Mindy Meng Wang is a guzheng (Chinese string instrument) virtuoso and part of a significant movement of Chinese musicians redefining and reinvigorating their musical traditions. Cocoon will be Mindy Meng Wang’s first major music composition to feature guzheng as part of a chamber orchestra.

The work is part of Meeting Points, a triple bill of works featuring Cocoon by Mindy Meng Wang (China), Scary Beauty by Keiichiro Shibuya (Japan) and Seoul Meets Arnhem Land: Ecstatic Voice with Bae Il Dong (Korea) and Daniel Wilfred (Arnhem Land)