Awards

Huang has contributed music composition and production to numerous film and television projects. The associated works have collectively received more than one hundred awards, nominations, official selections, and invitations to screen at festivals and competitions in Taiwan and abroad. Notable recognitions include:

An Excellence Award at the 29th Golden Harvest Awards for Outstanding Short Films; advancement to the Los Angeles regional semifinals in the Animation category of the 38th Student Academy Awards; nominations for the Golden Bell Awards and Taipei Film Awards; the CINE Golden Eagle Award; a Silver Award at the 2010 ASIFA-Hollywood AEF Student Animation Festival; Best Animated Short at the Garden State Film Festival; and selections or presentations at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market, and the Cannes Film Festival’s Short Film Corner.

 

  • Two Gold Prizes (Composition), World Classical Music Awards, UK, 2026
  • Gold Medal (Creativity/Originality), Global Music Awards, USA, 2026
  • Selection, Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: 15 One-Minute Arias for Soprano Solo, Vox Novus, USA, 2024
  • Selection, 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 Mandarin-Language Opera Works, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan, 2020
  • Grand Prize, Call for Scores for the 30th Anniversary 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 for Emerging Composers, USA, 2014
  • Selected Song, Sun Moon Lake Songwriting Contest, Nantou County Government, Taiwan, 2011
  • Selection, Call for Scores for Taiwanese Local Music Teaching Materials: String Orchestra Works (Intermediate Category), National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Taiwan, 2011
  • Selection, Call for Scores for Taiwanese Local Music Teaching Materials: String Orchestra Works (Elementary Category), National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Taiwan, 2011
  • Award for Best Original Score, 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, 40th Anniversary Call for Orchestral Works, Taipei Symphony Orchestra , Taiwan, 2009.
  • Scholarships and Graduate Teaching Assistantships, UCLA, USA, 2008–2013
  • Regional Winner (Region I), 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