Since its inception in 2007, Sonamus Percussion has brought the best of percussion music to audiences in Australia and beyond. Founded by Brisbane-based performers and educators Paul Lin and Yuyan Wang as Sonamus Duo, the ensemble enjoyed early success in Australia and China, winning the 2008 Australian Percussion Eisteddfod and several other awards and competition prizes. Their joint ventures with the Guangzhou Modern Dance Company in 2008 were received with critical acclaim.
Concentrating on their respective solo careers, the following years saw Paul appear at the Australian International Marimba Festival (winning First Prize in the Australian International Marimba Competition), Taipei International Percussion Festival, Shanghai Percussion Festival, Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music and Australian Percussion Symposium. Yuyan appeared as timpani and marimba soloist in Australia, won Second Prize in the 2009 International Percussion Competition in Fermo, Italy, among others, worked with the Queensland Symphony, Shanghai Philharmonic and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestras, and completed a Doctorate in the field of Chinese ethnomusicology.
In 2011, Sonamus Percussion was re-launched with a more flexible personnel list, resulting in a tour to Beijing, Chicago and Indianapolis in January 2012 as Trio. Sonamus as well as the world premiere performance of Keiko Abe’s Prism Rhapsody II with BoB – Best of Brass in Brisbane in October 2012. Future project include further exploration of the Chinese market as well as appearances in Europe and the U.S.A..
“Sonamus擊響”打击乐团自2007年建团以来，不仅为澳大利亚的观众，更是为更多地区的观众不断展现最精彩的打击乐音乐。该乐团由长期旅居澳大利亚布利斯班的华人青年打击乐演奏家，昆士兰音乐学院教师Paul Lin 和王玉燕组建。2008年荣获澳大利亚打击乐大赛二重奏第一名后通过他们的不懈努力这些年来更取得了澳洲与中国艺术界的广泛肯定。2008年与广东现代舞团合作创演的“激响二重——现代舞与打击乐的碰撞”《五行》曾经轰动一时，为中国南方观众率先展现了世界前沿现代打击乐即兴演奏与现代舞融合的风采，并受到“南方都市报”等媒体的大篇幅报道。
“Sonamus擊響”的两位演奏家在各自独奏方面也很绚彩夺目，Paul曾获澳大利亚“世界马林巴比赛”第一名，并经常活跃于“台北国际打击乐音乐节”，“上海打击乐节”，“澳大利亚布利斯班Biennial音乐节和“澳洲打击乐研讨会”等一系列跟打击乐艺术有关的活动。作为青年定音鼓，马林巴演奏家，王玉燕曾在“2009意大利Fermo国际打击乐大赛”，“澳大利亚打击乐大赛”等比赛中获得各类奖项。她曾任职澳大利亚昆士兰交响乐团，广州交响乐团，上海爱乐乐团，兰州交响乐团等。并于2011年获得音乐艺术博士，现就职于澳大利亚昆士兰音乐学院研究院。
2011年，“Sonamus擊響二重”拓展为打击乐团，并于2012年一月巡演中国北京，美国芝加哥，印第安纳普里斯等地。2012年10月“Sonamus擊響”曾与著名澳大利亚铜管五重奏“BoB – Best of Brass”合作世界首演改编著名日本马林巴大师Keiko Abe的作品“Prism Rhapsody II”《棱镜狂想曲II》，受到一致好评。“Sonamus擊響”目前正在积极策划准备他们未来的中国，欧洲及美国等系列国际音乐活动。