Hailed for her “...superstar quality that everybody looks for...Musical, energetic and full of flair,” (The Jerusalem Post), Taiwanese pianist Ching-Yun Hu is a winner of the 2009 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. In 2008, she captured the top prize and the Audience Favorite Prize at the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv.  Ms. Hu’s performances of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 and Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Israel Philharmonic in the finale of that competition were broadcast live by international channel “Mezzo” to 38 countries.  Deeply impressed by her artistry, the leading Israeli newspaper, Yediot Acharonot, proclaimed: “She has the suspense of Brendel, Perahia’s lyricism and Barenboim’s depth.”

This victory resulted in a seven-city recital tour across Israel and a special invitation from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, stepping in for Hélène Grimaud on only a week’s notice.

Since then, Ching-Yun Hu’s career has flourished with a host of international engagements on five continents. Featured 2009-2010 recitals include London's Southbank Centre, Munich's Herkulesaal (broadcast on Bayerischer Rundfunk), the Great Hall at Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Vredenburg Festival in the Netherlands, Klavierfrühling in Austria, National Concert Hall in Taipei and Boston’s Longy School of Music (with live broadcast on WGBH Radio).

Current concerto engagements include the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, and a tour with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, as well as with the Israel Symphony Orchestra and the Maidstone Symphony Orchestra (UK). She made her Philadelphia Orchestra debut in a sold out concert performing the Grieg Piano Concerto and has also been a featured soloist with the Aspen Concert Orchestra, New York Sinfonietta, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, World Festival Orchestra and Viana do Castelo Festival Orchestra.

Recent recital highlights are Wigmore Hall in London, Alice Tully Hall in New York, Opera House in Tel Aviv, Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, National Concert Hall of Taipei, Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Salle Cortot in Paris, Aspen Music Festival, Chopin International Festival in Poland, Rubinstein Philharmonic Hall in Lodz, National Chiang Kai-Shek Performance Hall and Japan’s Osaka Hall. She has also performed on series and festivals in the US, UK, Israel, France, Spain, Brazil and at the Maputo International Music Festival in Mozambique, Africa.

Ching-Yun Hu was born in Taipei, Taiwan and received an honorary prize in 2008 from the Cultural Minister of Taiwan in recognition of her achievements. She made her concerto debut at age 13 with the Poland Capella Cracoriensis Chamber Orchestra on tour in Japan and Taiwan and won the Silver Medal at the Taipei International Piano Competition at age 16.  More recently, she also won the Gold medal at the 2007 World Piano Competition of Cincinnati and First prize at the 2006 the Olga Koussevitzky International Piano Competition in New York.

Ms. Hu moved to the US at the age of 14 to continue her music studies at The Juilliard School in New York, studying piano with Herbert Stessin and Oxana Yablonskaya and chamber music with Joseph Kalichstein and Seymour Lipkin. Additionally, she received artistic guidance from Richard Goode, Murray Perahia and has worked extensively with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She presently works in the Soloklasse with Karl-Heinz Kammerling at the Hochschule fur Musik und Drama in Hannover, Germany. 

  http://www.chingyunhu.com 

紐約演奏藝術家國際大賽鋼琴組首獎(紐約, 2009) 
魯賓斯坦國際鋼琴大賽首獎、最具觀眾人緣獎 (以色列, 2008) 

胡瀞云是2009年美國紐約藝術家協會國際競賽優勝, 2008年「魯賓斯坦國際鋼琴大賽」首獎及最具觀眾人緣獎得主，是台灣音樂學子近年來所獲的國際大獎當中最好的一個，堪稱台灣之光。胡瀞云在獲獎後，接受 以色列愛樂管弦樂團總監特別邀請，而替代法國著名鋼琴家海倫葛莉茉(Helene Grimaud)演出貝多芬第一號鋼琴協奏曲並在以色列舉辦了七場鋼琴獨奏會巡迴演出。

胡瀞云在以色列各地的演出贏得觀眾的熱愛與共鳴，以色列愛樂管弦樂團指揮Uri Segal表示：”胡瀞云的表演亮麗，極賦才氣及想像力，透過她的演奏，可以帶領觀眾進入醉人的音樂”。美國著名樂評家David Dubal形容她的琴藝”力道、色彩技巧俱足，不可錯過”。以色列知名樂評家Chanoch Ron更形容她”擁有布蘭德爾的張力，普萊亞的詩意，和巴倫波英的深度，以及阿格麗希的豐采”。

胡瀞云13歲和波蘭室內樂團在日本和台灣巡迴演出，16歲時得到台北蕭邦國際鋼琴比賽成人組第2名，她在該比賽深受華沙蕭邦鋼琴大賽副主委Piotr Paleczny 賞識而獲頒”最佳潛力獎”。17歲時因獲得美國「費城管弦樂團比賽」第一名，並和該樂團演出葛利格A小調鋼琴協奏曲，同年她也在Aspen國際音樂節演出 普羅高菲夫第三號鋼琴協奏曲。胡瀞云曾在西班牙、加州、紐約等地國際鋼琴比賽奪魁，並在世界的幾個重要音樂廳及音樂節演出，包括台灣國家兩院廳甄選”樂壇 新秀”、紐約林肯中心、紐約卡內基廳、華盛頓甘迺迪音樂廳、阿姆斯特丹Concertgebow、波蘭Duszniki蕭邦音樂節、Aspen國際音樂 節、德國Ruhr國際音樂節、巴黎Salle Cortot和南非等地均有她的足跡。

在2009-2010之間，胡瀞云登台表演的地點與場合包括倫敦的Southbank中心，德國慕尼黑Herkulessaal，巴伐利亞廣播 (Bayerischer Rundfunk) 曾播出她的表演，德國Luwigshafen，布達佩斯的李斯特音樂學院(Franz Liszt Academy)音樂廳，在荷蘭(阿姆斯特丹、畢爾根、烏特勒支Vredenburg音樂節)，奧地利Klavierfrühling，曼徹斯特拉赫曼尼 諾夫國際研討會(Rachmaninoff International Conference)；與國立台灣交響樂團的巡迴演出以及在國家音樂廳的獨奏會，在波士頓的幾場演出由WGBH廣播電台現場轉播，也曾在巴西舉辦數場音 樂會；英國的表演則包括Stoke on Trent 音樂節、Bournemouth室內樂集，與Maidstone交響樂團的演出以及即將到來的南非巡迴表演。

胡瀞云在台時曾師事李薏新、金聖美、黎國媛等老師。14歲赴美留學，取得茱莉亞音樂院學士、碩士學位。鋼琴師事賀伯‧史戴辛(Herbert Stessin)、雅布隆絲卡雅(Oxana Yablonskaya)，室內樂師事提摩西‧艾迪(Timothy Eddy)、約瑟夫‧卡利赫史坦(Joseph Kalichstein)，以及席摩‧利普金(Seymour Lipkin)。另外，胡瀞云在佛萊雪(Leon Fleisher)、固德(Richard Goode)、普萊亞(Murray Perahia)等鋼琴名家的大師班中有所表現。她在克利夫蘭音樂學院(Cleveland Institute of Music)接受Sergei Babayan的指導，目前在德國漢諾威音樂戲劇學院(Hochschule fur Musik und Drama)與Karl-Heinz Kammerling攻讀博士文憑。