ABOUT 關於
Ming-Hsiu YEN is an active composer and pianist. Her compositions have been played in Asia, Europe, and throughout the United States, by such orchestras as the Minnesota Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan), among others. A winner of the Asian Composers League Yoshiro Irino Memorial Prize among others, she also received commission awards from the Hanson Institute for American Music, etc., and her music has been recorded on Albany Records, Innova Recordings and Blue Griffin Recording labels.
As a prize-winning pianist from the Grieg Festival Young Artists Competition, the Society for Musical Arts, and the UM concerto competition, she performed concertos written by Barber, Corigliano and herself with the UM Symphony Orchestra and frequently appears in new music festivals throughout the United States, including The Intimacy of Creativity, the Once. More. Festival, among others.
Ms. Yen holds degrees from the University of Michigan (DMA in composition; MM in composition and piano performance) and the Eastman School of Music (BM). She served as Composer-in-Residence/Adjunct Associate Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is currently serving as Assistant Professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan.
Website update: August 22, 2012
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