After winning top prizes in the Isang Yun and Enescu international cello competitions, Spanish-Taiwanese cellist Mon-Puo has establishe himself as a musician with a rare combination of creativity and virtuosity.
As soloist, Mon-Puo performed with worldwide renowned orchestras including the Berliner Symphoniker, the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, the Enescu Festival Orchestra, the Nüremberg Symphoniker, the Chamber Orchestra of Andrés Segovia, the Tonyeong Festival Orchestra,the Extremadura Symphony Orchestra, the Harbin Symphony Orchestra, the Camerata Taiwan and the JenaerSymphoniker under the guidance of Michael Sanderling, AlexandreBloch, David Geringas, or Alvaro Albiach.
Mon-Puo is prizewinner at international competitions such as Isang Yun Competition (South Korea), Enescu Competition (Bucharest) , Brahms Competition (Austria), Davydov Competition (Latvia), Khachaturian Competition (Yerevan) and Schoenfeld Competition (Harbin).Recognized for his talent and contributions to classical music in Spain and Taiwan, he was awarded the title of “Extraordinary Musician” in Madrid and “Ambassador of Culture” in Taiwan.
Equally at home on the international stage as a soloist, as playing chamber music, he was a member of the Kelemen quartet for three years and his chamber music partners include artists such as Robert Levin, Clara Jumi-Kang, Vilde Frang and Alexander Gadjiev.
Born in Madrid to a Taiwanese family of artists, Mon-Puo studied with Natalia Shakhovskaya in Madrid and Prof. Jens-Peter Maintz in Germany . Always interested in continuously developing and learning, he is completing a postgraduate degree with violinist Rainer Schmidtand pianist Claudio Martinez Mehner in Basel. He as well studied improvisation with Noam Shivam.