CHOU, Chiu-Yu
CHOU, Chiu-Yu
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CHOU Chiu-yu is a Taiwanese composer born in Kaohsiung in 1981. She studied composition with Lai Deh-ho and Yang Tsung-hsien at the Taipei National University of the Arts forher undergraduate and master's degree. With financial support of the Overseas Student Award and the Studying Abroad Scholarship of Taiwan's Ministry of Education,she completed her PhD at the University of Manchester, where she was supervised by Philip Grange.
She was the winner ofthe ISCM-IAMIC Young Composer Award (2011) for her String Quartet No. 1 and theFirst Prize winner of the Orchestral Composition Competition (2010) held by the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra with DyedLotus. Other honors include the Literature and Art Creation Award held by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education (2003, 2004, 2009), Dartington Financial Assistance Award (2009), and grants from the Britten-Pears Foundation (2010).
Chou writes music for large-scale ensembles such as symphony orchestra, string orchestra, and wind band, as well as chamber and solo music for Chinese and Western instruments. Her music has been performed at many events including the Nong Projects in Korea in 2005, Asian Composers'League Conference and Music Festival in Korea in 2009 and in Singapore in 2013, National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain 2011 East Tour, 2011 Gaudeamus Muziekweek, and International Society for Contemporary Music World New Music Days in Zagreb in 2011 and in Flanders in 2012.
In November 2013, she gave her first portrait concert in her hometown of Kaohsiung, funded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture. Some of her works have been published and recorded by the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Her recent projects include An Old Dream of Red Chambers, which is a collaboration with Nan-Yi Musical Theatre, and The Tongue, an orchestral work that was used as both incidental music to the same-name radio play and a free-standing concert work commissioned by BBC Radio 3.
She is currently based in Taipei and teaches music theory and composition at the National Tsing Hua University and Soochow University.
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Somewhere to Here | 2(1,2/pic).2(1,2/eh.).2(1,2/bcl).2(1,2/cb). - 4.2.3.1. - T.3P. - cel. - strgs | 2016 | 7'30" | |
| The Tongue | 二管管弦樂團 | 2016 | 8'30" | |
| The Homeland | strgs, pn | 2015 | 13' | |
| Tree Ghost and Mountain Spirit | 3(1,2,pic).3(1,2,eh.).3(1,2,bcl).3(1,2,cb). - 4.3.3.1. - T.3P. - pn.hp. - strgs | 2012 | 20' | |
| Drem Sun on the Sea | symphoinc wind band | 2011 | 6' | |
| Dyed Lotus | 2(1,2/pic).2(1,2/eh.).2(1,2/bcl).2(1,2/cb). - 3.2.2.0. - 2P. - hp. - strgs | 2009 | 11'30" | |
| In the Remains I & II | string orchestra | 2008 | 15' |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remembering Your Charm | soprano, piano | 2018 | 5'30'' | |
| Lhialeven cekele ly! | mixed choir | 2017 | 10'30" | |
| Falling Petals | mezzo-soprano, pn | 2005 | 2'45" | |
| A Jequirity Bean | mezzo-soprano, pn | 2004 | 5'15" | |
| Singing for "Aqua-" | mezzo-soprano, | 2004 | 11'30" |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount the Clouds – A Prelude to the Song of Water Dragon | qin, violin, viola, cello | 2018 | 11'30'' | |
| An Old Dream of Red Chamber | sheng, violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano | 2015 | 50' | |
| A Faint Fragrance from Elsewhere | 長笛I、長笛II、鋼琴 | 2014 | 8'45" | |
| Duet for flute and clarinet | flute, clarinet | 2014 | 7' | |
| Jadeite Sprout | sheng, ruan, zheng, flute, percussion, violin | 2014 | 8' | |
| Cloud Rivers | clarinet, viola, piano | 2013 | 10'30" | |
| Illusions of Butterfly | harp, violin | 2013 | 7'20" | |
| Spring Banquet | violin, cello, piano | 2013 | 13' | |
| Wild Graffiti II | flute, clarintet, percussion, violin, viola, cello | 2012 | 9' | |
| Formation | brass quintet | 2010 | 9' | |
| Saxes with Sprinkles | saxephone quartet | 2010 | 4'30" | |
| Castle in the Sky | Shō, shakuhachi, koto, oboe, bass clarinet, viola | 2009 | 5'40" | |
| Five Portraits from Chinese Opera | wind quintet | 2009 | 12' | |
| String Quartet No. 1 | string quartet | 2009 | 17' | |
| Wild Graffiti | flute, oboe, percussion, piano | 2009 | 6' | |
| Heart Tide | zheng, percussion, piano | 2006 | 5'30" | |
| Across the Trees, Could See the Sea | xiao, sanxian, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, 2 percussionists, 2 violins | 2005 | 7'30" | |
| Lovely Scenes | clarintet, violin, 2 percussionists, piano, cello and performers' voices | 2005 | 11'40" | |
| In the Mist | string quartet | 2002 | 7'20" |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voices from a Seed | Pipa | 2014 | 11'15" | |
| Fluid Ripples | piano | 2012 | 5'15" | |
| Chioú | recorder | 2011 | 3'30" | |
| Fantasia | piano | 2007 | 9' | |
| Hsia Ch’ing Tsao | zheng | 2005 | 9' | |
| Shan Ge Zi | cello | 2003 | 9' |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hsia Ch'ing | 電子音樂、古箏 | 2008 | 5' |
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| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount the Clouds – A Prelude to the Song of Water Dragon | qin, violin, viola, cello | 2018 | 11'30'' |
| Remembering Your Charm | soprano, piano | 2018 | 5'30'' |
| The Tongue | 二管管弦樂團 | 2016 | 8'30" |
| A Faint Fragrance from Elsewhere | 長笛I、長笛II、鋼琴 | 2014 | 8'45" |
| Voices from a Seed | Pipa | 2014 | 11'15" |