Described as “Feldmanesque” by Allan Kozinn in the New York Times, Taiwanese composer
Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang (b. 1983) began her musical training on piano and violin at the age of four, and
started composing at the age of twelve. Her music has been performed throughout the US, Europe, and
cellist Nicholas Photinos,Asia by various ensembles and performers such as the Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, MIVOS Quartet, violinist Matt Albert, pianists Eric Huebner, Vicky Chow, Isabelle O'Connell, Jenny Chai, conductors David Gilbert, Brad Lubman and Paul Chiang, at venues including Atlantic Center for the Arts, MASS MoCA, Roulette, The Stone, The Gershwin Hotel, Logos Foundation (Belgium), Herz Jesu-Kirche (Germany), Villa Romano (Italy), Kitara Hall (Japan), Forum Music Hall (Taiwan), and Bach Hall (Taiwan).

    Wang’s work has been released under ArpaViva Foundation Inc label and broadcasted on
WNYC by John Schaefer, and Taukay Edizioni Musicali (Italy); received grants from the American
Composers Forum and ASCAP Foundation; recognized by Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music, Fast Forward Austin festival, Award of Literature and Art Competition, Margaret Blackburn Biennial Composition Competition, and National Association of Composers, among others; and have been performed at Bowdoin International Music Festival, MusicX Festival, June in Buffalo, Pacific Music Festival, Festival of Women Composers, Tutti New Music Festival, Bang on a Can Music Festival, Society of Composers National Conference, among others. She also has worked with noted composers such as Robert Beaser, Matthias Pintscher, Joel Hoffman, David Felder, Steven Stucky, David Lang, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, Lera Auerbach, Fabien Lévy, Michael Hersch, Nils Vigeland, Richard Danielpour, Gordon Shih-Wen Chin, and Wan-Chen Huang. Wang is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds degrees from the Manhattan School of
Music and SooChow University.