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B.A. in Music, Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
M.M. in Violin Performance, University of South Carolina
Additional Graduate Studies: Manhattan School
Email: xyu@leeuniversity.edu
Assistant Professor of Music | A graduate of Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, Mr. Xiaoqing Yu came to the US in 1986 and soon, as a recipient of Manhattan School of Music Scholarship, Mr. Yu furthered his graduate studies under the prominent violin professor Rafael Bronstein at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
A native of China, Mr. Yu is in his eleventh season as concertmaster of the Greenville symphony Orchestra. Over the years, Mr. Yu has performed with various music groups in Europe and Canada and worked closely with the Cleveland and the Emerson string quartets. He was featured on Philadelphia’s classical music station “WFLN” which was broadcast live on prime time. Mr. Yu performs regularly with Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and other chamber music groups. Every summer Mr. Yu performs some 46 performances of 4 Operas festival in New York.
Prior to joining the Greenville Symphony, Mr. Yu served as principal second violinist of the American Chamber Orchestra and performed in over 100 major European cities, including Barcelona, Madrid, Luxembourg, Brussels, Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Florence, Sienna, among others.
While at the Manhattan School, Mr. Yu served as Co-principal second violin of the National Orchestra and performed in numerous concert halls including Carnegie concert hall, recital hall, and the Lincoln Center. He was featured on New York City’s famed classical station “WQXR” which was broadcast live nationwide. Before coming to the US, Mr. Yu had performed throughout China with various music groups, as well as the National symphony orchestra.
Mr. Yu has won second prize of the Young Artist Competition of Atlanta Pro-Mozart Society; First prize of USC Concerto-Aria Competition, and Honorary Award of the Young Artist Competition, subsequently, as a soloist, Mr. YU performed Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 and 5. Other solo engagements have included the performances of works by Mozart, Saint-Saens, Wieniawski, Vieutemps, Vivaldi with various symphony orchestras.
Mr. Yu was recently appointed as Concertmaster and Artistic consultant of the Charlotte Civic Orchestra, and Violin faculty of Charlotte School of the Arts. Other engagements have included teaching at Furman University and South Carolina Governor’s school of the Arts.
Compact disc recordings have included 6 Violin Sonatas by Rossini; Suite for string Orchestra by Janacek; The Death and the Maiden by Schubert; Transfigured Night by Scheonberg with American Chamber Orchestra in Spain with a Swiss recording label, the “Clave”. | |