Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang (b. 1983) grew up in Taiwan, 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 Asia by various ensembles and performers such as the Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, pianists Eric Huebner, Vicky Chow, 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), Kitara Hall (Japan), Forum Music Hall (Taiwan), and the Bach Hall (Taiwan).

    Ashley’s compositions have been reviewed by Allan Kozinn in the New York Times; broadcasted on Taukay Edizioni Musicali (Italy); recognized by the American Composers Forum, ASCAP Foundation, Award of Literature and Art Competition, Margaret Blackburn Biennial Composition Competition, and National Association of Composers; and have been performed at 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 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. Ashley 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.