Hwang-Long Pan

Hwang-Long Pan (c=潘皇龍; born September 9, 1945). is a Taiwanese composer. . In 1989, he founded the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)-Taiwan Section, now known as the ISCM-Chinese Taipei Section, and served as the chairman of the Asian Composers League. He is committed to promoting Taiwanese music and music groups to various places and organizing international music festivals
==Early life and education==
Hwang-Long Pan was born in Puli Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. He graduated from Taipei Teachers College (now renamed National Taipei University of Education) and National Taiwan Normal University Department of Music, and then studied at the Musikakademie und Musikhochschule in Zürich. In 1976, he received his diploma in composition and later focused on 20th century composition at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover and Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. His work Woodwind Quartet: Cause and Effect won the Juergen Ponto Kompositions Wettbewerbs in 1979, and Rondo: Piano Trio won the second prize at the Composition Competition of the West German Music Academy in 1981.
==Career==
In 1982, he married Taiwanese soprano Lin Yu-Ching and returned to Taiwan to teach at the Department of Music of National Institute of the Arts (now renamed Taipei National University of the Arts). He has held various positions at school, including the dean of the Music College and dean of student affairs. In 2018, he was elected as an emeritus professor of the TNUA. In 1989, he founded the ISCM-Taiwan Section and served as the chairman for several terms of office. He was also selected as the chairman of the Asian Composers League, as well as the honorary Chairman of Asian Composers League - Taiwan National Committee and The Composers’ Association of Taiwan, and organized the 29th Asian Composers League Conference and Festival, Taiwan.
==Music Composition==
===Philosophy of Composition===
In 1995, Hwang-Long Pan published the article “The Concept of Sonic Imagery in Music Composition”.. The first part discusses the Eastern aesthetic concept of “One Note, One World” through the idea of “Convergence of Notions”. The second part explores the compositional technique of “Expansion of the Motif” and its application in extending music textures. The third part delves into “The Manifesto of Spirit”, which aims to integrate the notions and compositional techniques discussed earlier
===Representative Works===
Hwang-Long Pan’s compositions include solo instrumental works, chamber music, orchestral works, choral/vocal music, among others:. Some of his representative works are as follows
* Yin-Yang: Series of Vocal Works (1992-1995)
* Labyrinth-Promenade: Series of Instrumental Works (1988-2008)
* East and West: Series of works for Mixed Compilation of Eastern and Western Musical Instruments (1998-2023)
* Beiguan Concerto: Series of works (2005-2019)
===Important Performances and Publications===
====Personal Concerts:====
* Hwang-Long Pan Composition Concert (1990, 2001)
* Hwang-Long Pan Composition Recital (1999)
* The Orchestra Concert: Hwang-Long PAN (2005)
* The Sound of Formosa- Orchestral Music Exhibition of Hwang-Long Pan (2011)
====Music Festivals:====
* Gaudeamus Music Week 
* Asian Composers League Conference and Festival
* The World New Music Days
* Presences
* Hoergaenge Wien
* Berliner Festspiele
* Alaska Crosssound Music Festival
* A. Tansman Music Festival
* China-ASEAN Music Week
====Collaborative Groups:====
* Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 
* Esemble Intercontemporain/IRCAM
* Arditti String Quartet 
* Klangforum Wien 
* Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam 
* National Symphony Orchestra 
* National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
* Chai Found Music Workshop
==Publications: Journal Articles and Books==
* The Focus of Contemporary Music (1983)
* Let’s Appreciate Contemporary Music (1987)
* “Sonic Ideation in Musical Composition” (1995)
* “Constructing a New Ecosystem for the Subjectivity of Taiwanese Music” (2016)
* “Super Heterophony” (2017)
==Awards and Honors==
* Foerderpreis des Juergen Ponto Kompositions Wettbewerbs (1979)
* Second prize at the Composition Competition of the West German Music Congres (1981)
* Wu San-Lien Awards (1987)
* National Award for Arts (1992, 2003)
* Certificate of Service Medal, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (2008)
* Best Composer of The Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music (2021)