Dr. YI-CHENG CHIANG was born in Taiwan in 1979, Yi-Cheng had been received a scholarship from Tzu-Chi Buddhist Foundation to study her Bachelor at Fu-Jen Catholic University in Taiwan. She came to England to continue her master degree (MA) with the scholarship for new students from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and studied with Joe Cutler and undertook studies at the University of Birmingham, where she was awarded a Ph.D. in Musical Composition in 2006 and under the supervision of Erik Oña and Scott Wilson. Yi-Cheng was awarded the Barber scholarship from University of Birmingham 2003-4 /2004-5.

Yi-Cheng has won awards including the prize winner of Judith Lang Zaimont
International Composition Competition,(2009), had been selected in composers’ shortlist by SPNM(Society for the Promotion of New Music,UK) from 2005 to 2008,Tsang-Houei Hsu composition competition in Taiwan(2004), the prize winner of literary and artistic creation of Taiwan(National Taiwan Arts Education Centre) in Ensemble( 2004) and in Chorus (2005), the winner of UMS Composition Competition of University of Birmingham(2004),etc.

Yi-Cheng’s music has been numerously performed by ensembles in the UK, USA,China and Taiwan, including PASIC(USA/2014),the International Congress on Women in Music(Beijin,China/2008),the Kreutzer Quartet(UK/2005 ), BCMG [Birmingham Contemporary Music Group]( UK/2003 and 2004), the UMS Philharmonic Orchestra(UK/2005), the Concert for Taiwanese Young Composers (Taiwan/2004) and the winter concert by the cultural and arts foundation of Tsang-Houei Hsu(Taiwan/2007), Forum of Contemporary Music in Taiwan(17)—Yi-Cheng Chiang(Taiwan/2007), etc.

Yi-Cheng is currently an associate professor in Musical composition at National Taiwan University of Arts.