Posts Tagged ‘Taiwanese music’
Chien-Wen Cheng: Lotus in the Rain
Chien-Wen Cheng (b. 1972) received his D.M.A. in Music Composition at the University of North Texas, specializing in interactive computer music. Currently he works as associate professor in the Department of Interaction Design at National Taipei University of Technology in Taiwan. He has won numerous composition awards and honors mainly including: “best background score” at…
Read MoreChung-Yuan Yu: Wende (Twist)
Chung-Yuan Yu (b. 1984 in Taipei) has been awarded in numerous musical composition competitions. His compositions have been performed by outstanding musicians and ensembles such as Ensemble SurPlus, Formalist Quartet, Reborn-the Voice of Suka, Taiwan Philharmonic Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Chinese Orchestra, the Little Giant Chinese Orchestra, Taipei Chamber Singers, and the Unique…
Read MoreChia-lin Pan: Drifting
Dr. Chia-lin Pan (b. 1972) received her degree of Doctor of Music in Composition from Northwestern University (Illinois, U.S.A.) and earned both her Bachelor and Master degrees from National Taiwan Normal University (Taipei, Taiwan). She studied composition with Prof. M. W. Karlins, Yen Lu, Alan Stout, Augusta Read Thomas, Hwang-long Pan and Jay Alan Yim…
Read MoreJing Mu Kuo: Mindfullness
Jing Mu Kuo was born in Yilan. Over the past few years, he has devoted himself to zheng music and contemporary music performing, and to researching zheng music to find his own language. He has curated three contemporary zheng music recitals: Zheng:New Horizon “conversation/unlimited”, “pure/solo” and “unequal/ensemble”. Kuo is the head of 3PEOPLEMUSIC, a member…
Read MoreSzu-Hsien Lee: Dialogue II: Mirage
Szu-Hsien LEE received her Bachelor of Music Art in Piano Performance from National Taiwan Normal University, Master of Art in Music Composition from National Chiao-Tung University, and Ph. D. in Music Composition and Theory from University of California, Los Angeles. She is currently Associate Professor at National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Dr. Lee…
Read MoreYa-Ting Lee: Vigil (2015)
Ya-Ting Lee’s compositions have been performed in numerous cities of Taiwan, Czech Republic, Finland, and United States, and also by several distinguished ensembles including National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Percussion Ensemble, Taipei Percussion Ensemble, University of Central Missouri Percussion Ensemble, and Red Fish and Blue Fish Percussion Ensemble. Ms. Lee is the winner of 2005 Young…
Read MoreHeng Chen: WhyOuch
(Submitted by ISCM – TAIPEI SECTION) Heng Chen (陳珩) was born in Taipei in 1990. He started learning piano and violin at the age of five and in high school studied composition and music theory under Prof. Hsiao Ching-Yu. He received his Bachelor of composition at the National University of Arts Taipei (TNUA) with Prof.…
Read MoreAlissa Long: Popoto Waiata
(Submitted by ISCM – NEW ZEALAND SECTION) Alissa Long was born in Jordan, raised in Taiwan, and is now permanently based in New Zealand. She studied at Soochow University in Taipei, and finished her Master of Arts degree in 2012. She is a composer, arranger, and educator, with over a decade of experience in creating new…
Read MoreAnnie Hui-Hsin Hsieh: Into the Outer
(Submitted by ISCM – AUSTRALIAN SECTION) Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh (b. 1984) is a Taiwanese-Australian composer working in acoustic and electroacoustic mediums. Her work focuses on creating immersive physical experiences and she often prefers to articulate sonic expressions in terms of choreography, phenomenology, and musical-social interactivity. Hsieh’s music has been presented internationally at events such as Beijing…
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