Biografia

Wang yaping is originally from taipei, taiwan. Yaping started playing the piano when she was 5 and soon started the yangqin(揚琴) . At the age 15, she entered national taiwan conservatory of art (國立藝專) and received her bachelor’s in 2002.  Five years later she received her composition master’s degree at the state university of new york at  buffalo and started lecturing in the music department of chinese culture university. In 2013-2014, yaping received a residency grant from the ministry of culture (中華民國文化部) for cité internationale des arts, paris. Currently yaping lives in paris performing around the city for many 


Yaping wang's music has a fusion of contemporary and traditional aesthetics. She has been composing for theatre, media and many experimental crossover projects. In 2012, she directed her first musical theatre piece “parody” at the national theatre hall in taiwan.