Teh Tze Siew 郑适秀
Teh Tze Siew is a music teacher and composer. She gained her Diploma, majoring in composition and minoring in piano from the Malaysian Institute of Arts. She then pursued her studies in composition with Rao Yu Yan in Xi’an Music Conservatoire, China, and obtained her degree in 1994. Teh taught harmony, music theory and piano in China for more than 10 years. She is inspired by the Chinese culture, and tries to combine the western and eastern cultures through her compositions. Tze Siew was the finalist of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Forum for Malaysian Composers II in 2007. Her composition, Bamboo Forest for chamber orchestra, was performed by the Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra in Iceland, and conducted by Vladimir Stoupel in The Women From The East concert. The Chinese orchestra version had its premiere in Penang. Other compositions include Temple of heaven for orchestra (performed by MPO), and a short piano piece, Growing Scenes: I (recorded by the Malaysian Institute of Arts)