Sound Engineer
Studio Director / Recording Engineer — Tso Hsing
- Recording engineer on a 2015 Cannes Soundtrack Award-winning production
- Recording work featured in productions that received four Emmy Awards, nine Annie Awards and an American Music Award
- Recording work featured in a film nominated for the Golden Lion at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival
- Recording work featured in a film nominated for a Golden Calf at the 2024 Netherlands Film Festival
- Nominated for Best Recording — Instrumental Album at the 30th Golden Melody Awards
- Nominated for Best Recording — Vocal Album at the 31st Golden Melody Awards
- Album producer and recording engineer for the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, using Dolby Atmos production workflows
- Represented Taiwan as an audio engineer and artist at an international symposium at IRCAM, Centre Pompidou, Paris
- Advanced Violin Diploma, CRR de Rueil-Malmaison, France (Prix Supérieur)
- Advanced Chamber Music Diploma, CRR de Rueil-Malmaison, France (Prix d’Excellence)
- Avid-certified Pro Tools 101, 110 and 201
- Apple Certified Pro — Final Cut Pro X
- Adjunct Lecturer in Audio Engineering, Department of Music, Fu Jen Catholic University, 2016–2025
Selected Credits
- Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin — winner of the 2015 Cannes Soundtrack Award
Score recording engineer - Recording engineer for Netflix’s Arcane in collaboration with violinist Ray Chen; winner of the 2022 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program
- Recording engineer for Mongrel, nominated for the Golden Lion at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival and Best Original Film Score at the 61st Golden Horse Awards
- Recording engineer for Agnes, nominated for a Golden Calf at the 2024 Netherlands Film Festival
- Ou Chia-wen, Flute in Light and Shadow, a classical/jazz crossover album — recording, editing, mixing and mastering; nominated for Best Crossover Album at the 34th Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music
- Peggy Hsu, City of Lost Things — album recording; nominated for Best Recording — Vocal Album at the 31st Golden Melody Awards
- Skyline, City Explorers — album recording; nominated for Best Recording — Instrumental Album at the 30th Golden Melody Awards
- Chang Han-ya, Wang — jazz-trio recording; nominated at the 29th Golden Melody Awards
- Green Jail — film-score recording; nominated for Best Music at the 2021 Taipei Film Awards
- National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra — five Dolby Atmos albums in 2022; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra — six albums in 2024; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra — multiple 4K/5G productions; recording, editing and mixing
- Three Tears in Borneo — orchestral score and soundtrack; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Taiwan Music Academy & Festival Orchestra, 2022–2024 — audio and video recording, plus mixing
- Flute virtuoso János Bálint — recording and mixing
- Queen Elisabeth Competition laureate Ray Chen — solo violin recording
- Queen Elisabeth Competition second-prize winner Tatsuki Narita — recording, editing and mixing
- Tchaikovsky Competition silver medallist Yu-Chien Tseng — recording and editing
- Chin-Chuan Chang, Obsession — piano album; recording and editing
- Chia-Hung Lin, Jardin Poétique — piano album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Yen-Chih Lin, Bonjour, Claude — piano album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Lev Solodovnikov — complete Ysaÿe solo-violin album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Yun-Yang Li — piano album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Belle Ting, Impression — violin album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Ming-Yi Tsai, Tango Tangible — tango album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Chih-Jung Hsu — violin and piano album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Chao-Lun Lu / René Izquierdo, Arpeggione — recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- MIT Saxophone Ensemble — self-titled debut album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Tzu-Chieh Shen, Island Journey — saxophone album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Tzu-Chi Nieh, Evolution — trumpet album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- HERA Hsu — piccolo and flute album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Mei-Hui Wang — piano album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Joanna Li, Chinese Piano Works / Liszt (Hong Kong) — recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Yi-Ching Wu, Zheng Feng Xiang Dui — selected recording and mixing, plus mastering
- Yi-Chen Huang, Journey Through the Stars — flute album; recording, editing, mixing and mastering
- Taipei Universiade Opening Ceremony concert — recording
- EVA Air Boeing 787 launch ceremony music — mixing
- LG online campaign featuring Eric Chou, Eve Ai and Lara — recording
- The Inspired Island: Wu Sheng — He Is Still Young documentary; recording
- V.K, Lethe mobile-game music — recording
- Chio-Tian Folk Drums & Arts Troupe, Kingdom of Dadu — recording
- Ara Kimbo television series — piano and vocal recording
- Omotenashi, Taiwan–Japan co-production — score recording and mixing
- The Inspired Island: Lin Wen-yue — piano recording
- Uni-President Noodle House online campaign — recording and mixing
- Uni-President Milk Tea graduation song featuring Wei Fang Hsu — recording, editing and mixing
- National Taiwan University Department of Foreign Languages graduation production, Six Characters in Search of an Author — score recording
- KHS Majestic marimba official demo — recording, editing and mixing
- Content Digital Film Co. — recording
- Cicada, Waves Touching Pebbles, from the album Light Shining Through the Sea — recording, editing and mixing
- Shiseido advertising music — recording, editing and mixing
- Sessions with international artists including Pascal Rogé, Boris Berman, Nicolai Saratovsky, Enrico Pompili, Nicolas Moutier and Jérôme Grandjon
Tso Hsing attended music programmes from childhood and later majored in psychology at university. After graduating, he changed direction and studied violin and chamber music at the CRR de Rueil-Malmaison in France, completing his studies in 2010. He now teaches in the Department of Music at Fu Jen Catholic University and at Taoyuan Ximen Elementary School’s music programme, while serving as director of ff studio and leader of Ensemble d’Etoile.
At the CRR de Rueil-Malmaison, he earned an advanced violin diploma, first prize in advanced chamber music and the Prix d’Excellence in chamber music. He also studied musicianship, orchestration and analysis. His teachers in France included Maurice Moulin, Dominique Barbier and Nicolas Miribel, and he participated in masterclasses with Gérard Poulet and tango specialist Eric Ledeuil.
His professional musicianship, performance experience, knowledge of orchestration and score analysis allow him to shape recordings musically and communicate practical guidance to performers. He is the director and recording engineer of ff studio, holds Avid Pro Tools 101, 110 and 201 certifications and is an Apple Certified Pro in Final Cut Pro X. His film-score work includes Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassinwhich received the 2015 Cannes Soundtrack Award.
He founded and leads Ensemble d’Etoile, known for French repertoire and classical crossover programmes. The ensemble has appeared at presidential inauguration events, the European Film Festival opening, French song competitions, Taipei Fringe Festival and numerous cultural and corporate engagements. He has also been interviewed by radio stations and MUZIK magazine, and released the albums Ensemble d’Etoile and La Promenade.
Outside music, he is also an accomplished photographer; his work has appeared on the covers of both English- and Chinese-language books.
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At the CRR de Rueil-Malmaison, he earned an advanced violin diploma, first prize in advanced chamber music and the Prix d’Excellence in chamber music. He also studied musicianship, orchestration and analysis. His teachers in France included Maurice Moulin, Dominique Barbier and Nicolas Miribel, and he participated in masterclasses with Gérard Poulet and tango specialist Eric Ledeuil.
His professional musicianship, performance experience, knowledge of orchestration and score analysis allow him to shape recordings musically and communicate practical guidance to performers. He is the director and recording engineer of ff studio, holds Avid Pro Tools 101, 110 and 201 certifications and is an Apple Certified Pro in Final Cut Pro X. His film-score work includes Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassinwhich received the 2015 Cannes Soundtrack Award.
He founded and leads Ensemble d’Etoile, known for French repertoire and classical crossover programmes. The ensemble has appeared at presidential inauguration events, the European Film Festival opening, French song competitions, Taipei Fringe Festival and numerous cultural and corporate engagements. He has also been interviewed by radio stations and MUZIK magazine, and released the albums Ensemble d’Etoile and La Promenade.
Outside music, he is also an accomplished photographer; his work has appeared on the covers of both English- and Chinese-language books.
