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Christine Yu

(Teaching Languages : German, French, Taiwanese, English)

Certified as a young gifted performer, Christine Yu has developed her unique character by being granted numerous awards and her virtuosity. Receiving training in Hochschule fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien and Conservatoire nationale Superieur musiqueet danse de Lyon, she has been an outstanding flutist that brings together the German and Austrian traditions and French style of flute performance.

Christine Yu started on flute with Prof. Chen Tscheng-Hsiung. After receiving a championship in Taiwan for flute solo of the National Student Music Competition, she studied abroad with a scholarship to the Hochschule fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. Ms. Yu double majored in Piano and Flute. She studied flute with Wolfgang Schulz, solo flutist in the Wiener Philharmoniker, and Barbara Gisler; and studied piano with E. Marzek, Hans Graf, C. Adent-Graf, and J. Ossberger.

During her undergraduate studies in Vienna, she joined the "Ensemble Vienna Flutist" in concert tours and recorded CDs. She received a diploma of flute education from the Hochschule fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien in 1986 and received another premier diploma of flute performance with honor in 1987. She went on to Paris to study with Alain Marion. At the same time she entered the Conservatoire nationale Superieur musique et danse de Lyon and Conservatoire musique de Geneve and further developed her skills with Maxence Larrieu. She also attended master classes of Peter-Lukas Graf, Michel Debost, Aurele Nicolet, and Andras Adorjan. Ms. Yu passed the graduation exam and received the advanced diploma from the Conservatoire musique de Geneve in 1989.

After returning to Taiwan she received the honor and was invited to appear on the "Young Star Series" presented by the National Concert Hall. Being invited as the flute soloist, she traveled to Budapest to record with the Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra. She was subsequently invited to perform a solo concert in NCH. In 2008, Ms. Yu joined international renowned flutist, Patrick Gallois, in Doppler's double flute concerto performance with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Yu is currently the principal flute of Taipei Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Taipei Woodwind Quintet.

In the area of music education, Ms. Yu has contributed with great effort and influenced many with her enthusiasm on music making and teaching. She is an Associate Professor at the National Taiwan Normal University, Soochow University, and Fu Jen Catholic University.

Ms. Yu has dedicated her talents through tireless efforts and promotion of flute playing. She has continually present concerts titled "Classical series of flute" since 1995. In 2007 she established the "YU Flute Choir" to popularize the art of flute playing and appreciation of music.