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Recipient of the prestigious Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship for 2009-2010 from the University of Michigan.

Winner of the 2009 Heckscher Composition Prize.

Winner of the 2009 Literary and Artistic Creation Competition (Taiwan).

Winner of the 2009 Grieg Festival Young Artists Competition (piano division).

Ming-Hsiu Yen (b. 1980, Taiwan)

is an active composer and pianist. She has written music for solo, chamber, orchestra, choir, as well as electronic music, and her compositions have been played by such major orchestras as Minnesota Orchestra, YINQI Symphony Orchestra and Choir (Taiwan), and such ensembles as PRISM Quartet, Brave New Works, OSSIA. Received composition awards from various places, she was also a fellow of Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute, Aspen Music Festival and School, Pacific Music Festival (Japan), and Brevard Music Center.

Actively performing as a soloist and chamber musician, Ming-Hsiu is a two-time winner of the University of Michigan Concerto Competition and performed with University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. She frequently premiered music written by young composers and has performed in new music festivals, such as SCI national conference, Midwest Composers Symposium, etc.

Recent Events:

                 Prism Saxophone Quartet + Music From China
February 27, 2009    8:00pm        Settlement Music School (416 Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA)
February 28, 2009    8:00pm        Merkin Concert Hall (129 West 67th Street, New York, NY)
March 1, 2009          2:00pm Smithsonian Museum (Washington DC)
                   Yen: Chinatown (2008)

April 2-4, 2009       Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) National Conference (Santa Fe Complex, Santa Fe, NM)
                             Yen: Two Old Postcards from Formosa (2007)
                             Ming-Hsiu Yen, piano

July 15-23, 2009        Asia Trombone Seminar- Solo Competition (Shih-Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan)
                             Yen: Fanfare for trombone (2009)
                             Various seminar participants

October 4, 2009       The Sound of Formosa (First Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, MI)
                             Georges Hue: Fantasie for flute and piano
                             Yi-Chun Chen, flute; Ming-Hsiu Yen, piano

November 2, 2009       Arts on Earth: Arts and (Incarcerated) Bodies (Stamps Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI)
                             Jon Deak: Lady Chatterley's Dream
                             Allison Cregg, violin; Jacqeline Hanson, viola; Jeremy Crosmer, cello, Philip Alejo, double bass; Ming-Hsiu Yen, piano

November 20, 2009       Ming Shiow Huang's Doctoral Lecture Recital (Florida State University, College of Music, FL)
                             Yen: Two Old Postcards from Formosa (2007)
                             Ming Shiow Huang, piano

December 4, 2009       Contemporary Directions Ensemble (Britton Recital Hall, Ann Arbor, MI)
                             Jon Deak: Lady Chatterley's Dream
                             Allison Cregg, violin; Jacqeline Hanson, viola; Jeremy Crosmer, cello, Philip Alejo, double bass; Ming-Hsiu Yen, piano

April 6, 2010       Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble (Ithaca College, NY)
                             Yen: Two Old Postcards from Formosa (2007)
                             Jennifer Hayghe, piano