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Tzeng Shing-Kwei

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Tzeng shing-Kwei (; 1946–2021) was a Taiwanese composer born in Pingtung. He won the Wu San-Lien Award and taught at the Music Department of National Taiwan Normal University and the Department of Information Communications of Kainan University. He served as the Director and Honorary Director of the Taiwan Computer Music Association and died in 2021. He was known for incorporating traditional musical elements with modern music techniques and later delved into digital music composition. His notable works include “Wu Hua( the dream of butterfly, Schmettterlingstraum, Le Rêve du Papillon )”, “Pastorale”, and “Reincarnation”. Life and career Tzeng shing-Kwei was born in Pingtung in 1946. He studied music at National Taiwan Normal University between 1968 and 1972 and was later awarded a scholarship to study at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in Germany in 1977. After obtaining his Artist Diploma (Pruefung der Kuenstlerische Reife) in 1981, he returned to Taiwan to teach music at National Taiwan Normal University. In 1984, his piece “Pastorale” won first prize in the Ville d’Avray composition competition in Paris, and the same year, his piece “Capriccio” was performed at the Gaudeamus

Tzvi Avni

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Tzvi Jacob Avni (first name sometimes spelled Zvi; ; born Hermann Jakob Steinke, September 2, 1927; Saarbrücken) is an Israeli composer. Biography Tzvi Avni was born in Saarbrücken, (now Germany), and emigrated to Mandate Palestine as a child. He studied with Paul Ben-Haim. On the recommendation of Edgard Varèse, he became involved with the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in the 1960s. Later he founded an electronic studio at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, following the guidelines of his mentor in New York, Vladimir Ussachevsky. Awards In 2001, Avni was awarded the Israel Prize, for music. On September 11, 2012, Avni was made an honorary citizen of Saarbrücken. Notes References *Gluck, Bob. “Go Find Your Own Tricks!: Interview with Israeli Composer Tzvi Avni.” eContact! 14.4 — TES 2011: Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium / Symposium électroacoustique de Toronto (March 2013). Montréal: CEC. * Gluck, Robert J. “The Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center: Educating international composers.” Computer Music Journal 31/2 (Summer 2007), pp. 20–38. External links * Official webpage * Tzvi Avni biography on The Israel Music Institute (IMI) website * “Tzvi Avni” in Ronit Seter