Pin-Chun Liu

Pin-Chun Liu started to play French horn at the age of eight. After graduating from Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, Ms. Liu kept her way on learning music in New York. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Manhattan School of Music, studying under Javier Gandara. She then entered Orchestral Performance program and received a Master of music degree in the same school, where she was a full-scholarship student of Michelle Baker. In addition, she is a member of Hsing-Tien Temple long-term cultivation for gifted students from 2009, and was awarded this scholarship every semester.

Broadening her spectrum, she attended masterclasses from world renown French horn players such as Sarah Willis, Radovan Vlatkovic, Erik Ralske, Jennifer Montone, Richard King, Michael Mayhew, Christian Wetzel, Jeff Lang, Kerry Turner,Carsten Duffin, François Bastian and many others.

Ms. Liu has won numerous competitions including Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition, the 1st prize of Taipei music competition and National Taiwan music competition, 1st prize of Taipei Youth wind orchestra concerto competition, and 2nd prize of Taiwan Culture cup of Young Musicians. In 2007, she was the winner of Young Artist Star competition of concerto by Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and got the chance to perform Richard Strauss French Horn Concerto No.1 with Taipei Symphony Orchestra in Taipei Zhongshan Hall.

As an orchestral soloist, solo recitalist and chamber musician, Ms. Liu has performed in Lincoln center - David Geffen Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New Jersey City Hall, The New World Center, among many others. During the summer, she has been invited to music festivals such as Interlochen for the Arts Camp, Kent Blossom Music Festival, Miami Summer Music Festival and Maine Chamber Music Seminar. She has served in Manhattan Symphony, Camerata Notturna Orchestra, Columbia University Bach Society, New York Youth Symphony, Manhattan School of Music Philharmonia and Symphony Orchestra.

In 2019 she was invited to play in Taiwan Connection Chamber Orchestra together with Hu Nai Yuan and other world renown musicians.

Pin-Chun is now the French horn Associate Principal with the National Symphony Orchestra since September 2016. Currently she serves as a faculty member of Taipei Municipal DunHua Elementary School.

In 2019, she founded the Ensemble 5.0 together with other talented musicians. Since then, they are regularly performing in several performance venues or campuses. In December 2020, Ensemble 5.0 was invited to play Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, K.297b as soloists with NTUA symphony orchestra.