Miss Chiang is a Taiwanese born Canadian, who moved to Vancouver at age 15. She started her piano study at age 5 and bassoon at age 12. Ingrid studied at University of British Columbia school of Music with Jesse Read, and later at the Academy of Music with Christopher Millard, now the new principal bassoonist of the National Art Center Orchestra in Ottawa. Miss Chiang is currently in her seventh seasons with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. She is also member of the National Broadcast Orchestra and a regular extra musician with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She recently returned from an exclusive 6 month engagement with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur. In 2001, she won the debut CBC Radio competition, and performed in the Young Concert Artists Series. While Ingrid is an active free-lance musician in Vancouver, and had numerous recordings for radio and CDs, her music-making has also taken her across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Ingrid Chiang , Bassoon