Miao-Wen Wang was born 18 July 1963, in Taiwan. In 1989, she obtained an advanced degree in composition from the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, where she studied with Yoshihisa Taïra. She also studied electro-acoustic music from 1990 to 1993 with Jean Schwarz at the Gennevilliers Conservatory and with Michel Zbar at the Boulogne Conservatory. She was awarded a prize at the XXI Bourges International Electro-Acoustic Music Competition. Her works include Triple d’Automne for flute solo (1988), Trio for flute, cello, and piano (1989), Ether, for orchestra (1990), Bruit noir, for tape and bassoon (1991), and Marche sur sable (1992), Nout (1993), and Festin divin (1993) for tape.