Zhao Jiajing is a composer, sound designer, and interdisciplinary artist based in London.
Zhao Jiajing’s artistic practice encompasses sound, installation, and new media, exploring themes such as temporality, technology, digital cultures, and nature. Since 2019, he has been deeply engaged in spatial sound, creating multichannel compositions and installations. His compositions craft electroacoustic and electronic soundworlds that evoke cross-sensory imaginations.
Zhao Jiajing’s works have been presented internationally at events and places such as the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (US), Soundcinema Düsseldorf (DE), Espacios Sonoros (AR), Sound/Image Festival (UK), IRCAM (FR), Barbican Centre (UK), Lisboa Incomum (PT), and Sound Art Museum (CN), among many others.
As a multi-skilled composer and sound designer, he has collaborated with pioneering theatre groups, performers, and visual artists, creating projects that captivate audiences worldwide. Zhao is also the founder and director of Soundworlds Studio, a London-based immersive sound design studio.
Zhao holds an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art and is currently pursuing a PhD in Electroacoustic Music at the University of the Arts London (CRiSAP) under the supervision of Adam Stanović. He is also a mentor and visiting lecturer for the MA in Designing Audio Experience at University College London.