管伊文

At the age of fourteen 管伊文 went to Vienna, Austria, to study at the Vienna Conservatory, and in 1997 graduated with distinction and a double qualification, receiving a Master of Arts diploma from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. 管伊文 then went on to the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg in Germany, receiving the highest harp performance diploma (Meisterklasse) in 1999. 管伊文 was named a Council for Cultural Affairs Young Musician in 1997, and before returning to Taiwan served as principal harp of the Landestheater Coburg in Germany. Since returning, 管伊文 has frequently appeared as a guest with major orchestras at home and abroad, has served with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and in 2004 performed Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp with Robert Langevin, principal flute of the New York Philharmonic. 管伊文’s first solo album, Arpeggio (挑動), was released in February 2010. In 2012 管伊文 was invited to the Beijing International Harp Festival as a competition juror and solo performer. 管伊文 currently teaches at Taipei National University of the Arts and Tainan National University of the Arts, and is a season member of the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra and guest harpist of the Macao Orchestra.