Adlez was composed in the fall of 2020 during the lockdown. I got the idea for this piece from a video game poster that was behind my work desk "The Legend of Zelda". Whenever I had a Zoom meeting and observed myself on my laptop, the poster would show "Adlez" instead of "Zelda", and that's how I randomly titled it.

While writing this piece, I envisioned myself adventuring in this open-world game extensively. As a result, the piece is a perpetual motion with various colorful timbres. This work is also my first exploration and practice of the music programming language RTcmix, which I used to generate and process sound materials.

(Wenbin Lyu, January 31, 2021)

2023 - Morton Gould Young Composer Awards; finalist; The ASCAP Foundation; New York, NY

2022 - Denny Awards; honorable mention; University of Colorado Denver; Denver, CO

2021 - Follow My Score; winner; Score Follower

October 3, 2024; 33rd International Review of Composers; Belgrade, Serbia; Zoran Anić

November 30, 2023; SONIC MATTER; Kunstraum Walcheturm; Zürich, Switzerland; Wenbin Lyu

November 15, 2023; CCM; Cincinnati, OH; Özgür Çetindere

May 11, 2023; NoiseFloor; Staffordshire University; Stafford, UK; Wenbin Lyu

March 23, 2023; TURN UP Multimedia Festival; University of Arizona; Tucson, AZ; Dante Olita

March 8, 2023; Missouri Experimental Sonic Arts Festival; University of Central Missouri; Warrensburg, MO; Noah Ward

December 7, 2022; International Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology Conference; Kainan University; Taipei, Taiwan; Wenbin Lyu

April 22, 2022; Earth Day Art Model Festival; IUPUI; Indianapolis, IN; Wenbin Lyu

March 29, 2022; CCM; Cincinnati, OH; Noah Ward

March 22, 2022; CCM Sonic Explorations; CCM; Cincinnati, OH; Noah Ward

March 19, 2022; NACUSA Sounds New Chapter Composer Retreat; Cloudland Canyon State Park; Rising Fawn, GA; Wenbin Lyu

March 19, 2022; The 21st Century Guitar Conference; Ball State University; Muncie, IN; Noah Ward

July 31, 2021; International Computer Music Conference; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Santiago, Chile; Wenbin Lyu

June 21, 2021; New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival; New York City, NY; Wenbin Lyu

April 25, 2021; National Student Electronic Music Event; Ithaca College; Ithaca, NY; Wenbin Lyu

March 10, 2021 (premiere); CCM Sonic Explorations; CCM; Cincinnati, OH; Wenbin Lyu