Hsin-Hua Wang (汪 新樺）is a LA-based Taiwanese composer and multi-instrumentalist whose breadth of work spans films, animation, musicals, chamber and orchestral music, among many other mediums.
FILM SCORING
Hsin-Hua has composed and orchestrated for short films and animation awarded worldwide- United States, Portugal, Czech Republic, Japan, India and Taiwan.
She is recently nominated Best Score by New Jersey Web Fest 2023 for her work in The Strawberry Jam. In 2021, she was awarded the Judges' Citation: “Special Achievement in music for animation” by The American Prize in the Composers for Opera/ Theater/ Film/ Dance, Professional divisions. In addition, Semi-finalists at the 2021 California Independent Film Festival Film Scoring Competition and “Sound of Silences: A Competition of Musical Composition for The Moving Image” by Edison Studio; the Cineteca di Bologna (Film Archive of Bologna); and the 2019 Romaeuropa Festival in Italy.
CONCERT MUSIC
Aside from film scoring, Hsin-Hua is recognized as an emerging composer to the modern classical music scene. A highlight of her work is a recording session by the internationally renowned Arditti Quartet.
In 2021, She was named a Finalist at Copland House emerging composers’ institute; had her work res pi ra tion for amplified soprano and large ensemble premiered by orkest de ereprijs at International Young Composers Meeting (Netherlands).
Hsin-Hua received her master’s in Music Theory and Composition at California Institute of The Arts.
BALINESE GAMELAN
In 2017 Hsin-Hua joined Balinese gamelan ensemble Burat Wangi, led by artistic director I. Nyoman Wenten. She had performed with the ensemble in numerous critical events, such as the world premiere of Academy Award-nominated documentary film, “BALI: Beats of Paradise” at Samuel Goldwyn Theater in 2018.
SOUND ART
Hsin-Hua’s debut sound installation “One Step Before Heaven” (2018) was featured at the annual CalArts EXPO, which highlights brilliant and innovative ideas. The installation explored such topics as intersectional feminism, sexual experience from a female perspective and post traumatic stress disorder.
BACKGROUNDS:
DESIGN & CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hsin-Hua holds a BS in Industrial Design from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). She served as the school’s curator and project manager of the thesis product design at the annual Young Designers’ Exhibition (YODEX) at Taipei World Trade Center in 2013. She led six teams with a total of 52 people.
After NCKU, she studied film directing with Ho Ping and film editing with Liao Ching-Sung at National Taiwan University of Arts.