Born and raised in Taipei, Kuang-Yi Ku is a dentist, bio-artist, and social designer. In this hybrid practice of bio-art and applied design, Ku creates speculative and provocative works to question how bodies can be reinterpreted within environments that are being dramatically altered by new technologies.
Apart from being a mezzo‐soprano and an extraordinary teacher, Phyllis Gomda Hsi is praised for writing with great fluency and mastering different types of writing styles. Her works span from proses about music to singing performance reviews and lieder translations, which all serve as important reference for voice majors.