Ruiqi Wang 王睿琪, commonly mispronounced as Roo-ee-kee Wan, but actually Ray-Chee Wong, is a composer and improviser from Hangzhou, China, based in Bern and Berlin.

She works with voice, body, performance art, and a palette of synthesized, sampled, and processed sounds. Ruiqi creates work that is intimate and surreal, through which she seeks freedom and authenticity.

You can find her as Ruiqi (T.O.T.), Rachael (Robot Cat, pronounced like “Har-shell”), or QUI CHIU (solo).

In 2023, Ruiqi released her debut album Subduing the Silence on the Montreal-based independent label Orchard of Pomegranates. The album features an all-female ensemble and a collaboration with the Boston-based Craft Ensemble string quartet. It has received praise from music critics across Denmark, Germany, the Czech Republic, the United States, France, and Canada.

Ruiqi holds a Master’s degree in Music Composition from the Hochschule der Künste Bern in Switzerland, and a Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance from McGill University in Canada.