Born in Taipei and raised in Penghu, Taiwan, Yuän was awarded the 1st. Prize of the Bucharest International Conducting Competition in 2016. In 2018, he served as conducting fellow at Tanglewood Music Festival and was thenappointed as Assistant Conductor to the Boston Symphony Orchestra for twoseasons until 2020. He is appointed as Principal Conductor of the TaipeiChinese Orchestra in 2022 as continuing his conducting activities acrossEurope, America, and Asia.
Yuän began his music journey at the age of 16 with traditional instruments. Prof. Apo Ching-Hsin Hsu was his first mentor, leading his way to the field of conducting. In 2022, he graduated with a Meisterklasse degree from Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin, under Prof. Christian Ehwald and Prof. Hans-Dieter Baum.
In August 2019, Yuän made his Tanglewood debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He then led 4 subscription concerts at Boston Symphony Hall in January 2020, which the critics described as A marvel of precision, expression and clarity.
In 2016, Yuän married the girl of his dreams, Kai. They live together in Berlin.
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