Awards

More than 100 credits from my scores for films that have been nominated, awarded, or invited to screen, including:

Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Student Academy Awards, Official Best of Fest, Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Film, California Film Award, Los Angeles Movie Award, CINE Golden Eagle Competition, Golden Bell Awards, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Student Annie Award, Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market, USA Film Festival, Hollywood Film Festival, California Independent Film Festival, Garden State Film Festival, Los Angeles Cinema Festival, The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, The Long Island International Film Expo Best Animation, Taipei Film Festival, Anchorage International Film Festival, among many others all over the world.

 

  • Selection, Fifteen Minutes of Fame, Vox Novus, USA, 2024.
  • Selection, Juventas – Call for Works Featuring Flute, Juventas New Music Ensemble, USA, 2024.
  • Special Prize (Special Mentioned), International Popular Music Composition Competition, ISAC, Japan, 2023.
  • SCL Festival Jury Award (performed work), Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival, Austria, 2023.
  • Selection, Call for Opera in Mandarin Chinese, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan, 2020.
  • Grand Prize, Call for Score for the 30thAnniversary Concert, Physician’s Chamber Orchestra, Taiwan, 2020.
  • 2nd Place, Cultural Creative Value-Adding Expert Competition, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, 2014.
  • Top 30, The 2nd Annual CINE Film Scoring Competition, USA, 2014.
  • Selected Song, Sun Moon Lake Songwriting Contest, Nantou County Government, Taiwan, 2011.
  • Winner, Teaching Materials of Taiwanese Local Music for the String Orchestra Composition Competition (For Seniors Category),
    National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Taiwan, 2011.
  • Winner, Teaching Materials of Taiwanese Local Music for the String Orchestra Composition Competition (For Juniors Category),
    National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Taiwan, 2011.
  • Award for Best Original Score, The Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival, USA, 2011.
  • Nominee for Best Original Score, Maverick Movie Awards, USA, 2010.
  • Nominee for Best Original Score, Los Angeles Reel Film Festival, USA, 2010.
  • Honorable Mention, The Indie Gathering International Film Scoring Competition, USA, 2010.
  • Recipient, Study Abroad Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2010 – 2012.
  • Winner, Call for Orchestral Work for the 40th Anniversary, Taipei Symphony Orchestra , Taiwan, 2009.
  • Scholarships / TA Scholarships, UCLA, USA, 2008 – 2013.
  • Winner (1st Region), Student Commission Competition, SCI/ASCAP, USA, 2008.
  • Winner, Masterworks of the New Era Competition, ERM Media, USA, 2008.
  • Finalist, Best Classical Album, Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan, 2007.
  • Scholarships, New England Conservatory of Music Merit Award, USA, 2006 – 2008.
  • Acceptance, Mou-Dou Award for Student Excellence, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, 2006.
  • Award of Excellence, Competition for the Selection and Performance of Outstanding Works by the Youth,
    Tsang-Houei Hsu Cultural and Art Foundation, Taiwan, 2005.
  • Honorable Mention, Literature and Art Awards Competition, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2005.
  • Finalist, Formosa Composition Competition (Chamber Music Category), Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan, 2004.
  • 2nd Class, Teenager Music Composition (A), National Student Competition of Music, Taiwan, 2000.
  • 1st Place, Teenager Music Composition (A), Taoyuan County Student Competition of Music, Taiwan, 2000.