interdisciplinary practices. Being continuously enthralled by music yet disillusioned by the vast and immense harm done in its name, May's work and commissions are socially-conscious and narrative-based with the aim of challenging institutional violence in classical music and beyond. Her collaborations with composers, sound and visual artists have led to numerous premieres in Australia and abroad. Together with composer-writer Xiaole Zhan (詹小乐), their duo DUSK MOUTH 名 creates new music that amplifies unheard voices, blending text, sound and their shared Chinese heritage.