The short animated film The Loon Manding by Katherine
McCallum, Ella and Forrest Peschke, with sound design, music and video
editing by Matthew Lien, won top honours with the Jury prize at the Yukon 48
Hour Film-making Challenge.
In a ground-breaking, precedent setting decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of indigenous First Nations and environmental groups, to protect the Peel Rived Watershed from development.
The new musical Stonecliff, about the constructing of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway, opened in Alaska and Yukon to a strong audience response. Stonecliff is the creation of director/writer Conrad Boyce and composer/producer Matthew Lien.
The National Museum of Prehistory in Taiwan has acquired Matthew Lien’s “Consonance” aboriginal music sound sculpture as a permanent installation.
During Matthew’s trip to Inner Mongolia to shoot the CCTV documentary with legendary horse head fiddle master Chi Bulag, he also performed a concert on the grasslands with his musicians from Taiwan, including Chou Yi-chen on erhu, and Huang Yin-zhong on bamboo flutes.
Matthew traveled to Inner Mongolia to meet and collaborate with the renowned “morin huur” (horse-headed fiddle) master, Chi Bulag.
Matthew was commissioned by the Taoyuan government to create the concept, general appearance and sound design for a massive 16.3 channel outdoor sound installation called “Embracing X Surroundings.”
TaiPower, the national power utility of Taiwan (ROC) commissioned a soundtrack in 7.1 surround, for their newly produced 10 minute infomentary.
The Yukon — and specifically Matthew’s plan to create a wilderness music retreat near Kluane National Park — was featured on the sectional front page of Apple Daily, Taiwan and Hong Kong’s biggest media outlet.
The first full-scale binaural recording sessions commence at Signature Sound in San Diego.
