YANG Yang, born in a musical family, learned piano with Prof. LI Qifang. Later, he learned conducting respectively with Prof. XU Xin and Prof. WU Lingfen, and then was admitted to the Conducting Department of Central Conservatory of Music, being one of the students of Prof. YU Feng.

 

In November 2006, YANG Yang won the first place for his outstanding performance at the Dimitris Mitropoulos International Competition for Orchestral Conducting in Greece.

 

 

As an active conductor in China, YANG Yang has cooperated with lots of mainstream orchestras and opera houses domestically. Meanwhile, he has also cooperated with foreign orchestras such as Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, German Philharmonic Orchestra of Cologne, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, National Rhine Philharmonic Orchestra, New Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Italian Verona Opera House, Teatro Regio Torino, Italian Rome Philharmonic Orchestra, French Cannes Symphony Orchestra, Bordeaux Symphony Orchestra, Valencia Orchestra of Spain, Greek Symphony Orchestra, Athenian Chamber Orchestra and Korean Incheon Philharmonic, etc.

 

 

In recent years, he has conducted operas including Turandot, Madama Butterfly, La Boheme by G. Puccini, La Traviata, Rigoletto by G. Verdi, Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo, Carmen by Bizet, Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Night Banquet and Wolf Cub Village by GUO Wenjing, etc.

 

YANG Yang is now acting as Music Director and Chief Conductor of China National Opera House, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

 

Established in 1952, the China National Opera House (CNOH) is directly under the Ministry of Culture of China. The predecessors of CNOH were the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of Yan’an and the art troupe of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, which created the folk dance opera Brother and Sister Explorers in 1943 and the White-Haired Girl in 1945 in Yan’an. CNOH has witnessed many historic changes.

 

CNOH has won over 100 national-level awards, including the Award of Five “One” Project, Award of National Excellent Stage Art Works Project, Wenhua Award of the Ministry of Culture, Wenhua Award for New Plays and Wenhua Performance Award.

 

CNOH has also organized various kinds of activities. In 2016 alone, it gave performances and one-to-one assistance in the villages, schools and homes for the aged in Lichuan, Zunyi, Jilin, Yushu and other places.

 

 

1. Excerpts from Die Zauberflöte
Overture to Die Zauberflöte
“Ach Ich Fühl's, Es Ist Verschwunden”
Singer: GUO Chengcheng
“Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schön”
Singer: HAN Junyu
“Der Hölle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen”
Singer: QIN Kanru
“Bei Männern,Welche Liebe Fühlen”
Singers: GUO Chengcheng, GENG Zhe
“Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena”
Singers: CAI Nan, GENG Zhe
Quintetto (Hm! hm! hm!)
Singers: HAN Junyu, GENG Zhe, CHEN Yibao, LIANG Runni, LI Nan

2.Excerpts from Le Nozze di Figaro
Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro
”Se Vuol Ballare, Signor Contino”
Singer: WANG Yiqing
“Hai Gia Vinta la Causa”
Singer: JIN Chuan
"Porgi Amor"
Singer: CHEN Yibao
“Voi, Che Sapete”
Singer: NIU Shasha
“Giunsial fi il Momento”
Singer: LI Jingjing
Finale
Singers: WANG Yiqing, JIN Chuan, CHEN Yibao, LI Jingjing, NIU Shasha, CHEN Ye, GAO Wei, WANG Ye, ZHAO Ziqi