Chen, Heng
Chen, Heng
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Heng Chen was born in Taipei in 1990. He started learning piano and violin at the age of five and in high school studied composition and music theory under Prof. Hsiao Ching-Yu. He received his Bachelor of composition at the National University of Arts Taipei (TNUA) with Prof. Pan Hwang-Long and once under Prof. Tsai Ling-Huei.
Since 2013, he moved to Paris and continued his study in Boulogne-Billancourt National Conservatory with Jean-Luc Hervé. He was also in the class of orchestrating (Pierre Farago) and electronic-acoustic (Yan Maresz). He then obtained Diploma of Musical Studies (Diplôme d'études musicales) in 2016. He is currently studying composition in Paris Conservatory under Gérard Pesson.
Moreover, he is taught by Alberto Posadas, Beat Furrer, Bruno Mantovani, Chinary Ung, Joel Hoffman, Deqing Wen and Kee Yong Chong in musical academies. His musical works are represented in Taiwan, Korea, Italy and in France.
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elles | mezzo-soprano and ensemble | 2014 | 13' | |
| Deux poemes de Dai Wang-shu | mixed chorus | 2010 | 9'30" |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atterrisage échoué | trio for alto saxophone violin and prepared piano | 2020 | 8'30" | |
| WhyOuch | duet for percussion | 2020 | 10' | |
| Trios symptômes ennuyeux quoique non fatals _quatour | quartet for bass clarinet, trumpet, cello and percussion | 2019 | 10'30" | |
| 2 caprices | trio for 2 violins and accordion | 2018 | 5'30" | |
| 3 divermtimenti | quartet for flute, cello, zheng and percussion | 2018 | 8' | |
| S (on-air) te | trio for oboe, horn and harpsichord | 2018 | 10' | |
| De grandes petites chose | 13 musicians | 2017-19 | 15' | |
| Aide-mémoire C | er-ho, accordion and prepared piano | 2017 | 13'30" | |
| Les montagnes au lointain | duet for contrabass | 2017 | 6'30" | |
| Oison, trisse ! | duet for alto saxophone and percussion | 2017 | 8'30" | |
| Vers Païpati-rôma | septette | 2015 | 8'30" | |
| ......Avant de goutter | quintet for chinese traditional instruments | 2011 | 8' | |
| Le Ravissement de Toi | string quartet | 2011 | 10'30" |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouvement des quarks | harpichord solo | 2019 | 3' | |
| Tsuyuno | percussion solo | 2016 | 10' | |
| 2 caprices | violin solo | 2015 | 11' | |
| Trios esquisses pour les scènes de poésie | piano solo | 2011 | 14' |
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration | NCAF-funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vox I | 37 reeds sheng and electronic | 2019-20 | 13' | |
| Étude de réspiration II | oboe and electronic | 2018 | 8' |
* link to " NCAF online Archive of Grant Fruitages "website (in Chinese)
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 divermtimenti | quartet for flute, cello, zheng and percussion | 2018 | 8' |