Performance projects include the successful opera Die Geisterinsel for the Staatsoper Stuttgart in May 2011. His compositions have been performed by ensembles such as the Arditti Quartet, ensemble recherche, ELISION Ensemble, Ensemble SurPlus, Ensemble Ascolta in venues such as the Donaueschingen Festival, Wien Modern, Wittener Tage Festival, Maerz Musik Festival, Darmstadt New Music Courses. He is currently working on a song cycle titled Mirandas Atem-wende based on the poetry of Paul Celan. Ming Tsao is also the author of the book Abstract Musical Intervals: Group Theory for Composition and Analysis. His music is published by Edition Peters.