Dr. Rong-Huey Liu
Taiwanese American oboist Dr. Rong-Huey Liu, a Marigaux Artist, is a California-based high demand multi-faceted artist.
As soloist, she has performed concertos of Bach, Corigliano, Viet Cuong, Daugherty, Ferran, Kalliwoda, Lebrun, Marcello, Mozart, Navarro, Saul, and Strauss. Her Grammy consideration recording of Saul’s "Kiev 2014: Rhapsody for Oboe and Orchestra" and its world premiere performance garnered critical acclaim for "sublime playing and crisp performance, filled with quiet perseverance and passion." Her performance of the Lebrun Oboe Concerto with the Long Beach Symphony was commended for “radiant tone easily filled the cavernous Terrace Theater….played with consummate grace and musicality... .awesome technical display."
Rong-Huey was a guest artist of the Ojai Summer Music Festival, Nevada Chamber Music Festival, Southwest International New Music Festival, Chamber Music Unbound, International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico, and the concerto soloist for the 2024 IDRS. At the Cactus Pear Music Festival, her Mozart Quartet was noted by San Antonio critics for "sweetness shaped by a sense of crisp articulation" and for leading a performance of Daugherty “Firecracker” with a razzle dazzle ...the audience was thrilled".
As a Hollywood recording studio musician, Rong-Huey has collaborated with celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Andrea Bocelli, Carrie Underwood, Chris Botti, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, Josh Groban, Paul Shaffer, Spinal Tap, The Who, and Weird Al. Her cinema credits includes A Jazzman’s Blues, Animaniacs, Disenchanted, Hocus Pocus II, Six Triple Eight, Star Trek movie, Star War VIII, True & Treason, to name a few.
Rong-Huey holds Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. She is currently the oboe professor at California State University Fullerton, La Sierra University, Riverside City College, University of Redlands, and the Fresno Opera & Orchestra Summer Academy (FOOSA).
Rong-Huey is the principal oboist for the Long Beach Symphony, Los Angeles Ballet Orchestra, Fresno Philharmonic, Riverside County Philharmonic and Redlands Symphony, Modesto Symphony (acting principal) and a frequent sectional oboe at Pacific Symphony.