Shing-Kwei Tzeng
Year of birth, place
1946
Biography
After initially studying music in Taipeh, Taiwan, the composer moved to Germany in the late 1970s. He studied composition in Freiburg, and a scholarship enabled him to undertake further research visits in France. Within the context of his work, Shing-kwei created multimedia pieces in which instruments and western composition are fused into a unique language of forms. Shing-kwei Tzeng has been professor of composition, computer music and music analysis at the National Taiwan University, Taipeh since 1981; in 1995, he founded the Society for Electro-acoustic Music in Taiwan (TCMA). His works are performed at international festivals such as Gaudeamus Music Week, World Music Days and Festival of ISCM, or the Presence Festival Paris.
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