Yu-Chung TSENG

曾酼忠

Taipei

 

Yu-Chung Tseng completed his Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of North Texas (1998), where he studied composition and computer music with Larry Austin, Jon C.Nelson, and Phil Winsor.

His music, written for both acoustic and electronic media, has been recognized with awards from the R.O.C National Culture Planning Council(1st Prize for Four Seasons,1989), University of North Texas(2nd Prize for Little Ying Yang,1996), Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (Mention Award for Drinking Alone under the Moon,1998; for Juxaposition, 1999; for Sota Beauty,2005), and Pierre Schaeffer International Computer Music Competition (1st Prize for Ying Yang,2003), "Città di Udine" 5th International Contemporary Music Competition (Special Mention for T.J. CHI,2003), MUSICA NOVA 2005 International Electroacoustic Music Competition (Finalist for A Reminiscence of Pipa)

Mr. Tseng's works have also received many performances at festivals and conferences from organisations including Beijing International Electronic Music Festival (MusicAcoustic: Mix,2005) Korean EA Music Society (SICMF 2002,2003,2004), Canada CEC (EuCuE 2003-04), Taiwanese Computer Music Association (TCMC 99, 2000,2004), International Computer Music Association (ICMC 98, 99, 2001, 2003,2004), SEAMUS (Net Concert’97, SEAMUS ’98), TCMN (96, 97,98). His music can be heard on CDCM vol.27 (USA), DISCONTACT III(CEC-Canada), and Pescara (Italy) labels.

He is member of ICMA, and founding member of TCMA. Currently, he is a full-time assistant professor of music at National Taipei University of Education in Taiwan, and a part-time assistant professor at music graduate school of Schuchow University.