Ge Gan-ru's personal composing style was developed during the years back in Shanghai.
In 1983, his first representable work Yi Feng (The Lost Style) came out being commissioned by Frank Huang, who was still a student major in cello that year.
The strings are retuned a tri-tone lower than regular pitch and the body of cello is considered as four separated parts.
The composer requires the soloist to play on those four parts in order to create percussive timbres.
[2] Also in 1983, Ge Gan-ru was recommended by Chou Wen-chung to Columbia University for his doctorate in composition.