Yi-Hsuan Chen

Flautist

Participated projects:

Nature Echo
Voices

Taiwanese flautist Yi-Hsuan Chen has performed extensively throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Her engagements include premiering several new works, notably commissions for the Royal Academy of Music's Bicentenary, the "Marés" project curated by Fabricio Mattos at the Brazilian Embassy in London.

Yi-Hsuan enjoys a vibrant career as a chamber and orchestral musician. She has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Oliver Knussen, and Edward Gardner, and performed with the Czech Philharmonic in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia, a performance that was live-streamed on BBC Radio.

In the realm of chamber music, Yi-Hsuan performed regularly with her woodwind quintet, Sylva Winds, and Tangram, with which she curated and recorded "INFUSION," a digital music performance as part of the "Tangram Voices Series." Yi-Hsuan graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with First Class Honours, having received a scholarship to study with William Bennett, Samuel Coles (flute), and Helen Keen (piccolo). She was invited to serve as a teaching assistant at William Bennett's Summer School in 2019, following her guest artist appearance at the 10th Singapore Flute Festival.