莊東杰 Tung-Chieh CHUANG

莊東杰已成為同世代中最具活⼒與領導⼒的指揮之⼀。他的演出以其結構層次分明與極具感染⼒的律動感備受讚譽；憑藉著直覺般的靈敏，他能駕馭極為廣泛的曲目，並透過卓越的細節處理，展現出掌控樂團氛圍的罕⾒天賦。在2025/26樂季中，莊東杰將再度受邀指揮南荷蘭愛樂樂團、慕尼⿊交響樂團、臺北市⽴交響樂團及國⽴臺灣交響樂團。他過往的⾜跡遍及全球頂尖樂團，合作對象包括：柏林德意志交響樂團、西德廣播交響樂團、西南德廣播交響樂團、北德廣播愛樂、法蘭克福廣播交響樂團、琉森交響樂團、維也納⾳樂家樂團、安特衛普交響樂團、丹⿆國家交響樂團、赫爾⾟基愛樂、奧斯陸愛樂、BBC交響樂團、愛爾蘭國家交響樂團、皇家蘇格蘭國家管弦樂團、東京交響樂團、⾸爾愛樂、臺灣愛樂、國家⼤劇院管弦樂團(NCPA)、上海交響樂團、奧克蘭愛樂以及塔斯⾺尼亞交響樂團等。這位來⾃臺灣的年輕指揮家在贏得2015年丹⿆哥本哈根⾺爾科(Malko)國際指揮⼤賽冠軍後，正式躍上世界舞台；此前，他已先後於法蘭克福索爾蒂指揮⼤賽及班⾙格⾺勒指揮⼤賽中奪獎。2010年，他榮獲費城柯蒂斯⾳樂學院Edwin B. Garrigues獎學⾦，並於隔年在費城發起「柯蒂斯⽇本賑災義演」，將所得悉數捐贈予311⼤地震災民。莊東杰以⼤膽的創意著稱，2012年擔任臺⼤交響樂團⾸席指揮期間，更策劃了臺灣⾸次管弦樂團「快閃⾏動」。莊東杰出⽣於⾳樂世家，⾃幼學習法國號與鋼琴，並參與樂團演出。受管弦樂豐富的⾳⾊、⾊彩與表現⼒吸引，他隨即將⽬光轉向指揮。在⾳樂修業之外，他先於美國普渡⼤學取得應⽤統計學學⼠學位，隨後進入費城柯蒂斯⾳樂學院與威瑪李斯特⾳樂學院深造指揮技藝。他的啟蒙恩師包括Sakari Oramo、Nicolás Pasquet、Gustav Meier、Otto-Werner Mueller與Mark Gibson。莊東杰與家⼈定居於德國波鴻。

Tung-Chieh Chuang has emerged as one of the most vibrant and versatile musical voices of his generation. Admired for performances of architectural clarity and infectious momentum, he exudes an instinctive rapport across a wide repertoire and a rare gift for commanding atmosphere through exceptional nuance.

In the 2025/26 season, Chuang returns to the Philharmonie Zuidnederland, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. His previous engagements have taken him to an impressive roster of international ensembles, including the Deutschen Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, WDR Sinfonieorchester, SWR Symphonieorchester, NDR Radiophilharmonie, hr Sinfonieorchester, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Tonkünstler-Orchester, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Taiwan Philharmonic, NCPA Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

The young conductor from Taiwan burst onto the global stage after winning the 2015 Malko Competition in Copenhagen, following prizes at the Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition in Frankfurt and the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition in Bamberg. In 2010, he received the Edwin B. Garrigues Fellowship at the Curtis Institute of Music, and a year later launched the Curtis Japan Benefit Concert in Philadelphia, donating all proceeds to victims of the March 2011 earthquake. Known for his audacious creativity, he went on in 2012 to stage Taiwan’s first orchestral ‘flash mob’ as Principal Conductor of the National Taiwan University Symphony Orchestra.

Born into a family of professional musicians, Chuang began studying the horn and piano and playing in orchestras from an early age. Drawn to the orchestral palette of sound, colour, and expression, he soon set his sights on conducting. Alongside his musical studies, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Statistics from Purdue University before refining his conducting craft at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the Hochschule für Musik “Franz Liszt” in Weimar. His mentors include Sakari Oramo, Nicolás Pasquet, Gustav Meier, Otto-Werner Mueller, and Mark Gibson. Chuang lives in Bochum with his family.

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