Founded by CHI-WEI LO and XIAOPEI XU, the Psychopomp Ensemble has been recognized for their unconventional transcriptions and multidisciplinary performances. In a pioneering pursuit, the Psychopomp Ensemble presents music synthesizing improvisation, recompositions, and original works, forging paths in standard repertoire as well as world music and works in the 21st century.
Immediate highlights include concerts presented by The Harvard Musical Association, UCLA, The Chinese American Museum (LA), Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Scripps College, Ukraine Forward, College Music Society, Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts, The Lancaster Piano Festival and the German Society of Pennsylvania. Their (almost) all Gottschalk program was released by The Harvard Musical Association, With a feature on the Boston Musical Intelligencer.
In 2021, the Psychopomp Ensemble presented a series of interdisciplinary happenings in Los Angeles, which attracted more than a dozen press, including the LA times, NBC News, Shanghai Morning Post, Qilu Evening news, and others.