Yamei Yu
Biography
Yamei Yu is a laureate of numerous international violin competitions, including the Tibor Varga Competition in Sion, Switzerland, the Louis Spohr Competition in Freiburg, the Leopold Mozart Competition in Augsburg, and the ARD Competition in Munich. As a soloist, she has performed with renowned conductors such as Ivor Bolton, Vladimir Jurowski, Pavel Baleff, Yakov Kreizberg, Shao-Chia Lü, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Kent Nagano, Ulf Schirmer, and Sebastian Weigle.
Her concert engagements include appearances at prestigious festivals such as the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, the Schubertiades in Schwarzenberg and Vilabertran/Barcelona, the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, the Berliner Festwochen, the Leipzig Bach Festival, the Stuttgart Bach Weeks, the Ludwigsburg Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Music Festival, the Festival van Vlaanderen, the International Chamber Music Festival in Stavanger, the Oslo Chamber Music Festival, the Salzburg Festival, and the Crete Senesi Festival in Italy.
In addition, she has performed in prominent concert halls such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Schauspielhaus Berlin, the Staatsoper, the Herkulessaal and the Isarphilharmonie in Munich, the Wiener Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall in London, and the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid.
Since 2009, Yamei Yu has been a professor at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, where she leads a highly successful violin class. Many of her students have won prizes at international violin competitions and hold positions in major orchestras.
Yamei Yu plays a violin made by Goffriller, dating from 1730.
