Twincussion
Dynamic, classically infused percussion spans East and West
Dynamic, classically infused percussion spans East and West
Charismatic rising stars Jen-Ting and Jen-Yu Chien, the twin brothers behind the dynamic percussion duo Twincussion, blend Taiwanese folk traditions with innovative interpretations of Western classical music, performing on instruments from marimbas and Chinese opera gongs to electronics.
Winners of the 2016 International Percussion Competition in Italy, they made their Carnegie Hall debut in 2018 and have since performed across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In 2023, they were named Artists of Center Stage Season 6 by the U.S. Department of State and performed at the Kennedy Center as part of the tour. That same year, they premiered Flamboyer, a double concerto by Li-Ying Wu, with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
In the 2025/26 season, Twincussion joins the roster of Washington Performing Arts, appearing alongside Yo-Yo Ma and Midori. They were also recently featured by the Asia Society, where their performance drew acclaim for its cultural depth and technical brilliance. Both hold the Soloist Diploma from the Royal Danish Academy of Music and are Yamaha and Innovative Percussion artists.
Twin Beats - Melodies and Rhythms from Taiwan
The Twin Beats concert features three key elements: Taiwanese folk songs, original percussion composition, and audience interaction.
Concerto with Orchestra: Flamboyer — Double Concerto for Two Percussionists and Orchestra
Composed by Taiwanese composer Li-Ying Wu, Flamboyer was written expressly for Twincussion. The work draws on the duo’s unique twin synchronicity, weaving Taiwanese musical sensibility into a large-scale orchestral canvas.
La Cuna: For Two Pianos and Two Percussionists
This program pairs two landmark works written for the rare combination of piano duo and percussion duo — a formation that demands extraordinary ensemble precision and musical empathy.
Twin Beats - Melodies and Rhythms from Taiwan
The Twin Beats concert features three key elements: Taiwanese folk songs, original percussion composition, and audience interaction. Twincussion performs folk music from their birthplace, immersing audiences in a blend of Eastern and Western beats through the marimba, drums, and traditional Taiwanese instruments. The program concludes with an interactive segment in which the audience joins as performers.
Touring Personnel: 3 (musicians ×2, stage assistant ×1)
Duration: 60 min, no intermission
Concerto with Orchestra: Flamboyer — Double Concerto for Two Percussionists and Orchestra
Composed by Taiwanese composer Li-Ying Wu, Flamboyer was written expressly for Twincussion and received its world premiere with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in 2023. The work draws on the duo’s unique twin synchronicity, weaving Taiwanese musical sensibility into a large-scale orchestral canvas. Twincussion is available to perform Flamboyer and other concerto repertoire for orchestra engagements.
Touring Personnel: 2
Duration: Per orchestral program
La Cuna: For Two Pianos and Two Percussionists
This program pairs two landmark works written for the rare combination of piano duo and percussion duo — a formation that demands extraordinary ensemble precision and musical empathy.
The concert opens with John Psathas’s La Cuna, a work by the New Zealand composer celebrated for his music at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Rhythmically visceral and emotionally expansive, La Cuna showcases Psathas’s signature fusion of driving pulse and lyrical depth.
The program culminates with Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937), one of the defining chamber masterworks of the 20th century. Bartók’s Sonata places percussion at the center of the musical argument — equal in voice to the pianos — and remains the cornerstone repertoire for any duo of this formation.
Twincussion maintains an ongoing collaboration with pianists Yichih Lu and Evan Wong, and welcomes co-productions with other piano duos by arrangement.
Touring Personnel: 4 (2 percussionists, 2 pianists)
Duration: 75 min with one intermission
Graceful movements and light touches!
—Klassisk Denmark
Twincussion Duo: whose precision and energy were nothing short of amazing.
—Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
A Duo from another planet… Amazing what they can do - it’s all about music.
—Pulse Percussion Festival
CINARS Biennale, Montreal, Canada
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington, D.C.
H-E-B Performance Hall, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
The Brown Foundation Performing Arts Theater, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston
Concordia College, Minnesota, USA
Indianapolis, USA
Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark and Germany
Toured in Taiwan, including Eslite Performance Hall, Taipei, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Northern Miaoli Art Center, Miaoli
Toured in Taiwan, including Tainan International Music Festival, Diversonics Festival, National Taichung Theater, and Yi-Lan Performing Arts Center of Taiwan
Toured in Europe, including The Pulse Percussion Festival, Denmark (2020), Poland Percussion Festival, Poland (2020), Tenerife Contemporary Music Festival, Spain (2019), and Tivoli Summer Classic Festival, Denmark (2019)
Double Concerto with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Concerto Performance with Orchestra
