A24 2013 Program Notes, Book 1
WU YANYU
,
soprano, graduated from Shenyang Conservatory
of Music’s Vocal Music Department in 1997. In 2004, she was
accepted as a postgraduate student in the Opera Department of
the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studied voice with
Guo Shuzhen and aesthetics with Wu Long. Wu Yanyu has been
an Assistant Professor in the Opera Department of the Shenyang
Conservatory since 2002. She won First Prizes in the 29th Bellini
Vocal Music International Competition in Italy in December 1998
and II Tonmaze Alcaide International Vocal Music Competition
in Portugal in October 2000. Wu Yanyu’s concert and opera appearances include
Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute in a 2006 performance celebrating the 250th
anniversary of Mozart’s birth, the première of Chen Qigang’s Iris dévoilée in Germany,
Violetta in La Traviata in the Central Conservatory of Music’s 55th Anniversary
Celebrations, Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito and the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor.
Meng Meng
,
an award-winning and highly respected vocal
performing artist in China, has had a successful international
career spanning more than a decade. Highly sought for her
unique ability to sing in both traditional Chinese and Peking
opera styles, Meng Meng has performed in countries on four
continents. Born in Shandong, Meng Meng entered the Opera
School of Shandong Province at the age of twelve. She studied
the performance of Peking opera, majoring in Qingyi, Huashan
and Cheng styles. She has performed in many distinguished
productions in the Cheng style, such as Snow in June, The Lucky Purse, The Story
of Chen Sanliang, Sweet Dream and Qingshuang Sword. After graduating in 1998,
Meng worked in Qingdao Peking Opera Theatre. Recently Meng Meng has sung the
role of Qingyi and Soprano II in Iris dévoilée with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
under conductor Edo de Waart and Carnegie Hall in May 2012 and with the Bamberg
Symphony Orchestra and conductor Yu Long. Previously, she performed Iris dévoilée
with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House under the
baton of Yu Long in July 2004.
Wei-Yang Andy Lin
,
born in Taiwan and recognized as one
of today’s most promising young violists, holds his bachelor‘s
and master’s degrees from Juilliard. Mr. Lin has won numerous
competitions, including the 2008 Juilliard Viola Concerto
Competition, for which he made his Avery Fisher Hall solo debut
with the Juilliard Orchestra. In January 2013, he appeared as
soloist on both the viola and erhu with the Yonkers Philharmonic
Orchestra. In addition to his solo career Mr. Lin is a member of
the award-winning Amphion String Quartet. Mr. Lin is a member of
the Musicians of Lenox Hill and serves as principal violist of the Solisti Ensemble and the
New York Classical Players. In addition to his accomplishments as a classical musician, he
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