In 2002, he was elected President of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) and was the first non-European to take up the position since the founding of the Society in 1923.

• 2002年曾博士获选为国际现代音乐协会(ISCM)会长，是该会自1923年创会以来首位非欧裔人士会长。