Annie Hsieh : Associate Artist
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Artist website: http://www.anniehuihsinhsieh.com
ANNIE HUI-HSIN HSIEH is a Taiwanese-Australian composer working in acoustic and electroacoustic mediums. Her work focuses on creating immersive physical experiences and she often prefers to articulate sonic expressions in terms of choreography, phenomenology, and musical-social interactivity.
Hsieh's music has been presented internationally at events such as Beijing Modern Music Festival, Metropolis New Music Festival, OzAsia Festival, WasteLAnd Music Series (LA), The National Gallery of Victoria 'Melbourne Now' exhibition', Tuesdays at Monk Space (LA), Center for New Music (SF), UC Davis The Art of Migration Festival, Mise-en Festival, Adelaide Festival, Tectonics Festival, ISCM World Music Days, International Rostrum of Composers, SEAMUS, Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Opera Memphis Midtown Opera Festival, Eavesdropping Symposium in London, Pittsburgh Festival of New Music, Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music, and Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music.
Some recent commissions include Symphony Services Australia, The Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Wien Modern, Lucerne Festival Forward, Foundation Royaumont, Red Fish Blue Fish, Quince Ensemble, and ELISION Ensemble, among others. Her works have also been performed by ensembles including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, Ulysses Ensemble, Mivos Quartet (USA), Jack Quartet (USA), Rubriks Collective (Australia), Thin Edge New Music Collective (Canada), Ensemble Paramirabo (Canada), Ensemble Dal Niente (USA), Arko Symphonic Ensemble (Australia), Syzygy Ensemble (Australia), Ensemble Offspring (Australia), Alia Musica (USA), and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble (Hong Kong).
She has been a recipient of several awards and honors such as the 2017 APRA (Australian Performance Rights Association) Art Music Fund, the Dorian Le Gallienne Composition Award, as well as supports from the New Music USA, Australian Cultural Fund, Australian Council of the Arts grants, the National Cultural and Arts Foundation (Taiwan), and the Carnegie Mellon University Berkman Fund, The Monash University International Women's Day Composition Commission.
Annie completed her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Melbourne and her doctorate degree from the University of California, San Diego. She is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA.
- Current to June 2021
Annie Hsieh — current to October 2021
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Awards & Prizes
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| 2011 | Dorian le Gallienne Composition Award | Recipient |
Selected Commissions
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| Song, for a place, lingering and dissipating (female voice with accompaniment) (2018) | Commissioned by Shepherdess Duo. | |
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Elastic Chirping : for large ensemble (2018) | Commissioned by Royaumont Foundation for performance by Ulysses Ensemble. |
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Radius : for solo pianist (2017) | Commissioned by Royaumont Foundation. |
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In talentum of light : full orchestra (2016) | Commissioned by Symphony Services International for performance by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. |
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Contemplations : for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2015) | Commissioned by Ensemble Paramirabo. |
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The thin air between skins : for flute and cello (2015) | Written for the 2015 Opera Barga Festival |
Analysis & Media
- Video: Into the outer
- Video: Creased impressions on the surface of becoming, by Annie Hsieh