CHANG Shiuan’s work is influenced by Chinese pictogram characters, the very first few memories of his life, Buddhism, and dreams. By traveling through imagination, the pictographic movements of sound seeks to arrive at the point where time and space don't exist. During a humble process of evolving, my work gradually breaks through and expands the boundaries of music lead to become interactive, theatrical, physical, and materialized.

Describe as " spiritual, light and comforting." by Classic Agenda (FR), CHANG Shiuan is the winner of the 2013 New England Conservatory Honor competition, 2015 Earplay Donald Aird Composition Competition, and 2016 Nief-Norf Composition Competition, 2018 Chicago Civic Symphony Composer Prize, 2018 Harvestwork Residency, 2018 EtM Residency, Shiuan views that the performance is birth; the following applause is death, and the performers’ acknowledge bow is reincarnation.

His recent major production including "Sounding Light (2020)" collaborating with the Cloudgate Contemporary Dance company, "I-Village (2021)" collaborating with the Sheng-Xiang Rock Band and the National Symphony Orchestra, "A thousand stages, Yet I have never quite lived (2021)" collaborating with the Beijing Opera artist Hei-Min Wei directed by Kengsen Ong.

CHANG Shiuan’s music have been performed nationally and internationally at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall (New York), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), Jordan Hall (Boston), Moscow Philharmonic Chamber Hall, Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, Taiwan National Concert Hall, Bartok Hall (Hungary), ODC Theater (San Fransisco), Le Phenix Valenciennes (FR), Royaumont (Paris), Archipel Festival (Geneva), Tenso Music Days (Belgium), Boston Early Music Festival, Innovation Series Taipei, and the Bartok Festival (Hungary). He has worked with the Cloudgate Contemporary Dance Company, the Taiwan Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Civic Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Asasello Quartett, TANA Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Atlas Ensemble, Ensemble Multilaterale, Ensemble Musicatreize, Earplay Ensemble, signal ensemble, Antico Moderno, Neue Vocalisten Stuttgart, Ekmeles Ensemble, Princeton Singers, Orkest de Ereprijs, and Alter Ego.

As an avid pianist, CHANG has won the first prize Taipei City competition and second prize in the 2003 Taiwan national piano competitions (high school division). He enjoys working as a conductor; he has worked with Ensemble Remix and Divertimento Ensemble. Besides, Shiuan is active in outreach programs. He has produced a full-length show to support the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation, and written documentary film score for the Children Are Us Foundation twentieth anniversary documentary film.

CHANG studied with Malcolm Peyton at New England Conservatory during undergraduate. He has also studied with Chaya Czernowin, Stefano Gervasoni, and Maestro Peter Eotvos.