Biography
Bihe Wen is a Chinese composer whose works span instrumental, electroacoustic music, and collaborative multimedia installations.
His compositions have received several distinctions and prizes in international competitions, including Musicacoustica-Beijing competition (2011, 2017), XXVIII Luigi Russolo Contest, MÉTAMORPHOSES 2016 Acousmatic Competition, XII° Destellos Competition 2019, Shanghai International Electronic Music Competition 2020, and Denny Awards 2021.
His works have been selected for prestigious festivals and conferences worldwide, including the ISCM World New Music Days, Foro Internacional de Música Nueva "Manuel Enríquez" 2019, Swiss Contemporary Music Festival Forum Wallis (2016, 2023), and San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2023, among others.
He studied with Professor Xiaofu Zhang and Professor Peng Guan at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and he obtained his master’s degree from the University of North Texas where he studied under Professor Panayiotis Kokoras. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the Sonic Arts Research Centre of Queen’s University Belfast in the UK.