About this user
Ruey Yen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University and also holds a science degree in Physics from National Cheng Kung University. He has taken master classes with Manuel Barrueco, David Russell and Roberto Aussel.
Dr. Yen was the Director of "2004 Taiwan International Guitar Competition and Festival ", and has served as the Executive Board member of the Taiwan Guitar Society which he co-founded in 2000.
Currently teaching in Open University of Kaohsiung, Dr. Yen has developed a series of online musicology courses which earned him national acclaim as a musicologist. His debut album entitled "Guitarra Exotica" with flautist Shelly O'Donin and tenor Joel M. Rinsema is the fruitful result of his interest in world music culture.
嚴瑞祥, 音樂學學者, 美國亞歷桑那州立大學音樂藝術博士, 事師Jack Sacher, Robert Oldani學習音樂史學, 暨Theodore Solis學習種族音樂學, 此外也與Frank Koonce (吉他), Roland Hutchinson (直笛), Denise Cineli (魯特琴) 等教授學習各類樂器的演奏
除教學外, 嚴瑞祥致力於台灣音樂藝術文化的改善與發展, 曾舉行音樂講座, 獨奏會, 各類室內樂演出, 音樂節之策劃及音樂比賽之評審, 如1994年參加Arizona Lyric Opera Theater演出音樂劇Bandit of the Wood, 1995年與國際知名直笛家Eva Legene合作演出兒童音樂劇The Prince Wants a Bird, 1996年與美國Soundset公司合作錄製CD專輯Guitarra Exotica 現代吉他音樂的異國主義, 2000年受邀擔任美國GFA吉他大賽評審, 2003年參加加拿大溫哥華魯特琴年會, 2004年擔任2004 台灣吉他音樂節暨大賽總監及四川音樂院大師班講座, 2010年應邀"Philippine Guitarra 2010"音樂節...