徐以琳 ｜ 女高音

徐以琳博士，出生於中華民國台北市。自幼學習鋼琴、聲樂及舞台藝術。青年時期，即赴美國密西根大學攻讀聲樂表演，獲得學士及碩士學位後，又赴美國加州大學攻讀聲樂博士學位。求學期間受曼尼恩(E. Mannion)、巴賽特(E. Bossart)及桑格(M. Singher)三位大師影響最深。

曾主演歌劇「諾瑪」、「蝙蝠」、「費加洛婚禮」、「女人皆如此」、「蝴蝶夫人」、「費黛里歐」、「魔彈射手」、「波西米亞人」、「茶花女」、「漂泊的荷蘭人」、「藥劑師」、「頑童驚夢」、「鄉村歌手」、「週日出遊」、「法斯塔夫」及中文歌劇「西廂記」與「文天祥」。神劇、管絃樂及合唱曲目包括：海頓「創世紀」、韓德爾「彌賽亞」、蒲朗克「榮耀頌」、布魯克納「頌歌」、莫札特「C小調彌撒」、約翰．路特「聖母讚主曲」、貝多芬「莊嚴彌撒」、貝多芬「第九號交響曲」、馬勒「第二號交響曲」、馬勒「第八號交響曲」、布瑞頓「戰爭安魂曲」、布拉姆斯「安魂曲」、佛瑞「安魂曲」、威爾第「安魂曲」、孟德爾頌「清唱劇Op. 42」、孟德爾頌「清唱劇Op. 52」、大衛．范曉「非洲聖哉經」、理查．史特勞斯「最後四首歌」、黃自「長恨歌」、冼星海「黃河大合唱」、蔡盛通「蘭嶼之歌組曲」。此外，並經常參與室內樂曲目及20世紀作品發表會演出。

能演唱德、義、法、英、西、俄、葡、拉丁、日、中等10國文字。演唱足跡到達美國、加拿大、義大利、荷蘭、比利時、法國、菲律賓、日本、韓國、印尼、香港、新加坡、南非、澳洲、紐西蘭及中國大陸。

美國聖塔巴巴拉獨立日報音樂評論家卡本特描述徐以琳演唱會：「……當徐小姐在演唱理查．史特勞斯作品最後四首歌時，我屏住呼吸凝神靜聽。……她擁有令人愛慕的聲音：甜美、純淨而真實。她以完美的技巧及令人驚異的洞察力來唱史特勞斯的作品。更令人驚訝的是以她如此年輕，竟能游刃有餘發揮這部深刻作品的多樣層次。」

除了忙於演唱，徐博士亦是一位教學嚴謹的名師，有多位學生贏得國際聲樂比賽獎項，並應邀至國內外各地舉行獨唱會及演出歌劇。徐以琳曾任東海大學音樂系主任及研究所所長，於民國九十二年至九十五學年度借調至國立台北藝術大學音樂系擔任專任副教授四年，目前返回東海大學音樂系專任，並繼續擔任國立台北藝術大學及國立台灣師範大學兼任副教授，中華民國聲樂家協會常務理事。

Yi-lin Hsu ｜ Soprano

A native of the Republic of China, Dr. Hsu began her musical studies at an early age with studies in piano, voice and dramatic arts.  After receiving her first diploma at the World College of Journalism in Taipei, she went to the United States to study vocal performance at the University of Michigan.  After receiving her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from the University of Michigan, she earned her doctorate at the University of California, Santa Barbara.  Three of her most influential professors include Elizabeth Mannion, Eugene Bossart, and Martial Singher.

Dr. Hsu has played leading roles in numerous operas, including Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutte, Madama Butterfly, Sunday Excursion, La Boheme, La Traviata, L’enfant et les sortileges, Der Fliegender Holander, Fidelio, Der Freischutz, The Village Singer, Apothecary, Falstaff,and the Chinese classical operas, West Chamber Story and Wen Tien-hsiang and Kublai Khan.  Oratorios and symphonic and choral works performed include Haydn, Creation; Handel, Messiah; the Poulenc, Gloria; Bruckner, Te Deum; Requiems by Brahms, Verdi, and Faure; Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, and Missa Solemnis; Mahler, Symphonies No. 2, and No. 8; Mendelssohn, Sacred Cantata, Op. 42 and Symphonic Cantata, Op. 52; J. Rutter, Magnificat; D. Fanshawe, African Sanctus, and R. Strauss, Vier Letzte Lieder.  She is often a participant in chamber music programs and performs 20th Century music in many of the concerts.  Languages in which she sings include German, Italian, French, English, Spanish, Russian, Portugese, Latin, Japanese and Chinese.

Tours have taken her to the United States, Canada, Italy, Holland, Belgium, France, the Philippines, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China, Australia, and New Zealand.

Gerald Carpenter, of the Santa Barbara Independence, wrote of Dr. Hsu’s singing: “She has a lovely voice: sweet, pure and true.  She sang the Strauss, “Four Last Songs,” with technical perfection and a surprising amount of insight—surprising inasmuch as she is far too young to be entirely at ease in this particular dispensation.”

In addition to her successful singing career, Dr. Hsu is also a very dedicated teacher. Many of her students have been international competition winners and have been invited to give concerts and sing operatic roles both in Taiwan and abroad.  She is also on the Board of Directors of the Chinese Vocal Artists’ Association in Taiwan.  From 2002-2006 Dr. Hsu taught at the Taipei National University of the Arts as a visiting professor agreement with Tunghai University.  Dr. Hsu has now returned to Tunghai University as an associate professor in voice, mean time she continues to teach at the Taipei National University of the Arts and National Taiwan Normal University.