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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:

February 7, 2010       The Farmington Musicale (Farmington Community Library, Farminton Hills, MI)
                             Yen: Two Old Postcards from Formosa (2007)
                             Ming-Hsiu Yen, piano

March 9, 2010       Tobenski-Algera Concert Series (Duplex's Cabaret Theatre, NY)
                             Yen: Two Old Postcards from Formosa (2007)
                             Marc Peloquin, piano

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

April 17, 2010       Ming-Hsiu Yen Doctoral Dissertation Performance (Rehearsal Hall, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)
                             Yen: The Song of Life (2010)
                             Meng-Chun Lin, soprano; Brian Carter, tenor; Oriol Sans, conductor

May 7, 2010       Taiwanese-American Cultural Center (Montgomery College, DC/Maryland)
                             Yen: Two Old Postcards from Formosa (2007)--"Plowing Song"
                             Jenny Lin, piano

November 4, 2010       Once. More (Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI)
                             Robert Ashley: Van Cao's Meditation (1991)
                             Ming-Hsiu Yen, piano