Shura Taylor

Shura Taylor is a PhD student at the Graduate Institute of Musicology at National Taiwan University. She completed her undergraduate studies in World Music and Chinese Flagship, as well as a Master’s in Chinese (literature, translation, and linguistics) at San Francisco State University. She was a member of the San Francisco Guzheng Music Society for eight years and regularly performed guzheng with the group and as a soloist in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2012 to 2019. Her current research interests focus on music and language revitalization of the Pinuyumayan indigenous people in Taiwan.

Shura Taylor adalah mahasiswa doktoral di Graduate Institute of Musicology, National Taiwan University. Ia menyelesaikan studi sarjananya di bidang World Music and Chinese Flagship, lalu gelar Master dalam Bahasa China (sastra, terjemahan, dan linguistik) di San Francisco State University. Ia merupakan anggota San Francisco Guzheng Music Society selama delapan tahun dan rutin menampilkan guzheng, baik sebagai bagian dari grup maupun sebagai solois, di San Francisco Bay Area dari 2012 hingga 2019. Minat risetnya saat ini berfokus pada revitalisasi musik dan bahasa masyarakat adat Pinuyumayan di Taiwan.