Kuang Yi-wen

Category: Harp

Kuang studied harp performance, harp education and piano education at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and graduated with distinction in 1997. She then furthered her studies at the University of Music Wuerzburg and obtained a Meisterklasse Diplom in Harp Performance. She was the winner of many international competitions during her studies in Europe. She was the Principal Harp of the orchestra of the Landestheater Coburg, as well as the Acting Principal Harp of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2004, she performed Mozart’s Concerto for Harp and Flute with Robert Langevin, Principal Flute of the New York Philharmonic. Kuang currently teaches at the Taipei University of the Arts and the Tainan University of the Arts, and is a member of the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, as well as the guest musician of the Macao Orchestra. She performs as a soloist around the world and gives regular concert tours.

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