Prof. Dr. Fan-Ling Su

Su is Professor of Department of Music at National Tsing Hua University. She is also the deputy president of the Chinese Woman Composers’ Association. She held a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Taipei National University of the Art. She was The dean of College of Arts of National Tsing Hua University.

Education:

D.M.A. in Composition at the Taipei National University of the Arts (2007);

M.A. in Composition at the National Taiwan Normal University (2001);

Diploma in Music Theory and Composition at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien (1989);

Graduate School of Electronic Music and Sound Application at Hochschule fur Music und Darstellende Kunst in Austria (1990).

Prof. Su has a large body of repertoire which shows versatility both in style and instrumentation, highlighted by a remarkable ability in composing for large orchestras. In recent years, she has been focused on integrating Hakka elements into her compositions, producing works such as “Aeolus” for Violin and piano, “Nuwa Patches Up the Sky” for solo Violin and Strings, “Lion Dance” for solo Violin and Strings, whose world premiere was performed by the famous violinist Cho-Liang Lin; choral symphonies “Legend of The Three Mountain Kings” for orchestra and “The Footprints of Our Ancestors”, “Legend for Wandering Wayfarer”, “Drama Showing in the Theatre”, “The Fair Lady”, “Water Falling Day”, for solo Kungho, “The Rain Falling from The Sky” for Pipa and string quartet, “Air Flowing” and solo voice “Open Sea”.

Dr. Su’s works have been performed at venues around the world in countries including the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, Austria, Poland, Lithuania, China and Malaysia by a number of esteemed orchestras, such as  China National Symphony Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra , Guangdong Chinese Orchestra, Central Music Academy Orchestra of Plucked Instruments, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra , National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, National Chinese Orchestra, Taipei Chinese Orchestra and Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, etc.

She has also received awards from multiple competitions nationally and internationally: “Ba-Gua” for symphony orchestra won first prize at the composition competition organized by Austrin Composers’ Leaque, in 1992; “Himmel-Erde-Mensch” for 15 strings won an honorary medal at the 9^th International Competition for Women Composers in Mannheim, West Germany, in 1989; chamber pieces “Elements I”, “Himmel-Erde-Mensch”, the “Ba-Gua” and the “Concerto for Piano and Symphony Orchestra” won the Composers’ Award from Council for Cultural Affairs; “Buddha ohne Worte” for Chinese orchestra, “Temple Festival Suite” for Chinese orchestra, “Brautlied” for voice and orchestra, “Legend for Wandering Wayfarer” for orchestra and “The Song of Liu-Chou” won the MOE Literature and Arts Creation Awards.