Izaskun Erdocia Uranga

Izaskun Erdocia began her Flute study with Elisabeth Podolak. In 1986 she was admitted in the Conservatorio Superior de Música de San Sebastián and graduated in 1992 with distinction and several prizes.

The same year she was awarded with a scholarship from the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa to study in the class of Jo Hagen, Principal Flute of the Rotterdam Philharmonic, at the Rotterdam Conservatorium where she graduated after obtaining her Teacher Diploma, Orchestral Studies Diploma and Performance Diploma with Distinction. In 1993 Erdocia won the 1st Prize of the National Flute Competition "Manuel Garijo" in Spain.

She attended masterclasses of Aurele Nicolet, Harrie Starreveld, Peter Lloyd and Jacques Zoon. As a founding member of the baroque ensemble Conjunto Hemiola in Spain, she has been invited to perform at prestigious festivals like the "Bach Festival" and the "Quincena Musical" in San Sebastián, Spain.

In Hong Kong, Erdocia has been performing as freelancer with orchestras like the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Macau Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-fields under the baton of Sir Neville Marriner, and the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov during their last visit to Hong Kong. She has also appeared in festivals like the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) World Music Days, Musicarama and the Hong Kong Arts Festival. From 1998 to 2004 she was the Principal Flute of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Currently she is member of Les Six and the Hong Kong Wind Kamerata and lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Baptist University and the University of Hong Kong. She is also an Overseas Consultant of the Macau Youth Orchestra.

資料來源：Hong Kong Harp Chamber Music