Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang was born 1983 and is a native of Taiwan. She began her musical training on piano and violin at the age of four, and started to compose at the age of twelve. She holds a Bachelor of Art degree in composition from SooChow University, Taiwan. Ashley’s works have been performed in the US, Europe and Asia by various ensembles and performers such as Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, John C. Borden Auditorium, Greenfield Hall at the Manhattan School of Music, Georgia State University's Kopleff Recital Hall in Atlanta, The Logos Foundation in Belgium, The Italian Web Radio TEM Taukay Edizioni Musicali, Forum Music Hall, Soo-Chow University Concert Hall, and the Bach Hall in Taiwan, and have been conducted by famous conductors such as David Gilbert, Brad Lubman and Paul Chiang. She also performs as a pianist, having her piano recital in the Bach Recital Hall in 2004, and studying piano under Lisa Moore.

    Ashley received the 2007 Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival fellowship from the ASCAP Foundation, and was awarded the honorable mention from the National Association of Composers USA in the 2006 Young composers' competition, the 2nd prize in the Award of Literature and Art Competition held by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education in 2008. She also has been selected to attend the Society of Composers, Inc. 2008 National Conference to present her works and has participate in master classes with noted composers such as Fabien Lévy, David Lang, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, and Fabian Muller. Ashley holds a Bachelor of Art degree in composition from SooChow University and a Master of Music degree in composition at the Manhattan School of Music. Her principal teachers include Nils Vigeland, Richard Danielpour, Gordon Shi-Wen Chin, and Wan-Chen Huang.