Ming Wang
Ming Wang was born in Taipei, where she studied Chinese music at the Chinese Culture University. From 1986 she studied composition with Nan-Chang Chien in Taipei, and from 1989 electronic composition with Dieter Kaufmann at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, graduating with distinction in both areas of study in 1997 and 2003. Since 1989 she has given lectures in musicology, and has taught traditional Chinese music at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany, and at the University of Vienna.
Ming Wang has worked with many renowned conductors, soloists and ensembles, and her instrumental and electronic compositions have been performed at several notable festivals, including the 1997 Keelung Modern International Music Festival in Taiwan, and the Vienna Modern, the Carinthian Summer, and the Styrian Autumn festivals in Austria. Among the numerous prizes she has received are the Austrian Federal Chancellery's state scholarship for composers, the city of Vienna's promotion prize, and an Honour Award from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture.