Master Class

Ting-Wei Chen

Born in Taipei in 1990, internationally acclaimed flutist Ting-Wei Chen performs as soloist, chamber musician and solo flutist of Oslo Philharmonic under direction of Klaus Mäkelä. Shortly before this season, he was playing as solo flutist of Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich since 2019. The Engagements have taken him to the most prestigious concert halls: Wiener Musikverein, New York Carnegie Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Philharnoine de Pairs and Berlin Konzerthaus among others.
Ting-Wei Chen has received numerous 1st prizes at international competitions including Budapest International Flute Competition, Friedrich Kuhlau Flute Competition and International Competition for Japanese and Bulgarian Music.
He has played diverse pieces as a soloist with several orchestras in Hungary, Denmark, Poland and Taiwan. As an orchestra musician, Ting-Wei Chen has previously been working with Augsburger Philharmonie in the Staatstheater Augsburg as solo flutist and with Bruckner Orchester Linz. As guest he has been working with SWR Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Kammerorchester, Oslo Kammerakademi and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra under direction of numerous top-class conductors. His passion for chamber music and contemporary music has led him to the Gläsernersaal in Musikverein Vienna, ECMA music festival and other concert venues in Norway, Austria, Italy, Japan and Taiwan.

From 2020-2024, Ting-Wei Chen has been teaching as lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna for concert study (Konzertfach), at which he required the degree of Magister Artium under instruction of Prof. Barbara Gisler-Haase. He also studied contemporary music at University of Music and Performing Art Munich with Andrea Lieberknecht-Jensen. He is passionate for sharing his experiences and communicating with young artists in various outreach programs, workshops or personal couching.

Languages: German, English, Chinese