『全方位音樂家』：鋼琴、創作、自彈自唱、雙簧管
『時尚部落客』：俐落知性、都會高雅
『創意思想家』：跳脫框架的思考、超脫世俗的觀點
『環球旅行家』：一個人在全世界旅行、旅居

氣質出眾、集智慧才華於一身的吳苡嫣 Amanda Wu，散發著慧詰的閃耀、神秘的吸引力，是全方位音樂家/時尚部落客/創意思想家/環球旅行家。於2013年獲得美國傑出人才簽證，旅居紐約兩年，之後展開活躍國際舞台的斜槓人生。音樂風格多元，跨界爵士、古典、電子、流行樂，是演奏家、創作歌手，擅長高難度的自彈自唱，更是全球知名團體「太陽劇團」的儲備音樂家（鍵盤、歌唱、雙簧管）。

畢業於名校 McGill 大學音樂系，專攻爵士鋼琴，1982年出生於台灣 ，四歲開始學鋼琴，擁有絕對音感，從小即展現驚人的音樂才華。從小學一年級考入音樂班就讀，主修鋼琴與雙簧管。在各大音樂比賽中表現亮眼，鋼琴、電子琴、雙簧管、歌唱、朗讀演講，都曾榮獲第一名。七歲開始創作，並於八歲、九歲、十二歲時，代表台灣赴新加坡、印尼、泰國演出創作曲。十九歲時，榮獲加拿大蒙特婁音樂營國際鋼琴大賽第一名。隨後留學加拿大蒙特婁，並破紀錄以兩年的時間唸完四年大學。隨後回台工作，開始各種跨界演出，曾受NSO國家交響樂團邀請，擔任鋼琴/電鋼琴，與好萊塢金獎大師 “George Fenton”、 世界歌神 “Andrea Bocelli”、日本國寶大師 『久石讓』同台演出。 並擔任創作歌手王若琳 『博尼的大冒險』 專輯編曲。與知名作家/DJ劉軒合作，製作電子音樂創作單曲 “Love is Too Short” 收錄於劉軒的電音專輯。年僅二十八歲時，即站上TED Talk舞台，演講她用跳脫框架思維，創造獨特的人生路徑，並演奏創作曲。達成階段性目標後，為了再度自我提升以及探索更多內外在世界，決定前往紐約，擴展更大的視野與可能性。順利取得極少數人才能符合資格的『美國傑出人才（藝術家）簽證』，旅居紐約兩年。隨後，獲得義大利語文學校獎學金，移居米蘭。之後往返於歐、亞、美洲之間。她勇敢穿梭於世界各地，憑著獨立堅毅的個性，一個人在世界各大城市居住、一個人旅行。

她用開放的心靈，迎接生命中任何美好的可能性，她擁有敏銳細膩的藝術天份、堅定的意志力，以及無限的幻想創作力。她更擁有美麗的心靈，致力創造充滿深度文化與創意巧思的作品。她的好奇心，促使她不斷地探索世界，同時也不斷地探索內在，在獨處中，重設許多觀念想法。熱愛將居住於歐、亞、美三大洲的經驗，以及內外在旅程的獨特體驗，化為音樂創作、時尚穿搭以及文字寫作。音樂風格跨界多元，將所學的古典、爵士，結合成長背景的國語、粵語、日本流行樂，巧妙融合為創作元素，開創前所未有的文化創意風格，樹立獨一無二的音樂魅力！

目前經營關於音樂、時尚、創意思維、旅居旅遊的部落格 amandayiyen.com 並成立線上商店，讓大家能輕鬆地在她精選的時尚平台購物。當然，她持續創作音樂、旅行世界，與大家分享更多作品與風景！

Amanda Wu, (吳苡嫣; December 23, 1982) is a Taiwanese Jazz & Classical pianist / Singer-songwriter / Oboist / Arranger / Fashion KOL / Inspirational Speaker and Globetrotter. She is the first and only Taiwanese musician to be selected by Cirque Du Soleil. Not only that, she is selected for not just one, but three instruments in the entertainment company, including keyboard, oboe, and backup vocals. Her versatility, “outside of box thinking” and rule-bending lifestyle got her noticed by TED at 28 years old, Amanda performed at TED x Taipei and spoke on The Power of Journey. Amanda is well-known for creating eclectic, Jazzy-pop style of music with deep classical influence, her elegant fashion style with modern attitude, tailored unique path of life, and her ability to push beyond her comfort zone. Her fearless ability to adapt to various different cultures has allowed her to become an influencer around the world.
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Born in Taichung City, Amanda 苡嫣 grew up in Taiwan and studied classical piano and oboe at the top music schools. Since she was 8 years old, Amanda 苡嫣 has achieved countless awards in piano, oboe, singing, composition and speech. At the age 19, she won the champion in an international piano competition in Montreal. At the age of 20, she attended McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and graduated with a Bachelor degree in Music, with a concentration on Jazz Piano in 2006. Amanda 苡嫣 has traveled and performed all over the world and has resided in a few major cities, including New York City, Milan, Montreal and Taipei. During her career, Amanda 苡嫣 was invited by National Symphony Orchestra as the pianist and keyboardist to perform with celebrity musicians, including Italian vocalist Andrea Bocelli, Hollywood soundtrack composer George Fenton, Japanese animation soundtrack composer Joe Hisaishi,  DJ/Author Shiuan Liu 劉軒, and singer-songwriter Joanna Wang 王若琳. At 30 years old, she moved to New York City and obtained “Alien with Extraordinary Ability Visa, also known as a genius visa.” While in NYC, she began to restructure the career and life she truly desired. She did this by observing business elites and online influencers, and formatted the draft of her ultimate career. At 31 years old, she obtained a scholarship to learn Italian in Milan, Italy at ELLCI Italian Language School. Over these career years, she released 1 album and 2 EPs, including Jazz without Time Zones (2010), original series “The Journey On Earth”, Vol.1: Unknown (2014), and Vol.2: Stories of Time  (2017).

‍From Creative Musician to Blogger, from Blogger to YouTuber
In 2016, Amanda 苡嫣 expanded her brand beyond her music career. She integrated all her creative strengths, Music, Fashion, Spirituality and Journey, and incorporated them into her entire brand in a blog with fashion shops. With the collaboration with many fashion platforms, she officially became a fashion KOL. In 2020, she has remained the same 4 topics (Music, Fashion, Spirituality and Journey) and transformed the blog into YouTube, starting her YouTube Channel: Amanda Wu 吳苡嫣。For music, she is sharing her performance of classical, jazz and her rearrangement of pop music and originals. For fashion, she introduces her favorite brands. For Spirituality, she shares how to think and act beyond the conventional box and live the life that is tailored only for you. For Journey, she shares the solo trips that gives her the vision to see the outside world and inside world.    

Early Life

‍Childhood, (1982-1988):
At a young age, Amanda 苡嫣 clearly exhibited an array of creativity and music talents. When she was just 3 years old, she was able to mimic songs with accurate melody, rhythm, and pitch. It wasn’t until she started learning how to play the piano at 4 years old that her music teacher discovered she had perfect pitch.

‍Elementary School, (1989-1995):
‍Amanda 苡嫣 initiated her music career young when she enrolled in the prestigious music elementary school, Gung Fu. As a child music prodigy, she quickly exhibited phenomenal skill in piano, oboe, vocal and composition. She competed in JOC, organized by Yamaha, for 6 years, where she excelled. In 1991, 1992, and 1995, Amanda 苡嫣 not only made it to the final round of the competition, she was chosen to be the representative of Taiwan to perform her composition at the Asia Oceanic Junior Original Concert (AOJOC). Her first year in AJOC in 1991, when she was only 8 years old, she represented Taiwan in Singapore, performing a composition entitled, The Happy Vacation. In 1992, she traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia to perform her composition, The Dancing Girl. In 1995, she traveled to Bangkok, Thailand to perform her composition, Syncopation Violin. In addition to learning the piano and compose music in her youth, Amanda 苡嫣 began learning the oboe In 1994. When Yiyen was 11 years old, she toured with the school orchestra in Brisbane, Australia and Sydney, Australia. It was this year that Amanda won the first piano champion in a piano competition organized by the city government of Taichung. Additionally, she won first electronic organ champion at the national competition, a competition of all ages, including experienced adults. These awards had major positive impact in her music life. A year later, Amanda 苡嫣 won second place at the composition competition organized by the city government and, as a result, was chosen to speak at her graduation commencement. She was even recognized as an outstanding student by the government. To add to her plethora of musical skills, Amanda 苡嫣 also had a passion of singing and was lead vocalist in her school choir.

‍Junior High School, (1995-1998) :
‍Amanda 苡嫣 was 13 years old when she won second place in oboe in the Taichung City Music Competition and second place in oboe at Nationals. At 14 years old, she won first place in oboe and second place in piano at the Taichung Music Competition. At Nationals, Amanda 苡嫣 became champion in oboe and placed fifth in piano. That year, she went to a summer music camp in Zurich, Switzerland, later touring with her school orchestra at the Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall in New York City. At her school’s annual concert, she wore many hats, such as  the leader, arranger, oboe soloist, vocal soloist, and lead dancer. It was at this time that Amanda 苡嫣 implemented a new, innovative style of presentation, one that challenged the traditional classical concert. She arranged Mandarin pop songs in opera format and arranged soundtrack of a Hollywood movie into the orchestra. It was clear she had the ability to combine different genres of music, like classical and pop, then transform them into a creative presentation. By the time Amanda 苡嫣 reached the age of 15, she was accepted with the highest scores into the National Tainan College of  Arts. That summer, she played the oboe and toured with the Taiwan Youth Orchestra throughout France, Austria, Hungary and Romania.

‍Senior High School, (1998-2001) :
‍While studying at the National Tainan College of Arts, she excelled, but often times found herself feeling trapped and wanting more from her college experience. Amanda 苡嫣 decided to transfer to a traditional senior high school in order to have the opportunity to apply for the university in the capital city, Taipei. The school delivered a more military oriented style of education Amanda 苡嫣 was not accustomed to. Despite having to take her standard education classes for the whole day, she continued pursuing music outside of school. At 16, she won second place in piano at the national competition hosted by Yamaha. Her hunger for creativity only grew as she branched out to different types of music. Amanda 苡嫣 joined two rock bands that year and was also the guest oboist for multiple woodwind bands in many cities throughout Taiwan. Additionally, she began growing an interest in jazz and jazz fusions. Soon after, she arranged fusion jazz pieces from Dave Grusin and David Benoit for electric organ. Although the school did not provide music education, that did not hinder her musical path to success. She managed to juggle both school and music by taking private music courses outside of the classroom. At 18 years old, Amanda 苡嫣 was accepted into two major universities of the arts, National Taipei University of Arts (Major in oboe, minor in piano) and Fu-Jen University (Major in piano, minor in oboe). Amanda 苡嫣 wanted her college experience to help develop her personality and further her knowledge of not only music and arts, but other aspects of life journey. As a result, Amanda 苡嫣 decided to attend to Fu-Jen University, a university that embodied the more open, westernized lifestyle Amanda 苡嫣 truly wanted for her young life. This decision was surprising to most since the National Taipei University of Arts was considered to be the top university for arts, but she decided to trust her intuition and listen to her heart.

University, (2001~2006):
Studying at Fu-Jen provided her freedom and diversity, and ultimately gave her a sufficient space to discover her true style both in music and in life. During her college career, she thrived in Jazz music. She attended to a summer music camp in Montreal. She took jazz courses and found a whole new appreciation for the genre of music. She also won the champion in an international piano competition. This was a turning point in her career, since she felt like she had achieved an elite level in classical and  as ready to turn to another challenge. She switched her focus to a whole new genre and decided to become a professional jazz musician. She not only excelled in jazz, she created a new style of music based on jazz. Amanda 苡嫣 quit her studies at the University of Fu-Jen and decided to develop her dream in Montreal, Canada. In 2003, she studied in Musi-technic college and learned music technology and production. In 2004, Amanda 苡嫣 was accepted into McGill University and studied Jazz Piano. She finished her entire 4-year college education in just 2 years, so that she could quickly apply her studies to the real world. She graduated from McGill University in 2006.

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‍Early Career, (2007 ~ 2012)
‍From 2007-2008, Amanda 苡嫣 taught music theory and keyboard in Hwa Kang Arts Senior High School in Taipei City, Taiwan. In 2008, she was the first Taiwanese musician selected by Cirque Du Soleil. (as a Keyboardist) In 2009, she became a spoke model for KORG, the world-renowned music instrument company. In 2010, when she was 27 years old, she was invited to play keyboard and piano with the National Symphony Orchestra with Hollywood celebrity composer, George Fenton, celebrity singer and recording artist, Andrea Bocelli, and Japanese treasure composer, Joe Hisaishi. That year, Amanda 苡嫣 released her debut jazz album, Jazz Without Time Zones. In 2011, when she was 28, she arranged the album, The Adventures of Bernie the Schoolboy, for singer-songwriter Joanna Wang. She later toured with Joanna Wang throughout China, HK and Taiwan. She also performed with her own Jazz Trio in Taichung Jazz Festival, a popular festival in her hometown. She also composed and sang electronic house music, Love is Too Short, in celebrity DJ Shiuan Lui’s album. A few of her other celebrity featured-performances included pop singer A-Lin at the Golden Horse Awards, pop singer Olivia Ong at the Shanghai Jazz Festival. When she was 28 years old, the TED curator took notice of Amanda's music ability and unique way of living. She was invited to perform and speak at TED x Taipei, The Power of Journey.

‍Transitional Career (2013-2015)
‍By the time Amanda 苡嫣 reached the age of 30, she packed her prized possessions and moved to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming an international artist. During her first year in New York City, Amanda 苡嫣 became influenced by the vibrant city, developing an appreciation for fashion and business, but never losing sight of her music career. She collaborated with mixing engineer Paul Wickliffe, who was also the engineer for Mariah Carey, to produce her original EP, The Journey on Earth, Vol 1: Unknown Shortly after, she was chosen by Cirque Du Soleil for a second time as an oboist and backup vocalist. She also travelled to Europe to visit and collaborate with the producer of the famous German band, Jazzanova, for “The Journey On Earth, Vol.2: Stories Of Time” in Berlin. Fascinated by the European culture, Amanda 苡嫣decided to make her way to Italy. At 31 years old, she was offered a scholarship to learn Italian in Milan, Italy at ELLCI Italian Language School. During her studies in Milan, her father passed away from a sudden heart attack. She traveled back to Taiwan to be with her family and recuperate from the loss. After 6 months in Taiwan, she decided to get back on track towards her progress of becoming an international musical sensation. She gathered all that she had learned from her travels, musical experiences, and aesthetic influences and decided to create a blog, amandayiyen.com.

‍Integrative Career (2016- 2020)
‍Amanda launched her blog amandayiyen.com in March 2016, highlighting 4 main aspects of her life: Music, Fashion, Creative Idea and Journey. It combines all of her professional experiences, including her performance videos, album releases, fashion tips, creative thinking analysis, interviews with international musicians, and the cities where she lived and traveled. She is quickly evolving into a fashion influencer and be featured on the Fashion Magazine, Walk Fashion Week. Her entrepreneurship is also featured by female entrepreneur magazine, La Femme Collective.
In April 2017, Yiyen released her latest EP: The Journey On Earth, Vol. 2: Stories of Time, and gained much media attention in the United States. Four songs from the album premiered in the US, something not common from international artists. As a result, she toured in Taiwan, NY and Italy. Her song off the album, The Chaos of The Snow, was selected by JAZZIZ Magazine for their summer compilation. In 2018, she handpicked fashion shopping platforms in the fashion store in her blog. In 2020, she switches from blog to youtube, presenting the same 4 topics in video.