Tzeng Shing-Kwei

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