1ST INTERNATIONAL ARTS OLYMPIAD–TAIWAN, R.O.C.

Professor Yu-Chiou Tchen

 

Ms. Yu-Chiou Tchen is an accomplished pianist and music educator, as well as a senior cultural administrator. She studied piano at the Conservatoire Nationale Superieur de Musique de Paris, graduating with first prizes in piano (Prix de Piano) and chamber music (Prix de Musique de Chambre).

 

Ms. Tchen has served as Minister of the Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan; National Policy Advisor to the Office of the President of the R.O.C.; Ambassador-at-large; Secretary General of the National Cultural Association; Chairperson of the National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Center and Board Member of the National Culture and Arts Foundation. As an educator, she has held the positions of Chair of the Department of Music, Dean of the Graduate School of Music and Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). She currently serves as Chairwoman of Egret Culture and Education Foundation and President of Alliance Francaise de Taiwan, as well as on the boards of Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation, Xue Xue Institute and Eslite Spectrum. She is an adjunct professor at both NTNU and National Chengchi University and consultant to the Taichung and Tainan city governments.

 

In terms of her rich performance experience, Ms. Tchen has held recitals in France, Belgium, Italy and the US. She has also collaborated with several world renowned orchestras including those overseas such as the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Osaka Symphony Orchestra, and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and in Taiwan such as the National Symphony Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, and Taipei Symphony Orchestra. She has received a number of prestigious awards such as the French Le grade de Chevalier dans l’ Ordre national du Mérite, Le grade de Chevalier dans l’ Ordre de la légion d'Honneur, and Le grade d’officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres.

 

Ms. Tchen has also written and edited many works, including Studies on the Piano Works of Maurice Ravel, The First Musician of Modern Taiwan: Chang Fu-Hsiang, Music Taiwan, Centennial Taiwan Musical Icon Pilgrimage, Culture Taiwan, Diamond Taiwan—Diverse Ecosystems: Beautiful Colorful Land, Diamond Taiwan—Diverse History, Encyclopedia of Taiwan Music, Review of Administrative Corporation: Policies and Practices of the National Theater and Concert Hall, Creative 1: First Lesson in Taiwan’s Creative and Cultural Industries, and Creative 2: Glimpse Down the Path of Taiwan’s Brands.