Chi-Yen Huang, born in Taiwan, is a composer intrigued by subtle changes in timbre and the power of musical gesture in both acoustic and electronic music. He also shapes a sonic world that connects directly to the spiritual realm and to the emotional experience of the audience.

 

His music has been selected for CEME 2023 (Contemporary Encounters Meitar Ensemble, Israel), mdi New Music Week (Italy), Luxembourg Composition Academy (Rainy Days Festival), International Composition Institute of Thailand 2023 (ICIT), New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), Taipei International New Music Festival (ISCM, Taiwan), C-Lab (Contemporary Culture Lab, an area for development of technology, academic research and contemporary creation in Taiwan. C-lab has been collaborating with IRCAM since 2018.), and the Diversonics Festival, among others. He has also collaborated with the Meitar Ensemble, mdi Ensemble, United Instruments of Lucilin, Tacet(i) Ensemble, National Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl, Mei-Fang Lin, Shih-San Wu (JU Percussion Group), Chun-Hao Ku.

 

In 2019, Huang was awarded a scholarship from DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) to participate in the course, Deutsche Literatur und Musik, (German literature and music) at Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg for one month. In 2022, he was selected as artist-in-residence for C-Lab. In 2023, Huang was then selected as a visiting artist for a communication project with C-Lab and IRCAM.

 

Chi-Yen graduated with a master’s degree in Composition from the Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA), where he studied with Mei-Fang Lin. He also received a B. M. in piano performance at TNUA and a M. M. in piano performance at National Taiwan Normal University, where he studied with Chun-Chieh Yen. He has participated in master classes with pianists Roman Zaslavsky, Boris Giltburg, Ning An, Ya-Fei Chuang and composers Lei Liang, Philippe Leroux, Franck Bedrossian, Marco Stroppa, Annea Lockwood, Ed Bennett, Julio Estrada, Scott Wilson, Emily Koh.

 

In 2023, Huang was awarded an overseas Ph.D. Program Fellowship from the Taiwan Ministry of Education, and a full five-year Teaching Assistantship from the University at Buffalo to pursue a Ph.D degree in Composition under the tutelage of Tiffany M. Skidmore.