Video When classical music meets electronic music | Yu-Ting Cheng | TEDxSBU

Yu-Ting began her studies to become a classical musician at the age of 19. While most of her generation are less inclined to pursue study in the genre, she wished to make it more appealing to the modern ear by incorporating new materials with her music. At TEDxSBU, on November 4, 2016 , she presented her piece "Haya, for solo clarinet and electronics" and described, not only the various elements of Haya, but also shared her thoughts on the composition process.

Yu-Ting Cheng (born 14 Nov 1989 in Taipei), is an award-winning Taiwanese clarinetist and composer.

Yu-Ting commenced her musical studies in 2008 on clarinet performance at Soochow University with Pei-Yun Lin. Then she enrolled in Peabody Insititute of the Johns Hopkins University as a master student in 2012, studied with the Principal Clarinetist of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,Steven Barta. In 2014, she began her doctorate and assistantship at West Virginia Univeristy, studied composition with David Taddie. In 2016, she is also enrolled as a doctorate student and a teaching assistant at Stony Brook Univeristy, studying with former Artistic Director of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Alan R. Kay.

Yu-Ting has captured audiences since 2002 by winning the first prize on Taipei Student Music Competition among groups of young talented clarinetists. In 2003, as a teen of 14, she won the first prize of the most competitive national music competition -Hsing Tien Kong Young Artist Award. During h

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