​YU-TUNG CHENG

BIO

Born in Taiwan, Yu-Tung Cheng is currently a PhD candidate

in Composition and Theory at Brandeis University, studying with Eric Chasalow, Yu-Hui

Chang, and David Rakowski. She holds degrees in composition from Boston

University (MM) and Taipei University of Arts (BA), where she studied with

Joshua Fineberg, Ming-Hsiu Yen, and Tsung-Hsien Yang.

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She enjoys creating music and sound that challenge the audience’s auditory senses, bringing discomfort to their experience as social commentary. She has developed an affinity for excessive reverb and believes cinnamon is a culinary crime.