Taiwanese composer, Chih-Yun Wang (b.1995)
Chih-Yun is a D.M.A. candidate in Composition at Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) under the tutelage of Ching-Mei Lin and Tsung-Hsien Yang. She also received her B.M. and M.M. in composition at TNUA. Her music is mainly an extension of her understanding of life based on her own life experiences. By exploring musical instruments, she creates a delicate world of sound that is filled with emotion.
Chih-Yun has also received a number of prizes, awards, grants and scholarships, including Sempre Musick 2023 Composition Competition Honorable Mentions, Ma Shui Lung Composition-Awards Scholarship, Orchestra Members’ Choice Prize and Honorable Mention Prize in 2017 Composition Competition of National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO), a finalist in the 2020 Kaleidoscope Competition, 2017 TNUA Emerging Young Artists Prize..., Her works have been supported by Taiwan National Culture and Arts Foundation and Taiwan Sound Lab of C-LAB.
Her music has been featured at concerts and festivals included e.g., Ensemble Atelier XX-21 Concert 2023(FR), 2023 CREATORS Sound Off Up-and-Coming Creators Residency Program in Taiwan Sound Lab(Artist-in-residence composer), 2022 ACL Festival(NZ), ARCo opus 2022(AT), ilSUONO Contemporary Music Week 2022(IT), SounDrama Studio 2020, International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2018 (KR) and Tokyo College of Music& TNUA Concert 2019(JP), and has been performed, and/or commissioned by maestro Jun Märkl and National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO), TANA Quartet, Ensemble Multilatérale, Ensemble Suono Giallo, Sidera Saxophone Quartet, MIT Saxophone Ensemble, TNUA Percussion Ensemble as well as Fabrice Pierre and Ensemble Atelier XX-21 at CNSMD de Lyon (FR), among others.
Additionally, She has participated in international lessons, master classes and courses with composers, among them: Cindy McTee, Unsuk Chin, Anders Hallberg, Edmund Campion, Clara Iannotta, Francesco Filidei, Henry Fourès, Eva Reiter, Yann Robin, Johannes Maria Staud, Keiko Harada, Jean Geoffroy, Lei Liang, Yu-Hui Chang and Mei-Feng Lin.
Recently, she has been dedicated to the creative practice of electronic music and instrumental acoustic music, which is the research area of her D. M. A. thesis.
Update: 2024/05/18
王之筠，畢業於曉明女中音樂班，作曲啟蒙於蔡宜真老師。於國立臺北藝術大學取得學士與碩士學位，現為國立臺北藝術大學音樂系博士候選人，師事林京美教授與楊聰賢教授。
之筠的音樂創作多從自身生活中對生命的體悟延伸而來，並專注在探索器樂音色以創造一種充滿感性且細膩的聲音世界。其多項作品及委託創作曾於臺灣、日本、韓國、奧地利、義大利、紐西蘭、法國等地發表與演出、並獲選參與各地音樂節如：法國IRCAM ManiFeste-2023 Auditor、臺灣聲響實驗室2023 CREATORS聲鬥陣：創作新秀進駐計畫、2023與2024【衛武營國際音樂節】陳銀淑（Unsuk Chin）作曲工作坊、2022 紐西蘭亞洲作曲家聯盟（ACL）音樂節, 奧地利ARCo opus （2022）, 義大利ilSUONO Contemporary Music Week （2022）, The International Computer Music Conference（ICMC, 2018）, 國家交響樂團（NSO）一分鐘交響曲計畫（2021與2023樂季）、TIFA當代音樂平台-彼得．于特福許（Peter Eötvös）作曲大師班（2020）與兩廳院＆俄國聲音劇場工作室（SounDrama Studio）聲響劇場工作坊團隊作曲家之一（2020）、以及土撥鼠室內樂群年度音樂會（2021）、ACL 音樂台灣音樂會（2020, 2022與2023）、日本東京音樂大學交流音樂會（2019）、米特薩克斯風重奏團灣頌音樂會（2019）等；在學期間亦多次獲選於北藝大「擊樂之夜」音樂會、三校聯合音樂會以及關渡新聲優勝者音樂會。
她的作品曾榮獲的獎項有：美國 Sempre Musick 2023 作曲比賽榮譽獎、國立臺灣交響樂團（NTSO）青年音樂創作競賽團員票選獎及佳作（2017）、北藝大關渡新聲優勝者（2017）、馬水龍作曲獎學金與國家文化藝術基金會補助等。
曾合作的知名樂團、音樂家與指揮包括國家交響樂團（NSO）、國立臺灣交響樂團（NTSO）、里昂高等音樂院當代音樂工作坊（CNSMD）Ensemble Atelier XX-21, TANA Quartet、Ensemble Multilatérale、Ensemble Suono Giallo、Sidera Saxophone Quartet、米特薩克斯風重奏團、土撥鼠室內樂集與國際知名指揮家Jun Märkl、Fabrice Pierre、吳曜宇、范楷西等。之筠亦積極參與國際大師班，作品曾接受Cindy McTee, Unsuk Chin, Edmund Campion, Clara Iannotta, Francesco Filidei, Henry Fourès, Eva Reiter, Yann Robin, Johannes Maria Staud, Keiko Harada, Jean Geoffroy, Lei Liang等知名作曲家指導。
近期她的論文研究，致力於電子音樂與器樂原聲室內樂的創作與實踐。
更新日期：2024/05/18