Shih Wei-Liang

Shih Wei-Liang (September 3, 1926 – February 14, 1977) was a Taiwanese composer, ethnomusicologist and one of the most influential and representative figures in the modern history of Taiwanese music, who made outstanding contributions to Taiwanese National Music. He died of lung cancer in 1977 at the age of 50. Early life Shih Wei-Liang was born in Yingkou City, Liaoning Province. During the Sino-Japanese War, he participated in the underground anti-Japanese work of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s “Northeast China Party Affairs Commissioner” under the pseudonym “Shi-Li.” In his teens, Shih participated in underground intelligence work as a disguised printing factory worker and was later arrested and imprisoned. After graduation, Shih taught at numerous educational institutions, including Affiliated Primary School of Taipei Teachers College, Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, Affiliated Taoyuan Agricultural and Industrial Senior High School of National Taipei University of Technology, National Keelung Senior High School, and National Taipei University of Education. Also during this period of time, he produced and hosted the broadcast program “Concert