SHIH, Pei-Yu
SHIH, Pei-Yu
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Pei-Yu SHIH, a composer of instrumental, vocal and electroacoustic music, specializing in music composition & composition theory [computer music, music & sound theater, musical], audio visual & cross disciplinary arts, performing arts. She received a PhD degree from University of Birmingham, UK., a soloist diploma from Music University Karlsruhe Germany, a master degree of Taipei National University of Arts, Taiwan. Her works have been conferred several international awards, including four first prizes separately from Germany, Portugal, Italy[International Composition Competition Musica Viva for Electroacoustic Music, Berlin-Rheinsberger Komposition Preis for Overall works, International Composition Competition Suono Sonda for Chamber Music, Audio and Video Production-audio part], and performed by international contemporary as well as electroacoustic music/art festivals in Asia, USA, Canada, and European countries. She has received international scholarships and commissions, for her work idea she was interviewed by Taiwanese, German, French, and Italian media. During her German residency she was a visiting artist/composer at the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and the Institute of Language and Communication at the Technical University Berlin, receiving commissioned work by Berlin Government and was the jury member of modern music and sound art Berlin.
Her works have been displayed six art creation-periods from 1994 to now. She has integrated tradition, modern and computer music languages to develop her personal musical art system, at the same time she has engaged in cross-disciplinary art creation, interpreting and producing her own works that she has transformed literature, philosophy and aesthetic meaning to music construction; by structuring tone/sound to narrate, sculpt, and to form atmospheres and visual senses, theatrical tensions and contrasts; to present experimentation of music creations in form, expression, organization, construction and variation, to reflex a multiple personal artistic style.
Work outline
◼Instrumental music [1994-2011]
Traditional instruments; western instruments; traditional and western instruments combination
◼Computer music [2001-2017]
Electronic and electroacoustic music; dance and film music; music theatre incl. immersive sound flied creation; vocal and digital media
◼Images and audiovisual works [2011-2020]
Personal website; digital electronic/electroacoustic series; digital fairy tale; poetry set; songbook series
◼Writings [2011-2021]
Handling plan and research report; paper; fiction; prose; poem; lyric; ballade; fairy tale
Scene III
2017
Scene II
2016/2024
Scene I
2016/2024
Fairy tale [MA und AH]
2012
Songbook series
2012
Milchstrasse
2010
Maerchenetueden
2010-2011
Ler SHI
1995| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qin Yue | Orchestra | 2006 | 7'21" |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poetry set | Voice & electroacoustic/electronic music | 2012-2015 | 28'28" | |
| Darf ich dich zum Tanzen einladen? | Soprano & electronic music | 2012 | 0'21'' | |
| Fairy Tale [MA und AH] | Soprano [incl. story telling and singing] and electronic music | 2012 | Chinese version 48'40'' | |
| Gang | Soprano & electronic music | 2012 | 4'46'' | |
| Songbook series | Singer & electronic music | 2012 | 51'06" | |
| Cursive | Flute, soprano and violoncello | 2003 | 5'05'' | |
| Lieder ohne Wort | Accapella | 2000 | 8'15'' | |
| Strange head line | Mezzo soprano and piano | 1997 | 5'21'' |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girasole | Trumpet, tube, two percussion groups, piano, voice, guitar, violoncello | 2011 | 34'05" | |
| Compress | Di, liuqin, pipa, yangqin, percussion, erhu | 2009 | 7'30" | |
| Quatet | Four bassons | 2008 | 2'06" | |
| Mono | Panflute, bassrecorder, qanun, perc., erhu, viola da gamba, di | 2006 | 7'30" | |
| Inclining | Four percussion groups | 2005 | 3'21'' | |
| Entstanden Zerbrochen | Flute, clarinet, guitar, piano, percussion, violin, violoncello | 2004 | 8'55'' | |
| Augenblick | Accordion and violoncello | 2002 | 3'19'' | |
| Cao Qie | Di, sheng, liuqin, pipa, yangqin, percussion | 2002 | 5'25'' | |
| Mountain Ghoust | Di, percussion, harp, violoncello | 1997 | 6'17'' | |
| Si Ming | Pipa, liuqin, sanzian, yangqin | 1997 | 13'44" | |
| Turn Round | Two yangqings and percussion | 1997 | 5'21" | |
| …Besides | Pipa and piano | 1996 | 12'33'' | |
| Gu Yuan | Di, huqin, pipa | 1995 | 6'20" | |
| Ler SHI | Di, pipa, sanxian, yangqin, huqin | 1995 | 8'10'' | |
| Strange Land | Flute, oboe, basson, yangqin, percussion and stringtrio | 1995 | 12'30" | |
| Zhao Sheng | Five percussion groups | 1995 | 10'06" | |
| Reincarnation | Bass-flute, bass-clarinet and piano | 1994 | 22'05" |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maerchenetueden | Piano | 2010-2011 | 7'57'' | |
| An etude | Flute | 2005 | 2'13" | |
| Ich singe allein | Violin | 2005 | 6'05" | |
| Tintenfarbe | Clarinet | 2003 | 7'10" | |
| Die Huo | Yangqin | 1994 | 4'21" |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electroacoustic and electronic music series | Multichannel audio | see note | 115'30" | |
| Escape | Electronic music | 2015 | 1'29'' | |
| Waiting | Electronic music | 2012 | 3'30'' | |
| Dream's Scene | Multichannel audio | 2012 | 1'16'' | |
| Dreieckige Beziehungen | Multichannel audio | 2012 | 5'41'' | |
| Flying I-IV | Multichannel audio | 2012 | 7'38'' | |
| Bird | Multichannel audio | 2010 | 3'54'' | |
| Milchstrasse | Multichannel audio | 2010 | 11'35'' | |
| F's 65 | Multichannel audio | 2009 | 1'05'' | |
| Red Chamber | Multichannel audio | 2009 | 7'41'' | |
| Abrupter Abbruch | Contrabass and 6 loudspeakers | 2008 | 6'54'' | |
| Slow Slow Tune | Flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and 8 loudspeakers | 2008 | 9'00" | |
| Gedicht vom Wind des Herbstes | Saxophone, piano, percussion and 8 loudspeakers | 2007 | 10'23'' | |
| Fall, aus der Zeit | Multichannel audio | 2006 | 9'55'' | |
| Liu An Huwa Ming | Multichannel audio | 2006 | 7'58'' | |
| Zwei singende Klarinette | Clarinet and multichannel audio | 2006 | 10'00" | |
| I am another yourself | Pipa, light and 4 loudspeakers | 2005 | 11'58'' | |
| Schein und Sein II | Computer piano, a pianist and multichannel audio | 2005 | 5'30'' | |
| Blume Hand Laecheln | Percussion and 6 loudspeakers | 2004 | 11'25'' | |
| Brennede Gedanken | 4 loudspeaker | 2004 | 9'35'' | |
| Schein und Sein I | Computer piano and a pianist | 2002-2003 | 5'05'' | |
| CHI-ruhende Kraft, Bewegungen | 8 loudspeakers | 2001-2002 | 13'05'' | |
| …Ausserdem | 8 loudspeakers | 2001 | 13'27'' | |
| Etuede | Boesendorfer computer piano | 2001 | 8'08'' | |
| Taipei Sketch | Voice, instrumental occupation, tape and video [Y.M.] | 2001 | 7'58'' |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scene III | Video and audiovisual media [9 phrases] | 2017 | 7'47" | |
| Scene I | Video and audiovisual media [19 / variable numbers of movements] | 2016/2024 | 28'28" / varied lengths | |
| Scene II | Video and audiovisual media [4 movements] | 2016/2024 | 9'16" | |
| Fairy tale [MA und AH] | Video and audiovisual media [19 stories, 16 musical bridges ] | 2012 | 48'43" | |
| Poetry set | Video and audiovisual media [19 pieces] | 2012 | 25'36" | |
| Songbook series | Video and audiovisual media [10 series] | 2012 | 51'36'' |
* link to " NCAF online Archive of Grant Fruitages "website (in Chinese)
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compress | Di, liuqin, pipa, yangqin, percussion, erhu | 2009 | 7'30" |