For Orchestra/Concerto/Sinfonietta 乐队/协奏曲
2025
天帝骑猪巡天图 The Celestial Emperor Riding the Devine Pig on His Astral Tour, for string orchestra, 11 mins.
2024
秋怀 Sentiments: Autumn, for bass baritone and orchestra, 20 mins
2022
远渡 From the Vessel of Ancient Souls, for orchestra, 20 mins
2021
造园 Garden: Unearthing the Way Home, for orchestra, 11 mins
昙曜五相 Contemplation on Tanyao Caves, for pipa and chamber orchestra, 20 mins
2020
远痛 Fernweh / Somew Other Where, for sinfonietta (at least 15 musicians), 12 mins
冥婚 Ghost Wedding (excerpt from Opera Ghost Village) for soprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus, and orchestra, 8 mins.
2018
共此时 Synchronicity, for viola orchestra (at least 10 violas), 10 mins
离合III Tangents III , for 3 Chinese instruments & chamber orchestra, 12 mins
2017/2018
生息 Pneuma, for viola and string orchestra, 14 mins
2017
哈特日亚, for Mongolian morin khuur Nair ensemble and orchestra, 4 mins
奥菲欧的恳请 The Supplicant, oboe concertino, 14 mins
2006
牧羊人之歌 SHEPHERD SONG, for string orchestra and children’s choir, 4 mins
2005
诗两首 TWO POEMS, for orchestra, 8 mins [listen]
2001
曛 TWILIGHT, for a large orchestra, 14 mins
For Large Chamber Ensemble 大型室内乐
2025
写给少年诗人的信 Letters to Young Poets, for Chinese plucked instrumental ensemble (pipa and ruan), 8 mins
2023
不辞青春 Land of the Young, for East/West Ensemble, 8 mins
2019
早春小雨 Rain of the Early Spring, for Chinese plucked instrumental ensemble (pipa and ruan)，8 mins
2017
怀古 Nostalgia, for 7 Chinese instrumental players, 8 mins
2011
苦离别, for 10 players, 10 mins
2010
离合II TANGENTS II, for 10 players, 10 mins
2009
TANGENTS, for 10 players, 10 mins
2007
彼岸 PARAMITA, 器乐剧场 (Instrumental Theatre), for 14 players, 30 mins
2004
OUTSIDE, for 14 players, 8 mins
2003
无常 TRANSIENCE, for 9 players, 14 min
For Sextet, Septet, and Octet 六重奏、七重奏、八重奏
2021
行旅图 Four Road Tableaux, for 8 western instruments, 14 mins
2017/2020
怀古 Nostalgia, for 6 Chinese instrumentalists, 8 mins
2013
霘 Cave in the Sky (semi-improvised), for two voices, pipa, zheng, bamboo flutes, (piano). 18 mins
2012
噢…甦醒 O…WHAT AN AWAKENING, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and soprano. 10 mins
For Quintet 五重奏
2018
乌托邦 UTOPIA, for oboe, clarinet, bayan, violin and cello, 9 mins
2014
度母化生 EMANATIONS OF TARA, for violin, cello, clarinet, piano and pipa, 20 mins
2007
渲染 SFUMATO, for woodwind quintet, 6 mins
For Quartet 四重奏
2019
劝君更尽一杯酒 One More Cup of Wine Before You Go，for qin, violin, viola and cello，10 mins
2016
牧云图 Cloud Herding, for bamboo flute, erhu, zhongruan, and qin, 7 mins
2011
TABLEAUX FOR STRING QUARTET, 15 mins
2005
余烬 AFTERGLOW, for string quartet, 10 mins [listen]
2002
SUFFUSING…SIGH, for string quartet, 15 mins
SI FAN II, for four Chinese instrumentalists, 9 mins
2000
CONDENSATION for string quartet, 16 mins
For Trio 三重奏
2015
沧浪，沧浪…Tsanglang, Tsanglang…, for flute, zheng, and viola, 10 mins
琵琶弹戏：西厢三折（惊艳·琴心·长亭）Pipa Plays Opera: Three Scenes from Romance of the Western Chamber, 明式琵琶/现代琵琶、昆生、昆旦, for Ming/modern pipa and Kun opera soprano and tenor, 38 mins.
For Duet 二重奏
2023
蕴 Caché for clarinet (Bb) and piano, 8 mins
2022
龙图 Apparitions of Dragons, for bassoon and cello, 11 mins
2011/2019
忐忑 Inquietude, for violin and piano, 12 mins
2016
此山彼水 Through Waters, by Mountains, for clarinet and piano, 8 mins.
2015
晚祷 Vesper, for viola and piano, 14 mins
1996/2014
Ad Libitum, for timpani and piano, 10 mins
2010/2011
婵娟 Yearning, for Zheng and double bass, 8 mins
2008
Four Duets, for 8 instruments, 10 mins [listen]
2006/2008
低语 Sotto Voce, for flute and piano, 8 mins [listen]
2006
骏 Jun, for Chinese pipa and double bass, 8 mins [listen]
1999
思凡 Si Fan, for two Chinese instruments (pipa & erhu), 8 mins [listen]
1997
Piao, for female high voice and piano, 3 mins
1995
蓦然回首 for soprano and piano, 5 mins
For voice 艺术歌曲/琴歌/流行歌
2021
琴歌·十六字令·风 for voice, xiao, and Qin, 4 mins
琴歌·十六字令·松 for voice, xiao, and Qin, 4 mins
2020
琴歌·西江月·世事一场大梦 for voice and Qin, 5 mins
琴歌·十六字令·山 for voice, bamboo flute, and Qin, 4 mins
琴歌·十六字令·云 for voice, bamboo flute, and Qin, 4 mins
如若 for pop singing, 4 mins
2008
Her Waltz, for soprano and piano, 5 mins
1997
Piao, for female high voice and piano, 3 mins
1995
蓦然回首, for soprano and piano, 5 mins
For Solo 独奏
2025
夜曲：无声之声 Nocturnes: The Voice of Silence—Gazing upon Five Paintings of Harald Sohlberg, for piano solo, 14 mins
2023
山·风 for guitar (arranged by 匡俊宏), 7 mins
2018
灵动之舞 Animé, for piano, 7 mins
绵亘万里 Miles Upon Miles, for violin solo, 10 mins
2017
寂然 Silence, for cello solo, 7 mins
Ricochet, for cello solo, 1 min
2016
声情 Głos, for viola solo, 7 mins
2015
人生五常 Cinq Stades de l’Existence, for harp solo, 15 mins
咏叹 Air, for violin solo, 10 mins
2014
步步生莲 Lotus Aloft, for zheng solo, 9 mins
琵琶弹戏：西厢二折（《惊艳》《琴心》）Playing the Opera: Struck by Beauty and the Heart of Qin from Romance of the Western Chamber, 明琵琶/现代琵琶和戏曲唱诵 for Ming/modern pipa and Kun operatic recitation, 19 mins
阿修罗 Asura, for marimba and three Tibetan singing bowls, 10 mins
2012
走索 Walking on a Tightrope, for solo double bass, 9 mins
2000/2009
倾注 Pour, for bayan, 10 mins
2008
Des Ombres Heureuses, for flute, 3 mins [listen]
2004
Winging – Blackbird Variation, for piano solo, 2 mins
1998
五色 Five Colors, for piano solo, 8 mins [listen]
1995
Piano Suite, 7 mins
For Film & Arrangements 影视与编创
2019
英雄赞歌（序&乐章I）for tenor and orchestra, 17 mins.
2018
Original music for the film Jose (directed by Li Cheng, Biennale Cinema, QUEER LION AWARD, 75th Venice International Film Festival/Venice Days)
2009
Original music for the film I Learned How to Fly (Director Kaleng Ko)
2004
Original music for the documentary Team Spirit (Director: Chihiro Amemiya)
1999
Original music for the film 花生仔与太阳舞小子 Peanut Boy and Sun Dance Fellow (directed by Roden Films)
Yao Chen Music / 姚晨音乐 