Born in Banciao, Taiwan
Full name: Chia-Yu Hsu
- Chaiau studied at the Curtis School of Music, the Yale School of Music, and Duke University. Her composition teachers have included Jennifer Higdon.1
- Chiayu serves on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire.
“Chiayu is an active composer of contemporary concert music. Chiayu has been interested in deriving inspirations from different materials, such as poems, myths, and images. Particularly, however, it is the combination of Chinese elements and western techniques that is a hallmark of her music.”
From Chiayu’s artist biography
