hers - AIR | Pei-Shan Chiu Flute Solo Album | Female Composers Series

🏅 Nominated for Best Artistic Music Album at the 36th Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts (Music Category) /// AIR - Her Aura, Her Sky, Her Melodies Breath is unseen, yet its presence is undeniable. The flute, without reeds, bows, or percussive force, produces its unique timbre and embodies a spectrum of expression purely through breath. From girl, to wife, to expectant mother, to mother – this journey is not only one of physical and spiritual transformation, but also of musical fermentation and evolution. The album’s selections encompass the tenderness, resilience, restraint, and passion of women, reflecting their infinite possibilities. Much like their inner truths, these women convey, through melodies filled with emotion and warmth across different times and spaces, an enduring strength that allows them to soar in the boundless sky of freedom. Through profound interpretations, this album not only records the most authentic self in the present moment but also transmits the powerful and soul-soothing musical ideas of these female composers. /// Tracklist: 1-4. Yuko Uebayashi: Flute Sonata 5. Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23 6. Mei-Chun Chen: Fondue petite I. parlando rubato 7. Mei-Chun Chen: Fondue petite II. with rhythmic precision 8. Cécile Chaminade: Sérénade aux étoiles, Op. 142 9-12. Mélanie Bonis: Sonate pour flûte et piano /// Performers: Flute | Pei-Shan Chiu A native of Taichung, she is dedicated to flute performance, music education, and bringing music to underserved areas, hoping to deeply embed music in every corner of Taiwan. Her performances have taken her across the United States, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, and Singapore. In 2012, she won first prize at the Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition and performed a solo recital at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2015, she performed a concerto with the Lexington Philharmonic and was featured in a personal interview by the Lexington Herald-Leader. Her orchestral experience is extensive. From 2013 to 2016, she was Principal Flutist of the Lexington Philharmonic, consistently receiving critical acclaim. In 2017, she was invited as Principal Flutist for the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra's 60th-anniversary concert, where she performed the world premiere of Penderecki's Symphony No. 6 and participated in the Beijing International Music Festival. From 2018 to 2019, she served as Guest Principal Flutist for the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, and in 2021, she was Guest Principal Flutist for the National Symphony Orchestra. She has participated multiple times with the World Chinese Orchestra and served as piccolo player for Taiwan Connection. She is active in chamber music, having been invited to the Rio de Janeiro Harp Festival in Brazil. She toured the United States and Asia with the Formosa Trio and was invited to the 13th World Harp Congress in Hong Kong and the 2023 American Harp Society convention in Los Angeles. This ensemble has arranged numerous pieces and released the album "First Impression." In recent years, she formed the Aureus Duo with Jin Ta, Principal Flutist of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, performing at the National Theater & Concert Hall in Taiwan, the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore, and the Qingdao International Flute Art Festival. She regularly holds annual concerts with Trio 2:1, recording the albums "Ten Years" and "Calendar," which features works inspired by flowers. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Music, Tunghai University, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Departments of Music at National Taipei University of the Arts and National Kaohsiung Normal University. She organizes multiple woodwind events and masterclasses annually and received the Outstanding Teaching Award from Tunghai University in 2020. Piano | Jou-Ching Huang A native of Lukang, Changhua County. She graduated with a Master's degree from the Department of Music at National Taipei University of the Arts. Her primary instrument is piano, and she studied under teachers Li-Ping Chuang, Nuan-Yu Huang, Ya-Rong Hung, and Professor Mei-Ling Wang. She currently teaches at the music classes of Shuan-Shi Junior High School, Guang-Fu Elementary School, Min-Sheng Elementary School in Changhua City, and the Huiming School for the Blind in Taichung. She has served as the collaborative pianist for solo recitals by renowned artists such as Pearl Zhao, violin professor at the Cleveland Institute of Music; Chih-Hsien Hsu, Associate Principal Flutist of the New Mexico Philharmonic; Yao-Guang Zhai, Principal Clarinetist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; and Jin Ta, Principal Flutist of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. She has also collaborated multiple times with the Aureus Duo (a flute duo with Jin Ta and Pei-Shan Chiu). At the 2018 Qingdao International Flute Art Festival, the 2019 Guiyang International Music Festival, and the Singapore "Autumn Flute Fair," she was the collaborative pianist for Jin Ta's special performances. Since 2020, she has begun exploring music composition and launched her YouTube channel "Jou-Style Melody," featuring many of her original musical works.