Yang Jing (; born 1983) is a Chinese
violist
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, and five-string violinist.
Along with the pianists
Yin Chengzong
Yin Chengzong (, Hokkien: ''Un Seng Chong'') (born 1941 in Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, Fujian) is a Chinese pianist and composer.
Biography
Born on the "Piano Island" of Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, Fujian, in the People's Republic of China. Altho ...
and Xu Feiping, Yang is considered one of the three most famous classical musicians from
Kulangsu
The Gulangyu, Gulang Island or Kulangsu is a pedestrian-only island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian Province in southeastern China. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the island is about in area, and is reached by an 8-minute ferry ride fro ...
, China’s "Music Island".
She played at the 41st Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to celebrate the inscription of Kulangsu as World Cultural Heritage site.
Biography
Yang was born on the "Piano Island" of
Gulangyu Island
The Gulangyu, Gulang Island or Kulangsu is a pedestrian-only island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian Province in southeastern China. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the island is about in area, and is reached by an 8-minute ferry ride fro ...
in
Xiamen
Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, ...
,
Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
, China. She began studying violin at the age of 4, and was named a member of the
Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra
The Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra (XPO) ) is based in Xiamen, Fujian Province, the People's Republic of China. It is one of the top orchestras in China, and the only non-state-owned and self-financing orchestra in the country. Founded in 1998, XPO ...
at age 15. At age 17, she took up viola and began studying at the
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
The Shanghai Conservatory of Music () was founded on November 27, 1927, as the first music institution of higher education in China. Its teachers and students have won awards at home and abroad, thus earning the conservatory the name "the crad ...
. At age 21, she received a full scholarship from the
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...
in London. She then earned a second degree from the
Mozarteum University of Salzburg
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,
Austria
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, also on full scholarship, where she studied under viola master Thomas Riebl. She became viola principal of
Camerata Salzburg
The Camerata Salzburg is an Austrian chamber orchestra based in Salzburg, Austria. The Camerata's principal concert venue is the Mozarteum University.
History
Bernhard Paumgartner founded the ensemble in 1952 as the ''Camerata Academica des Moza ...
and the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra. In 2009, at 25 years old, she was named Associate Principal of the
Frankfurt Radio Symphony
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(
Hr-Sinfonieorchester
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).
In 2012, Yang returned to China, where she was named professor and chair of the viola department at Xiamen University. In 2014 she released her first CD album, “Kulangsu: Through the Strings of Time.” In 2015, she began touring as a soloist, performing in the
Shanghai Concert Hall
Cadillac·Shanghai Concert Hall is located on the intersection of Yan'an Road and South Tibet Road of Huangpu District, Shanghai. It was founded in 1930 as Nanking Theatre. In 1949, its name was changed to Beijing Cinema. In 1959, it was renam ...
and other major venues around the world.
Five-String Soprano Viola
In 2016 she began playing on a custom five-string soprano viola. In 2017 the Chinese composer
Li Zili composed the first concerto for five-string viola and orchestra, the “Peace Concerto”, which Yang premiered as a soloist with the Xiamen Philharmonic on August 25, 2017, in a concert held by the Chinese government in honor of the 2017
BRICS
BRICS is an acronym for five leading emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The first four were initially grouped as "BRIC" (or "the BRICs") in 2001 by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill, who coined the ter ...
Summit in Xiamen.
Prizes
Yang won first prize at the Althur Bliss Works Competition in England, second prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in Austria
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References
External links
Jing Yang, Daughter of Kulangsu - Kulangsu government visitor’s guide (English)Xiamen TV - Jing Yang profile (Chinese)
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1983 births
Living people
Chinese classical violists
Chinese classical violinists
Women classical violinists
Academic staff of Xiamen University
People from Xiamen
Musicians from Fujian
Shanghai Conservatory of Music alumni
Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni
21st-century women musicians
21st-century classical violinists