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BIO
WANG Ziyu (she/her/hers) is a composer currently residing in San Marcos, Texas. With her interests in transcultural influences in music, musical metaphor and narrative, as well as visual arts, she brings a unique perspective to her compositions. Her works have been performed by the Carpe Diem String Quartet, Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, the ASU Wind Ensemble, and at festivals and events such as the SPLICE Institute, the Nief-Norf Summer Festival, New Media Art & Sound Summit, NYCEMF, Asian Classical Music Initiative, Subtropics Festival, the Divergent Studio, the Atlantic Music Festival, the PRISMS Festival, the Chigiana Summer Academy in Italy, and Tsinghua University in Beijing. Ziyu currently serves as a Lecturer at Texas State University. Prior to this position, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at SUNY Potsdam and a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University, where she taught aural skills, music theory, and composition. Her compositions reflect her diverse interests and include works for solo instruments, chamber groups, large ensembles, and electronic media. She has received recognition for her music, including commissions from the American Guild of Organists (2020) and PEAR Chamber Music Weekend (2022), as well as winning the 2019 ASU Composition Competition. Beyond her compositions, Ziyu also performs in her friends' work with clarinet, voice, and piano. Prior to pursuing her career in music, Ziyu completed her B.E. degree in Automotive Engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing, where she was the first woman racer on the university's student formula racing team. EDUCATION
DMA, Arizona State University 2019-22, Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition MM, Carnegie Mellon University 2017-19, Master of Music in Composition BE, Tsinghua University, Beijing 2012-17, Bachelor of Automotive Engineering |