徐雅君｜Nicole Hsu

-English Introduction-

Nicole Hsu , a native of Taoyuan County, Taiwan, has been immersed in music since childhood. Her earliest training was with Chen Weizhe, after which she continued her studies with Tsai Fei-Fang, Chiang Na-Feng, Chen Yi-Wen, Chou Chun-Hsiang and Professor Rao Da-Ou; she further refined her jazz-bass skills under Yohei Yamada and Lin Wei-Sheng. Nicole earned her Bachelor of Music from the National Taiwan University of Arts and, in 2007, completed a Master’s degree at the Graduate Institute of Orchestral Instruments and Percussion, National Taipei University of the Arts.

Committed to artistic growth, she has taken part in numerous international masterclasses, studying with such luminaries as Thierry Barbé (principal, Opéra National de Paris), Bernard Cazauran (former principal, Orchestre de Paris) and Artem Chirkov (principal, St Petersburg Philharmonic). Onstage, Nicole’s versatility is evident: in 2003 she appeared as concerto soloist in works by Dittersdorf and Bottesini and has since presented her own solo recital. Her talent has been recognized with nominations for the Hsing Tian Temple Elite Award and the Chien-Hua Philharmonic Classical Elite Award, and she was selected to perform with the prestigious Asian Youth Orchestra.

Nicole is currently a member of the Bass Gehu section of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra and was previously a double-bass player with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra. She is a frequent guest artist with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Taipei Symphony Orchestra and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Equally dedicated to education, she teaches at Kuang-Jen High School, Zhong-Ping Junior High School and Da-Cheng Junior High School, guiding the next generation of young musicians with the same passion that has shaped her own career.