SHIH, Pei-Yu
SHIH, Pei-Yu
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Specializing in composition and musical art creation theory [instrumental and digital music, music and sound theater, musical], audio visual art and performing arts. She received a PhD degree, soloist diploma and master degree in musical composition separately from University of Birmingham UK, Music University Karlsruhe Germany, Taipei National University of Arts Taiwan and received several full-scholarships during her studies in Europe. Her works have been conferred several international composition awards including 4 first prizes, such as International Electroacoustic Music Composition Competition Musica Viva Portugal [electroacoustic work], Berlin-Rheinsberger Komposition Preis Germany [overall works], International Composition Competition Suono Sonda Italy [chamber music, audio and video production-audio part], unincluded the collaboration dance projects, her personal musical works were selected/invited by international contemporary electroacoustic music/art festivals and conferences, performed over than 60 concerts in Asia, USA, Canada, and European countries. She was a guest artist/composer at the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, the Institute of Language and Communication at the Technical University Berlin. She has received several international commissions including from Berlin Government, was invited as jury member of modern music and sound art Berlin as well as for composition scholarship of Cite’ International des Arts Paris. Of her works she has been portraited, interviewed, published by German, Taiwanese, Portuguese, French, Italian digital, live and printed media. Her musical thinking has been partly recorded by a dialog with German musicologist professor Rudolf Frisius, the article can be found by conference annual publication in 2003 by Institute of New Music and Musical Education Darmstadt, Germany.
She has integrated tradition, modern and computer music languages to develop her personal musical art creation system and has engaged in cross-disciplinary arts creation, interpreting and producing her own works that she transforms literature, philosophy and aesthetic meaning to music construction; by structuring tone and sound to narrate, sculpt and to form the atmospheres and contrasts, visual senses and theatrical tensions; to present experimentations of music creations in form, expression, organization, construction and variations, to reflex a multiple personal artistic style. In year 2024, she received for her individual works 38 prizes [inclusive 25 pieces of the best and winner, 13 pieces of silver, bronze and honorable mention] by International Film/Design competitions from USA, Germany, France, India, Netherlands, Canada, in professional categories of Virtual Reality, Art Director, Web New Media Animation Short, Experimental Film, Animation Film, Original Score, Sound Design, Concept, Communication and Interactive Design etc.
Work outline
◼Instrumental music [1994-2011]
Traditional and western instruments: solo; chamber music; orchestra work; instrument and digital media
◼Digital music [2001-2017]
Electronic and electroacoustic music; dance and film music; music theatre incl. immersive sound field; vocal and electronic music
◼Images and audiovisual works [2011-2020]
Digital electronic & electroacoustic series; music 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 |
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| Qin Yue | Orchestra | 2006 | 7'21" |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
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| 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)
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