邱苡軒 Yi-Hsuan Chiu
Double Bass
2020-22 獲選德國法蘭克福廣播交響樂團 (hr-Sinfonieorchester) 實習團員，為該團首位具合約關係之女性低音提琴團員。擁有德國國立薩爾高等音樂院最高演奏文憑 (Konzertexamen, Hochschule für Musik Saar)、美國紐約茱莉亞學院全額獎學金（Kovner Fellowship, The Juilliard School) 演奏碩士及學士學位，師事 Albert Laszlo 教授。
在學期間積極參與國際知名音樂節，2015 年參與德國 Schleswig-Holstein 音樂節於指揮大師艾森巴哈麾下擔任聲部首席並於同年至中國五城市巡演，2014 及 2016 年獲美國 Aspen 音樂節全額 Fellowship（2014 年同時入選日本 Pacific Music Festival 以及美國加州 Music Academy of the West 音樂節）。獨奏方面曾獲 2013 年國際低音提琴協會 (ISB) 獨奏大賽第三名、美國弦樂教師協會 (ASTA) 大賽第一名、以及波士頓交響樂團 (BSO) 協奏曲比賽第三名。
近年來持續受邀參與重要且經典室內樂演出及製作，包括：2017 年紐約新亞室內樂協會林肯中心首演、Israeli Chamber Project 十週年音樂會、2019 年於義大利與鋼琴家 Enrico Pace 及小提琴家胡乃元演出鋼琴五重奏、2017-22 年任 Taiwan Connection 室內樂團聲部首席、2022-24 衛武營年度《瘋迷24》室內樂系列、2022 年 11 月奔放樂集歌劇製作《布列頓—碧廬冤孽》、2023 年 6 月台北獨奏家室內樂基金會《獨一無二》舒伯特室內樂音樂會、10 月由瑞士作曲家 Fabian Müller 及大提琴家簡碧青老師主辦之《音樂瑞士之夜—十年有禧》臺灣巡演、2024 年 12 月《獨一無二》孟德爾頌室內樂音樂會，以及 2024-25 台南涴莎年度室內樂巡迴演出。現任高雄師範大學音樂系兼任助理教授以及灣聲樂團聲部首席。
From 2020 to 2022, Yi-Hsuan Chiu was selected as a contract trainee member of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester) in Germany, becoming the orchestra’s first female double bassist to hold an official trainee contract. She holds the Konzertexamen, the highest performance diploma from the Hochschule für Musik Saar, as well as both the Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied under Professor Albert Laszlo and was awarded the prestigious Kovner Fellowship.
During her studies, she actively participated in internationally renowned music festivals.In 2015, she served as principal bass under maestro Christoph Eschenbach at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and toured five cities in China.She was awarded full fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival in 2014 and 2016 (and was also accepted to the Pacific Music Festival in Japan and the Music Academy of the West in California in 2014).
As a soloist, she has received numerous distinctions, including:
3rd Prize, International Society of Bassists (ISB) Solo Competition (2013)
1st Prize, American String Teachers Association (ASTA) National Competition
3rd Prize, Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Concerto Competition
In recent years, Chiu has continued to be invited to major chamber music performances and productions, including:
New Asia Chamber Music Society’s Lincoln Center debut (New York, 2017)
10th Anniversary Concert of the Israeli Chamber Project
Piano Quintet performances with pianist Enrico Pace and violinist Nai-Yuan Hu in Italy (2019)
Principal Bass of the Taiwan Connection Chamber Orchestra (2017–2022)
Performances in the WeiWuYing “Madness 24” annual chamber music series (2022–2024)
Opera production Britten: The Rape of Lucretia with Barefoot Chamber Ensemble (Nov. 2022)
Taipei Soloists Foundation concert “One and Only — Schubert Chamber Music” (June 2023)
“A Night of Swiss Music—10th Anniversary Celebration” Taiwan tour (Oct. 2023), hosted by Swiss composer Fabian Müller and cellist I-Ching Chen
“One and Only — Mendelssohn Chamber Music” (Dec. 2024)
2024–25 annual chamber music tours with Vóssa (涴莎) in Tainan
She currently serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music at National Kaohsiung Normal University and Principal Bass of the One Song Orchestra.
