Janelle is a Taiwan-based multi-instrumentalist; she is also a vocalist, composer and improviser, whose styles combine Chinese, Turkic, Near eastern, jazz, classical and contemporary styles of music. After completing her studies in the Contemporary Improvisation Department at the New England Conservatory and the Art Research Institute of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, Janelle developed a unique personal style of improvisation and composition that fuses three major contours: ethnic, classical and jazz music. Janelle has worked with top-rated artists from all these fields on numerous concerts and recordings, including Joe Maneri, Hankus Netsky, Tami Machnai, Hey Rim Jeon – to name a few. As a concert artist, she has also performed as soloist and major ensemble player in the U.S. Canada, Hungary, Japan, Indonesia, China, and Taiwan. Lately, she has developed ethnic fusions, exploring the roots of the Silk Road with the group ShantaaL: North Indian Hindustani classical music meets the Uyghur Muqam and folk music from Turkic Region of China, as well as the group Aashti, which features the characteristics cross Euro-Asia Continent from Balkans, Turkey, Middle East, Iran to Xinjiang.
To all my friends und amigos: I’m returning to MySpace after six months in the “Limbo of Infants”. Apologies for not responding to comments, e-mails, bombs, cadeaux, gulugúes, tortafrites und etceteritas in last times. (Es decir, disculpas por el silencio.) Best regards, danke molto et 谢谢! 古斯塔沃.
Yi-Chen! So nice to be connected again... I absolutely miss making music with you. You truly are an amazing artist. Looking forward to working with you again soon...
hi, Janelle long time no chat. I am in Amsterdam right now. how are you? I have been wanting to ask you about the Klezmer piece on your website. did you adapt this from a traditional tone? can I get the music? I have been working on a project that explores the connection between Chinese and Jews. but I am busy with other projects at the same time, so this one has been developing very slowly. I think that Klezmer music sounds very good on the erhu.
