Born and raised in Taiwan, now based in Germany, Su-Han Yang is currently the Associate Conductor of the Oregon Symphony and previously held the same role at the Taiwan Philharmonic and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Yang was awarded the First Prize in the 10th International Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition for Conductors in 2017. As guest conductor, Yang has collaborated with the Silesian Philharmonic, the Polish Baltic Philharmonic, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Brandenburger Symphoniker, and many others. He conducts regularly the Camerata Taiwan since 2016, and went on a concert tour of Germany in 2022, later released the album “Beyond Boundaries” on major music streaming platforms in 2023.

 

Yang led the Weiwuying Contemporary Music Ensemble to perform at the Tongyeong International Music Festival in 2025. He conducted the opening concert of the 2024 Taipei International Choral Festival. In 2022 Yang conducted Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel” at the National Taichung Theater. His appearance at music festival includes the Taiwan International Festival of Arts, the Weiwuying International Music Festival, the Classica Nova in Gdynia, the Festival of Polish Music in Kraków, the Taipei International New Music Festival, and the Asian Composers League Conference and Festival. 

 

Yang was one of the two conductors selected for the Peter Eötvös Foundation Mentoring Program in 2018. In 2017 he was invited to work with Jun Märkl at the Pacific Music Festival. He was one of the chosen conductors to study with Riccardo Muti on the production of Verdi’s “Falstaff” at the Italian Opera Academy in 2015. Yang graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, the National Taiwan Normal University, and the Tunghai University, where he studied conducting with Prof. Christian Ehwald, Prof. Hans-Dieter Baum, Prof. Apo Ching-Hsin Hsu, and Prof. Annie Chung.