Rainforests are a type of common forest ecosystem on our planet with broad coverage across Southeast Asia. Rainforests are places with hot, humid climates, abundant rainfall, and a diverse array of animal and plant species. Rainforests are also biologically complex places, existing in plains and canyons accompanied by streams and waterfalls, towering trees and lush vines.

Go Across the Rainforests includes two parts. The first part is Introduction and Andante, and the second part is Allegro. This composition uses the Pelog scale from Gamelan as music material. While much of the work is minimalistic in technique, it is juxtaposed with peculiar rhythms and tunes originating from Kroncong music which play in counterpoint to the former musical material.

The piece attempts to depict a map of Southeast Asia as a sort of scroll being unravelled to people, expressing the composer’s deep concerns of our Earth’s fragile rainforest ecosystems, as well as highlighting our ever-evolving relationship between human and nature.

This piece won the Third Prize at the Singapore International Competition for Chinese Orchestral Composition 2015.