CHEN, Lily

Lily Chen is a Taiwanese composer born in Hualien, Taiwan, in 1985. She studied composition at Taipei National University of the Arts and earned a Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied with Ken Ueno, Edmund Campion, Franck Bedrossian, and Cindy Cox. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Composition at Taipei National University of the Arts. archive.ncafroc.org.tw
Her music explores the sonic and theatrical possibilities of both acoustic and electronic media. Works include A Leaf Falls After, Hypochondriasis, Phase Transition, Be Flower, Be Water, Solo Circus and Babbling. Her music has been performed by ensembles including the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Taiwan Philharmonic, Ensemble Signal, and Mivos Quartet.