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Cello | Ya-Han Chu




Master of Music in Department of Music, National Sun Yat-sen University. Born in Fengshan, Kaohsiung, Chu Ya-Han studied under Professor Cheng Ya-Hsin, Chen Chia-Min, Lin Min-Yuan, and Kao Bing-Kun. During her academic years, she received masterclasses and individual guidance from distinguished professors and artists, including Lin Yi-Pei, Shao Hsin-Ling, Lin Yun-Pai (violinist), Lu Chao-Lun, Wang Lei, Chen Shih-Lin, Vanessa Young, Orfeo Mandozzi, Ulf Schade (Trio Achat), Gary Hoffman, Jérôme Pinget (Principal Cellist of Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra), Thomas Landschoot, and Chang Shih-Ming.

In 2007, she performed as cellist for Huang Yen-Chung's album Wan Hui Tian - Hui Huang Guo, which won an award at the 18th Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts; she also won the Concerto Competition at Tainan University of Technology, performing Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. In 2014, she performed in the opening concert of the Henan Piano Festival with the Wuling Philharmonic Orchestra.

From 2017 to 2019, she performed chamber music with the Moon Indoor Ensemble at Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay in Singapore. Invited by the Singapore Musicians Association Orchestra, she performed in the Yellow River Concert and Celebrating the Bicentennial of Singapore. She was also invited to perform at Kyoto University of the Arts, and toured cities such as Tokyo and Kobe in string quartet performances with the Moon Indoor Ensemble.

She has performed with numerous ensembles, including the Chimei Mandolin Orchestra, Tainan University of Technology Baroque Orchestra, Virtuoso Cello Ensemble, Polar Light Orchestra, South Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Virtuoso Chamber Orchestra, and Taiwan Soloists Symphony Orchestra. Furthermore, she has collaborated with Choi Young-Ho (Music Director for Season 4 of South Korea's Superstar K), the Moon Indoor Ensemble, and the Singapore Musicians Association Orchestra, participating in multiple tours across Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, and Xiamen.