Biography
Taiwanese conductor Su-Han Yang won the First Prize in the 10th International Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition for Conductors. He is currently the Associate Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and previously served as Associate Conductor of the Taiwan Philharmonic in the 2021/2022 season. He collaborated with the Silesian Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestra, the Polish Baltic Philharmonic, the Lodz Philharmonic, the Pomeranian Philharmonic, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Brandenburger Symphoniker, the Gliwice Chamber Orchestra, the Capella Bydgostiensis, and many others. Since 2016 he conducts regularly the Camerata Taiwan. They went on a concert tour of Germany in 2022 and released the album “Beyond Boundaries” on major music streaming platforms in 2023.
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In 2024 he conducted the opening concert with Bruckner's Te Deum at the Taipei International Choral Festival. In 2022 he conducted Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel” at the National Taichung Theater and performed two programs of contemporary music at the Weiwuying International Music Festival. His appearance at music festival also includes the Taiwan International Festival of Arts, the Festival of Polish Music in Kraków, the Classica Nova in Gdynia, the Taipei International New Music Festival, and the Asian Composers League's Conference and Festival.
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He was one of the two conductors selected for the Mentoring Program of Peter Eötvös Foundation in 2018. In 2017 he was invited to study with Jun Märkl at the Pacific Music Festival. He was the chosen conductor to work with Riccardo Muti on the production of Verdi’s Falstaff at the Italian Opera Academy in 2015. He graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, the National Taiwan Normal University, and the Tunghai University, where he studied conducting with Prof. Christian Ehwald, Prof. Hans-Dieter Baum, Prof. Apo Hsu, and Prof. Annie Chung.
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He is currently based in Nuremberg and Indianapolis, grew up in Tainan, Taiwan.