蕭慶瑜(1966生),作曲家。出生於臺中市。1984年入臺灣師範大學音樂學系,主修作曲,1990年獲教育部留法音樂獎學金,進入巴黎師範音樂院,隨日本作曲家平義久(Yoshihisa Taïra)學習,1993年獲作曲高等文憑。並於1992年考進巴黎高等音樂院「二十世紀音樂風格寫作班」,師事艾荻‧蕾傑 (Édith Lejet),以第一大獎畢業。其作品包含鋼琴曲、室內樂、聲樂與管弦樂等各類編制。1994年學成歸國後投入教職,現為國立臺灣師範大學音樂學系專任教授。在學術研究上,則以近代法國鋼琴音樂為研究領域,陸續發表以拉威爾、薩悌與若利維等人之鋼琴作品為主題之論文。代表作品為《幻想二章》-為交響樂團(2009)及《迴》-為單簧管、大提琴與鋼琴(2018),亦有結合傳統樂器與西方樂種的《黯之外》-為古箏與弦樂四重奏(2011)。
Hsiau Ching-yu, born in 1966 in Taichung, went to classes for musical talents at Kuanfu Elementary School, Shuangshi Junior-high School and NTNU affiliated Senior High School. In 1984, Hsiau was admitted to Department of Music, National Taiwan Normal University, majoring in composition. In 1990, Hsiau received Ministry of Education scholarship and went to ÉCOLE NORMALE DE MUSIQUE DE PARIS, studying composition from the Japanese composer Yoshishia Taïra. In 1992, Hsiau was admitted to Ecriture du 20ème Siècle, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, where she learned from Édith Lejet and became the first student to graduate with a grand prize besides being among the first batch of graduates. Her musical works are mainly piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestra. Besides musical creation, Hsiau is also dedicated to teaching and research and has been involved in education since coming back to Taiwan in 1994. In 1995 she worked at University of Taipei, and from 2006 onwards she has been teaching at Department of Music, National Taiwan Normal University. Her academic research focuses on French contemporary piano music and has successively published papers on piano works by Joseph-Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, and André Jolivet, as well as two books: A Study on Messiaen’s “Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus” and French Contemporary Piano Music: from Debussy to Dutilleux.