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Ming-Hsiu Yen (顏名秀)

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Ming-Hsiu Yen (顏名秀)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Ming-Hsiu Yen
  • Chinese: 顏名秀
  • Era: Birth Place
  • Geography: 台灣 /
  • Core roles: professor, artist, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

顏名秀出生於臺灣台中市，是位十分活躍的作曲家及鋼琴家。她的作品曾多次於美洲、亞洲、歐洲各地演出，並曾與Osmo Vänskä、呂紹嘉、Alexander Drčar、Adrian Schneider等指揮大師，以及美國明尼蘇達管絃樂團、台灣國家交響樂團、台灣音契合唱管絃樂團、PRISM薩克斯風四重奏、Brave New Works現代音樂團、OSSIA現代音樂團等知名國內外演出團體合作。近年來她屢獲國內外獎項，其中包括亞洲作曲聯盟入野義朗紀念獎、美國Heckscher作曲獎、美國作曲聯盟作曲獎、台灣教育部文藝創作獎、中國三川獎等。她也曾受台灣國家交響樂團、漢森美國音樂協會、台灣音契合唱管絃樂團、美國New Sounds Music、新音樂計畫、北加州中國音樂教師協會、亞洲長管研習會等團體及多位傑出演奏家委託創作。

Education

  • Eastman School of Music — 2003 — B.S. Music
  • University of Michigan — 2005 — M.S. Music
  • University of Michigan — 2010 — Ph.D. Musical Arts

Employment

  • University of Michigan 教師 (音樂理論), 密西根大學 — Present — 教師(音樂理論)
  • Taiwanese Choral Society of Rochester — Piano Accompanist
  • Community Education Division, Eastman School of Music — Piano Accompanist

Career & Recognition

Structured from the TAH Who’s Who biography and tables already mirrored on this page (|TAH Foundation source; ensembles and conductors without vault pages are named, not linked):

  • Born in 臺中市 (Taichung); active as a composer and pianist, with works performed across the Americas, Asia, and Europe
  • Conductors collaborated with: Osmo Vänskä, 呂紹嘉, Alexander Drčar, Adrian Schneider
  • Ensembles collaborated with: Minnesota Orchestra (美國明尼蘇達管絃樂團), 台灣國家交響樂團 (NSO), 台灣音契合唱管絃樂團, PRISM薩克斯風四重奏, Brave New Works, OSSIA現代音樂團
  • Awards: 亞洲作曲聯盟入野義朗紀念獎; Heckscher Composition Award (US); American Composer League composition award; 台灣教育部文藝創作獎; 中國三川獎
  • Commissioned by: 台灣國家交響樂團, Hansen American Music Association, 音契合唱管絃樂團, New Sounds Music (US), New Music Project, Northern California Chinese Music Teachers Association, Asian flute workshops, and individual performers
  • Education (per TAH tables): B.S. Music, Eastman School of Music (2003); M.S. Music + Ph.D. Musical Arts, University of Michigan (2005, 2010)
  • Employment (per TAH tables): University of Michigan — music theory faculty; Taiwanese Choral Society of Rochester and Eastman Community Education Division — piano accompanist

Vault works citing her: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1087||TAH #1087 (2016/06)]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/571-ming-hsiu-yen-e9-a1-8f-e5-90-8d-e7-a7-80-201509||TAH #571 (2015/09)]] · [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician287||TAH #287 (Composer & Pianist, 2015/09)]]

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Sources

Deepen note (2026-09-14, vault-only)

  • All three cited records ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1087|#1087]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/571-ming-hsiu-yen-e9-a1-8f-e5-90-8d-e7-a7-80-201509|#571]], [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician287|#287]]) are bibliographic records only — the biography and tah-tables mirrored above are the complete in-vault record; nothing further absorbable without web.
  • Her Rochester post (Taiwanese Choral Society of Rochester) is a different body from the vault’s |Taiwanese American Association of Rochester — deliberately not linked to avoid a false association. Eastman School of Music, University of Michigan, and the named orchestras have no vault pages.

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