「女高音郭錦慧是一位全方位多才多藝、充滿表現力的演唱家」

              -- Maureen Frawley（加拿大國家廣播電台《星期六歌劇》製作人）

臺灣高雄人，自幼習琴，15歲對聲樂產生興趣並啟蒙於申學庸教授。17歲時，隨易曼君教授前往義大利學習聲樂。1992年自卡瑟拉國立音樂學院榮譽畢業後， 考進義大利錫也納的奇嘉納音樂學院暑期聲樂研究班，師事義大利著名男高音貝岡吉 (Carlo Bergonzi, 1924 – 2014) 並獲獎學金。1998年更獲全額獎學金赴捷克的布拉格音樂學院及斯洛伐克的布拉提斯拉伐音樂學院進修，於2002年完成加拿大魁北克大學聲樂學士學位，並於2004年取得加拿大魁北克省蒙特利爾大學聲樂碩士學位。

在賽事方面，郭錦慧曾贏得2007年紐約全球華人聲樂大賽美聲女子組冠軍、捷克第三十三屆德弗札克國際聲樂大賽歌劇组第三名、蒙特利爾第四屆捷克及斯洛伐克音樂詮釋獎第一名、蒙特利爾Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques優勝及加拿大音樂大賽-國際跳板優勝、台北第四屆世華聲樂大賽第二名、台北愛樂第一屆樂壇新秀優勝及國家兩廳院樂壇新秀。亦曾榮獲加拿大藝術理事會獎金、魁北克省藝術文學理事會獎金、Franco-Québecois pour la Jeuness獎金及Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for Young Canadian Opera Singers獎金。

在演唱經歷方面，郭錦慧曾應邀參加布拉格秋之祭與布拉格國家廣播電台交響樂團合作，演唱貝爾格七首早期的歌，並由歐洲聯合廣播電台現場播出; 她也多次為加拿大國家廣播電台現場直播演唱。她曾為蒙特利爾愛樂交響樂團演唱李斯特的冠冕彌撒、蒙特利爾合唱團演唱德佛札克的聖母哀悼、也曾與Karlovy Vary交響樂團、蒙特利爾青少年管絃樂、Laval 交響樂團、義大利 Tagliacozzo 的仲夏節慶、溫哥華 Triads concert society-Champagne Concerts、蒙特利爾 Asian Heritage Festival-Accès Asie、蒙特利爾NDG文化中心、Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur文化中心及蒙特利爾Polyphonique合唱團等合作演出。曾應加拿大L'Art Lyrique de Laval邀請演出卡門中的蜜凱艾拉並為Laval合唱團演唱羅西尼的莊嚴彌撒，也為加拿大Trois-Rivières 國際聲樂藝術節演唱獨唱會。曾多次與Palladio絃樂四重奏在加拿大多處音樂節演唱，亦在 Le Mondial Choral Loto-Québec音樂節中演出卡門中的蜜凱艾拉。

在國內曾應邀與台北國家交響樂團演唱貝多芬第九交響樂、為台北愛樂合唱團演唱羅西尼的聖母哀悼、與台北市交響樂團為世華聲樂大賽十週年聯合演唱、與國家交響樂團演出女武神中的奧特琳德以及數場獨唱會。她演唱過的歌劇角色包括蜜凱艾拉(卡門)，蘇珊娜(費加洛的婚禮)，斐迪麗姬(女人皆如此)，第一侍女(魔笛)，咪咪(波西米亞人)及奧特琳德(女武神)等角色。

2017年秋季郭錦慧除了在台北國家演奏廳舉辦獨唱會「四分之一世紀的詠嘆」外，並應邀與草山樂坊合作演唱「經典電影名曲與絲竹」、與東吳大學音樂系管弦樂團及指揮 Maestro La Stella合作演唱二十週年世華聲樂大賽優勝者音樂會「美聲的禮讚」，以及與臺師大音樂系弦樂團及指揮廖嘉弘教授合作演出孫少茹女士紀念特展暨音樂會「那美好的歌她已唱過」。2018年三月在中壢藝術館及高雄市至善廳與男高音林健吉聯合演唱，並應邀與草山樂坊在桃園市政府文化局演藝廳合作演出。

在語文方面她能說流利的中文、台語、法文、英文及義大利文並演唱德文、捷克文、斯洛伐克文、西班牙文及拉丁文。

" … Soprano Ching-Hui, Kuo is a versatile and very expressive singer… " - Maureen Frawley, producer of《L’opéra du samedi》Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

A native of Taiwan, Ching-Hui Kuo graduated from the Conservatorio A. Casella of L’Aquila with honours, and obtained a scholarship at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena to study with tenor Carlo Bergonzi. She also participated in master classes at the Associazione Euphonia, the Prague Music Academy and at the Bratislava Music Academy and is also a holder of a Master degree from the University of Montreal, in Canada.Award-winner of several competitions such as the Dvorák International Voice Competition, New Tang Dynasty Television the first International Chinese Vocal Competition, the International Stepping Stone, Mondial Chinese Vocalist Concours, the Czech and Slovak musical Meetings, Ching-Hui Kuo has also received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for Young Canadian opera singers and the Office Franco-Québécois pour la Jeunesse.Her past performances include Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra for the Prague International Autumn Festival which was broadcast live on European Union Radio; Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan which was recorded for public television; Rossini’s Stabat Mater with Taipei Philharmonic Foundation; Dvorák’s Stabat Mater with Grand Choeur de Montréal; Giaccomo Rossini's La Petite Messe Solennelle with le Choeur de Laval and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Montréal in its premiere of Liszt’s Missa Coronationalis. Ms. Kuo also gave live recitals for Radio-Canada and other concerts with the Festival di mezzo estate di Tagliacozzo, the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, the Laval Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Youth Orchestra, etc. Finally, she recorded contemporary music for Italian Radio Tre-RAI.A highly expressive artist also known for her stage presence, Ching-Hui Kuo has sung the roles of Fiordiligi (Così Fan Tutte), Mimì (La Bohème), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and The First Lady (Die Zauberflöte). Her roles also include Antonia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Ciò-Ciò San (Madama Butterfly), Liù (Turandot), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) and Micaëla (Carmen). She also sang Ortlinde (Die Walküre) with the National Symphony Orchestra in Taipei, under Maestro Wen-Pin Chien.Ms. Kuo has a great interest in the hauntingly beautiful repertoire of early 20th Century Chinese art songs, which are often featured in her recitals. We recently heard them at some the Maison de la culture NDG in Montreal, at the Accès Asie Festival, International de l’Art Vocal de Trois-Rivières and at the marvelous Champagne Concerts series for the Vancouver Triad Music Society. She has also presented her own program, "Silken Dreams" at l'International de l'art vocal de Trois-Rivières.To celebrate her more then 1/4 century’s singing career, Ms. Kuo gave a recital at National Recital Hall last fall and was invited to sing for Taipei Grass-Mountain folk Orchestra, Mondial Chinese Vocalist Concours Winners Concert and for the memorial concert of Lady Margaret Sun with the Orchestra of the Music Department of National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei.Ms. Kuo speaks Taiwanese, Mandarin, French, English, Italian and basic German. She sings also in Czech, Slovak, Spanish and Latin.