Born in Taiwan, Li-Ya Huang was Principal Harp of the China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra from 2011 to 2020, Guest Principal Harp of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and many other leading orchestras.

Huang received a DMA from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and a Master’s degree from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. She frequently gives master classes and lecture concerts in music conservatories including the Central Conservatory of Music and the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing, National Taiwan University of the Arts, and the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.

She was invited as faculty at summer festivals and academies such as the Orchestra Kids, Forbidden City Harp Academy, and the Forbidden City Summer Harp Class.