Chiawen Oh

About

Flutist Chiawen Oh was born in Yunlin, Taiwan, and spent a decade in France, where she became one of the few Taiwanese musicians to earn the second-cycle diplôme supérieur from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP). During her studies she also attained the highest-level performer's diploma from the École Normale de Musique de Paris (ENMP), becoming at the time its youngest recipient. Her principal teachers have included Shigenori Kudo, Philippe Pierlot, Pierre-Yves Artaud, and Philippe Bernold, with piccolo studies under Pierre Dumail. Oh's competition record is exceptional: she took first prize and the audience award at the 21st Lake Biwa International Flute Competition in Japan, first prize at the Città di Murata International Flute Competition in Italy, second prize at the 9th Cimarosa International Flute Competition, third prize at the Asian Flute Federation (AFF) International Competition, and second prize at the 2019 Hong Kong International Flute Competition. In 2021 she was invited to become an artist endorser for the Korean brand Song Flute Headjoint. Professionally, Oh has served as principal flute of the Paris Poésie Symphony Orchestra and the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra and Nouvel Art Chamber Orchestra, among others. She is currently a member of La Lumière Flute Quartet. In recent years she has moved actively into jazz, performing at clubs and appearing at the Taipei Jazz Festival, Kaohsiung Jazz Spring, and Kaohsiung Harbour Jazz Week. Her debut album, "Les Nuances Nocturnes", released in 2022, blends classical and jazz idioms and was nominated for Best Crossover Music Album at the 34th Traditional Arts Golden Melody Awards. She has also contributed flute to the film scores of "The Blind Lawyer" and "The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon," and was selected to perform in the 40th-anniversary Taiwan tour of Les Misérables (2025) and The Phantom of the Opera (2026). She currently holds adjunct assistant professorships at Tainan National University of the Arts and Tunghai University.

Venues played

Jazz Network

Tseng Tseng-YiPiano

3 gigs

Yu Jia LiuBass

2 gigs

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