Fiona Sze-Lorrain

Writer, Poet, Zheng Harpist, Translator

Fiona Sze-Lorrain is a writer, poet, translator, musician, and editor. She writes and translates in English, French, and Chinese. She is the author of a novel in stories, Dear Chrysanthemums, five poetry collections, including Rain in Plural and The Ruined Elegance, eighteen translations, and three coedited anthologies. (Literary Work »)

Considered a major zheng harpist of her generation, Sze-Lorrain began her piano studies at age five and made her performance debut in Singapore's Victoria Concert Hall. During her musical career, she has played at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, World Music Hall of Wesleyan University, Maison des cultures du monde, Maison des racines du monde, Zuiderpershuis Wereldculturen centrum, Rasa Wereldculturen centrum, UNESCO, Musée Cernuschi, and Musée d'Orbigny Bernon, among other venues.

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Sze-Lorrain has traveled on several international tours; her skills, artistic interpretation and passion revealed during her performances have won praises from audiences worldwide. She has performed with Wang Changyuan Zheng Ensemble, IIIZ+, and Chinese Music Ensemble of New York. Her CD, In One Take, was released in Paris in 2010.

Sze-Lorrain graduated as a scholar from Columbia University and New York University before obtaining a PhD in French from Paris IV-Sorbonne.

In 2004, Sheng Productions (The Chinese New Yorker) featured a 30-minute documentary showcasing her artistic work.

She lives in Paris.