Apo Hsu

Apo Hsu
許瀞心
Born
Hsu Ching-hsin

Citizenship
EducationNational Taiwan Normal University (BA)
Hartt School of Music (MMus)
OccupationConductor
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese許瀞心
Simplified Chinese许瀞心
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXǔ Jìngxīn

Apo Hsu or Hsu Ching-hsin (Chinese: 許瀞心; pinyin: Xǔ Jìngxīn) is a Taiwanese-American conductor. Hsu served as music director of the National Taiwan Normal University Symphony Orchestra and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Springfield, Missouri. Her past appointments include serving as artistic director of The Women's Philharmonic in San Francisco, California, and conductor of the Oregon Mozart Players in Eugene, Oregon. She has been a mentor for many young conductors on both sides of the world through her work at NTNU and at The Conductor's Institute at Bard College in New York. Her performances have been featured in national broadcasts in the United States (on National Public Radio), Taiwan (on International Community Radio Taipei), and Korea (on Korean Broadcasting System).