Ted Ling was the first Taiwanese percussionist ever to obtain a Master's music degree in Jazz Performance. At the same time, he's also one of only a handful of musicians in Taiwan who has expert performance knowledge of African and Middle Eastern percussion techniques. Ted first studied percussion with renowned Taiwanese percussionist Guang-Yuan Guang. Using his persistence and passion, Ted followed another teacher of his, Ya-Wen Lien, in becoming one of the founding members of the ensemble Taipei Percussion.

Ted eventually went on to study in the U.S. at one of the most prestigious jazz schools in the entire world – Berklee College of Music, studying the techniques and theories of jazz and hand-drumming. After obtaining his Bachelor's Degree in performance, Ted went to New England Conservatory, continuing as a graduate student of jazz performance and earning a Master's Degree in music.

During his time in the U.S., Ted studied jazz drum performance with Fred Buba, African, Latin and Middle Eastern percussion with Sa Davis, Ed Uribe and James Haddad, as well as jazz vibraphone, compositional theory and Western percussion performance with Ed Saindon, Donny Nolan and Will Hudgin.

Since returning to Taiwan, Ted has actively promoted the performance and teaching of jazz drumming and world hand-drumming, and has also held a solo recital of jazz percussion at the National Concert Hall. Ted not only possesses marvelous technique and passion when it comes to percussion performance, he is also an outstanding jazz composer and arranger, with works including Butterfly Lines, Eternal Child, as well as publishing percussion teaching materials The Rhythm of Praise.