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“Her extraordinary compositions and arrangements express a broad musical imagination, highly outstanding level and an explosion of art on many different levels.”
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來自高雄的爵士創作歌手、編曲家、製作人及跨領域數位創作人。發行專輯《葉片之上》、《蒼鷺十三號》、《Off-Score》、《Land forms》等作品，多次獲金音創作獎及全球音樂獎肯定，演出足跡遍及台灣、荷蘭、瑞典、義大利、西班牙、日本、澳洲等國家。妍婷含蓄的詞曲包覆著澎湃的想像力，以深厚的爵士底子和不屈服於類型框架的個性，唱出她的日常觀察及生存過的痕跡。
畢業於成功大學工業設計系，2015年前往荷蘭專攻爵士樂，畢業於阿姆斯特丹音樂院，獲得「透過傑出的作曲編曲技巧傳遞了非常寬廣的音樂想像，兼具成熟的歌唱技巧及爆發性的藝術水準」之好評。旅荷期間，妍婷獲得歐洲市場的矚目，曾於瑞典斯德哥爾摩知名民謠音樂中心舉行首次個人全創作音樂會，更曾與荷蘭國家音樂廳爵士大樂團（JOC）及荷蘭知名爵士歌手菲·克拉森（Fay Claassen）同台演出，也獲勝於 2020 年阿姆斯特丹運河藝術節的樂團徵選。
2019年，妍婷發行首張全創作專輯 《葉片之上》，挑戰爵士樂及古典弦樂的跨界編制，一手包辦整張專輯的製作、詞曲及編曲，率跨國爵士樂手多彩演繹，獲得了第十一屆金音創作獎四項提名，其中獲得〈最佳爵士專輯獎〉及〈最佳爵士歌曲獎〉兩項殊榮。隔年與波蘭樂手 Mateusz Pulawski 合作發行《蒼鷺十三號》，融合了爵士、新靈魂、搖滾、拉丁等多元風格，以太空科幻為主題，全專輯為一趟33分鐘長、零間隔的宇宙壯遊，蟬聯金音獎〈最佳爵士專輯獎〉。以地形主題發想的 EP《Land forms》曾以 New & Notable 登上 Bandcamp 首頁，也榮獲傳藝金曲獎〈最佳作詞獎〉。2025年的新發行包含單曲《5PM session》以及與日本鋼琴家鈴木瑶子共製的二重奏專輯《Pages of Months》。
除了音樂作品以外，妍婷持續挑戰突破音樂框架，花數年發展「邊聽邊玩」音樂解謎遊戲《Off-Score》，透過遊戲的互動性，創造不同的音樂聆聽體驗，曾獲荷蘭創意數位文化補助及台灣數位發展署獨立遊戲獎助計畫。
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YenTing Lo is a jazz singer-songwriter, pianist, flutist, arranger and cross-media creator from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. A graduate of the Conservatory of Amsterdam specializing in jazz, YenTing’s broad musical imagination and poetic lyrics earned her a Gold Medal in Global Music Awards and Best Jazz Album in Golden Indie Music Awards for both of her albums Epiphyllum (2019) and The 13th Heron (2020). Her live-session EP Land forms (2024) got listed as New & Notable on Bandcamp’s frontpage, as well as Best Lyrics in Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music. YenTing’s latest release is a duo album recorded with Japanese pianist Yoko Suzuki called Pages of Months.
YenTing has performed actively in a wide range of genres including jazz, pop, classical and musical theater across Taiwan, as well as internationally in Japan, Sweden, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Australia. As an artist with a passion for different forms of storytelling, YenTing has been developing a videogame project derived from her songs called Off-Score which has been receiving attention from the international indie games scenes including SXSW Sydney and A MAZE Berlin.
