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LOONG-HSING WEN

Visiting Composer-in-Residence
1997-98
 


Activities at NYU

Two Lectures on own works: Nov. 20th, '97 and Feb. 17th, '98
Coordination of NYU Concerts at the Taipei Center: Nov. 20th and Dec. 18th, 1997. Other concerts to be scheduled during the spring semester, among them, a Concert by Taiwanese and NYU Composers
Coordinate the Asian Composers Concert at the Spring Marathon on May 11th, 1998.
Will conduct two masterclasses, seeing student works in progress
During the Spring semester, will see selected composition students in private lessons

BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

Born: March 7th, 1944, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
 

Major Studies: Composition, Violin, Electronic Music, Recording Engineering, Marketing, Art Management, Film Scoring

Main Music Interests: Composing, Concert Activities, International Exchange Programs, etc.


Compositions: Catalogue of 166 Pieces. Among them: "Flying" for String Quartet (1963), Phenomena I (1963), Concerto for 7 Instruments (1968), Violin Concerto (1969), Cantata "Yenpin" (1969), Eight Caprices (1972), Fou Yah, for 8 Instruments (1973) Pien, for chamber ensemble & tape (1974), Talk Space (1974), Phenomena II (1975), Media by Media, for percussion & tape (1977), Recycle, for winds & orchestra (1977), Arac (1978), Piano Concerto (1979), Suite for Orchestra (1981), The Player (1983), Tanazen (1984), Phenomena III (1984), Phenomena IV (1986), Meditation on 3 Poems (1987), The Four Dimentions (1987), The World of D&H (1988), Children Contemporary Tales (1989), Fantasy of Bu-Dei (1990), Concerto for Flute, Harp & Strings (1990), String Queartet III (1991), A Symphony (1991), Small Requiem (1992), Taiwanese Four Seasons (1992), Nostalgia (1992)



Awards:

1970 Wang Zu Cantata Award
1971 First Prize Chinese Music Competition
1975 2nd Prize of the Gaudeamus International Competition, Holland
1975 JC's Golden Hand Prize
1980 Gold Medal Prize in the Recording Grand Prix of Taiwan
1982 Special Prize of the 3rd Wu San-lien Awards
1998, Nominated for the 1998 INMC Award (International New Music Consrtium, Inc.)

Activities:

Artistic Director: Crystal Sound Record Co., 1976-89 Taiwan, ROC
China Foundation Workshop, Taiwan, ROC, 1990-93
Cultural Institute for Development, Paris, Amsterdam, Taipei

Guest Lecturer or Speaker:

1992, at the International Young Composers Camp, Kashimirtz, Poland, jointly with Lutoslawski
1994, at the International Composers' Workshop of Gaudeamus Foundation, Amsterdam
1994, at the Festival "Music der Jahrhunderte", Stuttgart, Germany
1994, at Stuttgart Conservatory of Music, Germany
1996, at Tokyo University (masterclass and workshop)

Member of the Jury

1983-96, Yamaha International Interpreter's Competition for Young Musicians
1993-96 at the CNR Versailles Grand Prix for Percussion, France
1995-Cont., National Award of TEN BEST ARTISTS OF THE YEAR in ROC.
1985-Cont., Executive Board Member of ISCM - China-Tipei Section
1971-86, General Secretary of Asian Composers League

Guest Composer Yearly tours throughout Europe, Asia and the US, some listed below:

1994-95, Royal Festival Hall, London, England
1992, at IRCAM, Paris, with Pascal Gallois, France
1984-95, Yearly appearances at Kunitaci Univ. of Music, Tokyo, Japan
1976-Cont., at Gaudeamus International Festival & Composers Workshop, Amsterdam
1994, with Les Percussions de Strassboutg, France
1976-Cont., at Osaka Univ. of Music, Japan
1990-Cont., with Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
1988, at BMI Composers Forum in New York
1996-Cont., Percussion Music Europe, in Belgium


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