Wei-Ching Tseng Wei-Ching Tseng

Wei-Ching Tseng holds the Konzertexamen, the highest performance diploma, in harp from the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, and is currently Principal Harp of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra and an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at National Taichung University of Education.

Tseng graduated from the Department of Music at National Taiwan Normal University, studying with 鄧良音, 呂威儀, 王郁文 and 解瑄. After graduating, Tseng went to Germany and Austria to study with Professor 劉航安, earning a master’s degree in harp performance from the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, a master’s degree in harp performance from the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, and a master’s degree in contemporary music performance from the Cologne Hochschule.

In 2016 and 2017 Tseng was Principal Harp at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, and has also frequently performed as an extra player with the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Kammeroper Köln, the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO), the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and the Macao Orchestra.

In 2014 Tseng won fourth prize at an international harp competition in Italy, and has taken part in many international music festivals, including the Klangspuren international contemporary music festival in Austria, the Acht Brücken festival of contemporary music in Cologne, a contemporary music festival in Trier, Germany, and the Hong Kong International Harp Convention.

While in Germany, Tseng received a scholarship from Live Music Now Köln e.V., founded by Yehudi Menuhin, and an arts scholarship from the Hans und Marlies Stock-Stiftung. Since returning to Taiwan, alongside orchestral work, Tseng has been dedicated to harp teaching and outreach, and to solo and chamber music performance.