Taipei, Taiwan
A native of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, CHIANG Hsin-Yen graduated from Kaohsiung Senior High School. He is currently studying composition in the Department of Music at National Taiwan Normal University, and will soon enroll in the department of Mathematics at the same university. He has a strong interest in interdisciplinary performance and music theory, and excels at integrating his musical expertise with knowledge from other fields. He also places great emphasis on the interaction between artistic works and their social contexts. Hsin-Yen has presented works at various festivals and performances, including the C-LAB Wandering Festival in 2022, 2024, and 2025, where the electronic music works "Expérience de mort imminent," "Trois esquisses sur la lumière," and "Orbit II" were featured. In 2024, Hsin-Yen premiered the wind orchestra pieces "Le cycle de mort et de résurrection" at the Weiwuying Concert Hall in July and "Purification" at the NTNU Auditorium. In November, Hsin-Yen participated in "Rice Dragon 360," an interdisciplinary production at the NTNU Art Museum as part of Nuit Blanche Taipei 2024. In 2025, the instrumental work "Orbit I" was premiered at the XII St. Petersburg International New Music Festival, where he received individual lessons from internationally renowned composers Stefano Gervasoni, Panayiotis Kokoras, Mehdi Hosseini, and Nikolay Khrust. In June of the same year, selected as a Young Composer by the Counterpoint Ensemble, the piece "Orbit III" is performed at the Weiwuying Recital Hall. In November, he was selected to participate in the NSO-hosted international composers' workshop.