Annie

ANNIE HUI-HSIN HSIEH is a Taiwanese-Australian composer whose work situates in the intersection of contemporary classical and experimental music. She is interested in expanding acoustic instrumental capabilities using electronic means, which often manifest in ways of live processing and spatial audio choreography. Her recent compositions focus on creating immersive physical experiences that delve into deeper inquiries of embodied memories and the formation of selfhood, particularly the axis of power and expectations upon which womanhood is shaped, disintegrated, and reconstituted. 

Hsieh’s music has been presented internationally at events such as Beijing Modern Music Festival, Metropolis New Music Festival, OzAsia Festival, WasteLAnd Music Series (LA), The National Gallery of Victoria ‘Melbourne Now’ exhibition’, Tuesdays at Monk Space (LA), Center for New Music (SF), UC Davis The Art of Migration Festival, Mise-en Festival, Adelaide Festival, Tectonics Festival, International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) World Music Days, Asian Composers' League (ACL) Conference, International Rostrum of Composers, SEAMUS (Society of Electroacoustic Music US), NYCEMF (New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival), Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Opera Memphis Midtown Opera Festival, Eavesdropping Symposium (UK), Sonic Matters Festival (Switzerland), Pittsburgh Festival of New Music (USA), Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music (UK), MATA Festival (New York), MaerzMusik (Berlin), and Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music (Australia).

Some recent commissions include Symphony Services Australia, The Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Festival, Wien Modern, Foundation Royaumont, Red Fish Blue Fish, Quince Ensemble, Hypercube Ensemble, and ELISION Ensemble, among others. Her works have also been performed by ensembles including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Ulysses Ensemble, Mivos Quartet (USA), Jack Quartet (USA), Rubriks Collective (Australia), The Sound Collector's Lab (Australia), The Monash Sinfonia (Australia), Thin Edge New Music Collective (Canada), Ensemble Paramirabo (Canada), Ensemble Dal Niente (USA), Arko Symphonic Ensemble (Australia), Syzygy Ensemble (Australia), Ensemble Offspring (Australia), NAT 28 (USA), Alia Musica (USA), Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (Switzerland), and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble (Hong Kong).

She has been a recipient of several awards and honors such as the 2017 APRA (Australian Performance Rights Association) Art Music Fund, the Dorian Le Gallienne Composition Award, as well as support from the New Music USA, Australian Cultural Fund, Australian Council of the Arts grants, the National Cultural and Arts Foundation (Taiwan), The Monash University International Women’s Day Composition Commission, the Monash Performance Art Centre David Li Sound Gallery Commission, and the Belegura Composer Award as part of the Melbourne Prize 2022.

Annie completed her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Melbourne and her doctorate degree from the University of California, San Diego. She is currently an Associate Professor in electronic music composition at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. 

- Current to January 2025