Chun-Hao Ku

Passionate in all music styles, Chun-Hao Ku had studied with French cellist François Poly on early music interpretation and instrumental arrangement. At the same time, Ku also performs new music and premieres commissioned works in many projects. In order to extend the field of artistic vision, Ku has participated in several theatrical projects since 2017. Ku has been appointed as saxophonist and executive producer of the Innovation Series in 2017 and 2018 which was directed by NTCH, Taiwan, as well as saxophonist and executive producer in 2019 of the Tainan International Art Festival. Ku is the only Taiwanese musician who has been invited to participate the SounDrama Studio workshop in 2019, Moscow, directed by Vladimir Pankov and Artyom Kim.

Borderless on saxophone playing, Ku often works with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO) on saxophone orchestral repertoires, as well as a soloist or chamber musician on standard repertoire. Furthermore Ku always challenges the limit of finding more possibilities on this modern instrument, looking for the authentic qualities in interpreting all different music styles and languages of western and eastern cultures. From early to contemporary music, Ku is an experienced performer of genres ranging across chamber music, solo, electronics, and music theatre just to name a few.

An active participant in many international events, Ku has given recitals and conferences at the World Saxophone Congress (WSC), Singapore Saxophone Symposium, Académie internationale de saxophone Bretagne, and Sibelius Academy in cities such as Helsinki, Bangkok and Hong Kong.

Ku is the organiser of the i-Saxo international Saxfest and Artistic Director of Ensemble SonusGlaneur. As a saxophonist of the ISCM-TW, since 2022 Ku has been appointed as a ISCM-TW committee member.

Recital by Chun-Hao Ku: “Formosa Whispering 2023 – Taiwan Contemporary Saxophone Works”

Saturday, 29 July 2023, 10am – 11am
Lee Foundation Theatre

Chih-Chun Lee: Modus Tollens (9′)
Chun-Hao Ku, Alto saxophone
I-An Chen, Piano

Chia-Lin Pan: d’une pensée l’esquisse (12′)
Chun-Hao Ku, Alto saxophone

Chi-Yen Huang: Engram for soprano, tenor saxophone, electronics and video (35′)
Chun-Hao Ku, Soprano and tenor saxophones

Lecture by Chun-Hao Ku: “The Aesthetic of Taiwan saxophone repertoire by its language, prosody and culture”

Sunday, 30 July 2023, 10am – 11am
Recital Hall (C3-05-02)

Work examples:

Yuan-Chen Li: Spell
Chia-Lin Pan: d’une pensée l’esquisse