Fuhong SHI

A native of Shenyang, P. R. China, she studied composition with Dr. Jianping Tang and received a Bachelor’s degree in composition at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 2000. She then earned a Master’s degree in composition under the direction of Drs. John Celona and Dániel Péter Biró at the University of Victoria in 2005. In the fall 2005, she began her doctoral studies with Professor Gary Kulesha at the University of Toronto, Canada.She was the recipient of a number of awards at the 6th composition contest of the Taiwanese Symphony Orchestra in 1997, at the 1st Yanhuang Cup Composition Competition in 1998, and at the Traditional Music Composition Contest of Tai Wan National Chinese Orchestra in 2002. She is a finalist in 2006 Tsang-Houei Hsu International Music Composition Award and the winner of 2007 Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music. Her compositions were performed successively in the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, mainland of China, and Tai Wan.* Shi is family name, Fuhong is given name.