Yu-Wei Hu

Born in Taipei, flautist Yu-Wei Hu discovered her passion for early music while studying at the National Taiwan Normal University, and it later brought her to the Royal College of Music in London. Supported by a Taiwanese Government Scholarship, Yu-Wei studied historical flute with Lisa Beznosiuk and Rachel Brown as well as modern flute with Susan Thomas and Daniel Pailthorpe at the RCM, where she was awarded the MMus in Performance with Distinction and an Artist Diploma degree.

As both recitalist and orchestral musician, Yu-Wei has performed on modern and period flutes throughout the UK and Europe, including concerts at Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Palace of Versailles and MuTh - Konzertsaal der Wiener Sängerknaben. Festival appearances include BBC Proms, London Handel Festival, London Festival of Baroque Music, Radio France Festival in Montpellier, Bachwoche Festival in Vienna, and Carinthischer Sommer Festival in Austria. Her performances have been broadcasted on BBC Radio 3, Radio France and Austrian Radio Ö1.

As part of Flauguissimo, the ensemble she co-founded with guitarist/theorbo-player Johan Löfving, Yu-Wei has recorded several albums released on Resonus Classics to great critical acclaim. Currently the Principal Flute of Oxford Bach Soloists and Opera Warberg, Yu-Wei has also performed and recorded as part of many renowned period chamber ensembles and orchestras, including Arcangelo, the Academy of Ancient Music, Florilegium, Gabrieli Consort & Players, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

In 2021 Yu-Wei was appointed Modern and Historical Flute Professor at London Performing Academy of Music. Additionally, as a regular historical flute teacher at Wermland Early Music Festival in Sweden, she is committed to teaching and inspiring the next generation of musicians.