Yang Yang (杨洋) is the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the

Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra () was founded on December 25, 2007 and completed its establishment on April 20, 2009, with Deng Jingshan as the President, Yang Yang as the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, Guan Haochuan and Lin Shangzhuan a ...

. Yang Yang has conducted more than 20 domestic and foreign symphony orchestras. Yang started his career in 1998 at the first Beijing Musical Festival, and continued to conduct there for the next seven years. From 2000 to 2005, Yang held the position of Assistant Conductor at the

China Philharmonic Orchestra The China Philharmonic Orchestra (中国爱乐乐团; abbreviated CPO) is an orchestra founded in Beijing, China, on May 25, 2000, based on the previous "China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra". It is a division of the State Administration of Ra ...

, and is currently their Assistant Art Director. He became the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the

in 2009. In November 2006, he won First Place at the Dimitris Mitropoulos International Competition for Orchestral Conducting in

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. It was the first time a Chinese conductor received this honor.

External links

Biography of Mr. Yang Yang
at

's Official Website

References

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