Hsiang-Yin Hsiao is a violinist and producer based in Oslo, Norway. As a chamber and orchestral musician, she participates in a great variety of projects and concerts in Sweden, Norway, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Born in 1990 in Taichung, Taiwan, Hsiao began to play the violin at the age of five. In the years between 2005 to 2014, she studied with Hui-Chun Lin and Chao-Hsiu Lee at Tainan National University of the Arts (TNNUA) in Tainan.
After getting a master’s degree at TNNUA, Hsiao starts a career as an active violinist. She has played as a guest violinist in many professional orchestras in Asia, for example, Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, etc.
In the earlier career years in Taiwan, Hsiao was one of the members of Arts Blooming Ensemble (ABE, 藝綻室內樂團) since 2009. With her friends in the ABE string quartet, they won the first prize and the audience prize of the 2012 Hsiung-Ho Chamber Music Competition.
In 2017, Hsiao moved to Norway for the master’s studies with Elise Båtnes at the Norwegian Academy of Music (Norges musikkhøgskole, NMH) in Oslo, and got the master’s degree in music performance in 2019.
Meanwhile, Hsiao started to freelance as a professional musician in Norway when she was studying. She has been playing with several orchestras as a substitute player. Include Den Norske Opera og Ballett Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Hsiao has worked at Dalasinfoniattan as a tutti second violin player from September 2021 to December 2022.
Apart from playing solo programs, Hsiao has a great passion for chamber music. Hsiao and pianist Olga Yun-Han Hung have been playing together regularly as a duo since 2009 and developing great varied programs from duo to quintet.
During the covid-19 pandemic, Hsiao starts Mårran Media with Henrik Bondevik, which is a video and audio production company.