Sep 7
9月7日
šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
About the Program
Some things are carried across distance: memories, stories, songs, and the people who remain with us long after we have moved on.
In this collaborative program, Elvin Chang and James Tseung bring together music shaped by journeys, changing relationships, dreams, and the landscapes of the sea, wind, and natural world. Moving between personal reflection and imaginative storytelling, their songs explore what is lost, what remains, and how unseen connections continue to carry us across time and place.
James Tseung is a Hong Kong-born composer and singer-songwriter based in Vancouver. His music blends soul, R&B, vintage pop, and jazz influences with emotive vocals, groove-driven songwriting, and deeply personal storytelling. His work often explores identity, cultural distance, solitude, memory, and the experience of living between places.
In 2022, James released his second album, Vagabond, a conceptual work exploring loneliness, nostalgia, cultural distance, and the experience of living away from home during a period of profound personal and social change. His latest album, Empty Room, further explores these themes through the metaphor of a room and the experiences that unfold within it, reflecting on isolation, relationships, faith, nostalgia, and personal growth. The album develops a nostalgic and cinematic sound through intimate songwriting, vintage-inspired grooves, synth textures, and selective arrangements for horns and strings, while retaining a DIY sensibility.
Working across songwriting, composition, and sound, James creates music for both personal expression and broader creative contexts, including film and art installations. Across his work, he continues to explore the relationship between place, memory, and sound, creating music that is emotionally intimate while stylistically eclectic.
Elvin Chang is an independent singer-songwriter whose music fuses dreamy indie pop with poetic storytelling in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English. Known for lush, atmospheric production and evocative lyricism, his songs explore themes of memory, distance, longing, and self-discovery, creating immersive soundscapes that are both intimate and cinematic.In March 2026, Elvin released his second full-length album, 15小時以前, a 13-track collection featuring eight Mandarin songs, two Cantonese songs, and three English songs. Marking a new chapter in his artistic journey, the album showcases his growth as both a songwriter and producer, blending dream-pop textures, heartfelt melodies, and multilingual narratives into a deeply personal reflection on love, change, and the fleeting moments that shape our lives.
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TAIWANfest Vancouver is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered here, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples of this land while we engage in meaningful conversations of culture and reconciliation.