Chin-Hsien Chung (b. 1996) is a Taiwanese composer, pianist, flutist, and organist. She received her Konzertexamen’s degree in composition with Gordon Kampe at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (HfMT Hamburg, Germany), her master’s degree in instrumental composition with Miroslav Srnka at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (HfMT Köln, Germany), and her bachelor’s degree from the National Taipei University of the Arts (TNUA) with Ching-Mei Lin.

Her works have been performed in many countries, such as Taiwan, Germany, Austria, Italy, China, and Singapore, by renowned interpreters including Kassel Staatstheater, Symphoniker Hamburg, Ensemble IEMA, Ensemble Ascolta, Curious Chamber Players, Ensemble Musikfabirk, Jack Quartet, Curious Chamber Players, Bux Ensemble, PHACE Ensemble, TCOC, Taipei Century Choir, and Taipei Harmonic Chorus.

Recipient of awards and performances such as Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Radio WDR3, the DAAD Outstanding Academic Scholarship 2023, Honorable Mention Award of Composition Competition of Physician’s Chamber Orchestra of Taiwan 2020, Taipei Fringe Festival Award, Sun River Prize, and Taiwan Choral Association Composer Award.

Currently, she focuses on the relationship between the invisible network and complex sociality, exploring the language and emotions, discovering its characteristics and inertia, and then better integrating it with her work, especially Social Hypocrisy and Power Dynamics, Cultural Identity and Societal Expectations. She is also dedicated to opera, electronic music, object creation, etc. Representative works include the orchestra《Binding Bonding》, opera《Leonce und Lena》, ensemble《jí: Fleeting Passage》, ensemble《The Veiled Silhouette》, opera《Waiting for Godot》, music theater《Wor-King/Wor-Queen》, music theater《The Invisible Wall》, string quartet 《¿YES?》and etc.

update: Feb 16, 2025