JONATHAN CHEN’s work includes composition, improvisation, and installation. His work has been performed or installed in cities in the U.S., Europe and China. As a violinist and/or electronicist he has performed as improviser at venues and festivals in the U.S. and internationally and has collaborated with many notable artists. Chen has studied composition, improvisation, and installation with Alvin Lucier, Anthony Braxton, and Pauline Oliveros. He received his Master of Music in violin performance from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL in 1999. In 2006 he completed his Master of Arts in music composition at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, and is currently a PhD Candidate in Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He can be heard on Asian Improv, Interval, and Striking Mechanism among others.