Winner, Astral Artists’ 2010 National Auditions
A native of Taiwan, flutist Ya-Hsin Angel Hsiao is a First Prize winner of the 2011 Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition, and as such debuts in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in October 2011. She was also the Third Prize winner of the 2011 National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition, the First Prize winner of the New York Flute Club Young Artist Competition in 2008, and the winner of the Stony Brook University’s 2008-2009 Concerto Competition. In 2007 she was a finalist at the XII International Flute Competition in Timisoara, Romania, and has also received prizes from Belgium’s Neerpelt Music Festival for Youth and the Jong Tenuto Competition. Ms. Hsiao joined the roster of Astral Artists as a winner of its 2010 National Auditions. She is a graduate of the Conservatoire Royal de Musique of Brussels, Belgium, where she studied with Jean-Michel Tanguy and received a Diplôme Supérieur in 2003 in Flute Performance. At the age of 19, she was admitted to the University of Cincinnati to pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts degree with Bradley Garner. Ms. Hsiao is the recipient of an Honorary Fellowship from the Belgian-American Educational Foundation (BAEF). She has performed in masterclasses worldwide, with such renowned flutists as Maxence Larrieu, William Bennett, Philippe Bernold, Philippe Pierlot, Goran Marcusson, and Randolph Bowman. She also performed at the 51st Académie Internationale d’Eté de Nice, France, as a special artist in the “Philippe Bernold et ses Etudiants” masterclass series. Ms. Hsiao recently appeared on Long Island’s North Shore Pro Musica concert series and debuts on Astral’s concert series in the 2011-2012 season, in its Spiritual Voyages Festival and as concerto soloist with Symphony in C under Rossen Milanov. In May 2011 she earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University, where she studied with Carol Wincenc.
Updated: AUGUST 2011
