A graduate of L’École Normale de Musique de Paris, I-Chen Huang holds a bachelor’s degree in cello performance, a master’s certificate in cello education, and master’s degrees in cello performance and chamber music. She continued her studies at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris, where she also received a master’s certificate in music education. She won second prize at the UFAM international competition for chamber music in 2007, second place in the Kaohsiung City piano competition (Taiwan), and first place in the Taiwan National Music Composition Competition.