Olivia Chuang obtained a Bachelor of Music (BMus) in Cello Performance as a scholarship holder from the Royal College of Music in London under the tutelage of Amanda Truelove. She started learning the cello when she was 11, beginning her studies with Gevorg Sargsyan and later on with Pei-Sian Ng. She has also attended masterclasses with renowned cellists such as Torleif Thedeen, Gemme Rosefield, Nicholas Jones, Lowri Blake, Leslie Tan, and Franz Bartolomey. 



She performed Vivaldi’s Double Cello Concerto with cellist Chan Wei Shing in 2015 and recorded Bang Wen Fu’s Loving. As an avid fan of chamber music, she performed with the Vivace Cello Quartet at the St Mary Abbotts Church and also Edwin Hillier’s Analogue for Piano Trio at the From the Soundhouse Concert at the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall.



Besides being involved in classical music, Olivia is also active in the pop music industry and performed live with artistes such as JJ Lin, Kit Chan and Olivia Ong. She was also featured as a soloist in Yawen Love Tour with acclaimed harpist Lee Che-Yi in both Taipei and Kaohsiung Arena. Recently, she has also played for ‘Some Strings Attached’ which features several local indie artistes.

She has played with orchestras such as the Orion Orchestra in the 19th annual Night Under The Stars charity concert at the Royal Festival Hall, and the Scherzo Ensemble in performances of the The Barber of Seville at Longhope Opera in Hampshire and Charlton House. She was also invited by the Singapore Armed Forced Central Band as a guest player this year. Other orchestras she has played with include the Royal College of Music (RCM) Symphony Orchestra, Firebird Orchestra, Resound Collective, Wayfarer Sinfonietta and Metropolitan Festival Orchestra under the baton of notable conductors such as Antonio Pappano, Rafael Payare, John Wilson, Toby Purser, Martyn Brabbins and Peter Stark.