アレクサンドル・ヴェリチコ
ファゴット
並外れた音楽的才能と優れた技法から、モスクワ国立交響楽団でファゴットのプリンシパル奏者を務めた。同時に、ロシア国立交響楽団、モスクワ交響楽団、ロシア・ナショナル・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団など、ロシア有数の他のオーケストラでも、プリンシパル奏者補佐を務める。著名なモスクワのグネーシン音楽大学でファゴット演奏専攻の学士、修士、博士号を修得。モスクワ・ヴィルトゥオーゾ室内管弦楽団でソリストとして演奏。
Hung-Chieh Yang
Trombone
A distinguished trombonist from Taiwan, Hung-Chieh Yang advanced his study in trombone solo and chamber music at one of the most prestigious music institutions in Europe, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln in Wuppertal, Germany, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. In Europe, he performed with Kölner Symphoniker, Bayer Philharmonker, and Orchesterakademie an der Immanuelskirche. Since joining Shen Yun Performing Arts as Principal Trombone in 2016, Yang has performed in over 300 shows in some of the world’s top venues, such as Kennedy Center in Washington, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan, the historic Burgtheater in Vienna, and many others.
パヴロ・バイシェフ
トロンボーン
卓越し経験豊かな奏者として、ウクライナ国立歌劇場でトロンボーンのプリンシパル奏者補佐を16年務めた。ウクライナ国立交響楽団、キエフ・クラシック・オーケストラ、キエフ交響楽団・合唱団、キエフ・ヴィルトゥオーゾ室内管弦楽団でも演奏。青年演奏家のための国際大会で最優秀賞(キエフ 2002年)、金管楽器と打楽器のためのウクライナ全国大会で二位(2004年)を獲得。ウクライナ国立チャイコフスキー記念音楽院で学士、修士、博士号を修得。
エリック・ロビンズ
トランペット
イリノイ大学アルバナシャンペーン校で学士号、ニューイングランド音楽院で修士号を取得。ボストン交響楽団で演奏し、大邱(テグ)交響楽団で首席奏者を務める。マーベル・ルイーズ・ライリー奨学基金(ニュー・イングランド音楽院)、ナショナル・オーケストラ・インスティテュート、ラウンド・トップ国際音楽祭、バーハーバー吹奏楽団などの特別会員。
ウラジーミル・ツェムツォフ
トランペット
熱のこもった力強い音調で欧州の金管楽器を率いた。モスクワその他の都市のオーケストラ団員を経た後、『白鳥の湖』『くるみ割り人形』『眠れる森の美女』などのクラシック、その他数多くの公演で演奏し、シベリア・ステート・バレエ団のプリンシパル・トランペット奏者も務めた。ロシアのクラスノヤルスク国立音楽演劇学院で学士修得(トランペット演奏専攻)。
Aleksandr Antonov
Trumpet
Aleksandr Antonov holds a specialist (master’s) degree with honors in concert performance from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. International prizewinner of several competitions, as well as former principal trumpet of both the Taurida State Symphony Orchestra and the Saint Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, he has performed extensively around the world.
Maksym Bilash
Principal Flute
Maksym Bilash holds a master’s degree from The National Tchaikovsky Music Academy of Ukraine. Winner of numerous international competitions in his native Russia, he was the principal flutist for the National Opera of Ukraine before joining Shen Yun Performing Arts.
Gabriela Gonzalez-Briceno
Bassoon
Gabriela Gonzalez-Briceno grew up with Venezuela’s “El Sistema,” the famous orchestra program that develops musical talent. She graduated from the Simon Bolivar Conservatory of Music in Caracas and completed her master’s degree in music at the State University of New York at Purchase. Winner of the 2015 Concerto Competition with Purchase Symphony Orchestra, she has played as principal bassoonist with the Miami Symphony Orchestra and Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, among others. She has also performed at the Berlin Philharmonie, the Wiener Konzerthaus, and the Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg under some of the world’s most renowned conductors. Her solo and chamber work has been featured in concerts and recordings internationally.
李 佳蓉(リー・ジャーロン)
首席フルート
テキサス大学交響楽団コンチェルト・コンクールで優勝。全米青少年アーティスト大会の中南部フルート・フェスティバルで準優勝。台湾高雄市音楽コンクールで優勝。テキサス大学バトラー音楽学校の博士課程優秀卒業者リサイタルの演奏者に選出。テキサス大学オースティン校でフルート演奏の博士号、ボストン大学で修士号、台湾の国立中山大学で学士号を取得。
エフゲニー・レズニック
クラリネット
テキサス大学オースティン校でクラリネット演奏の博士号を取得。同大学の博士課程優秀卒業者リサイタルの演奏者に選出。全米音楽指導者協会(MTNA)青少年アーティスト大会木管部門、州大会、カレッジ大会で優勝。イェール大学音楽院のノーフォーク室内音楽祭、サンクトペテルブルグ(ロシア)のエフゲニー・ムラヴィンスキー国際音楽祭にフェローとして参加。2005年MTNAミシガン州主催の青少年木管部門大会で、トップのクラリネット奏者と総合優勝者に選ばれる。
アリステア・クローフォード
トロンボーン
メルボルン交響楽団、ロイヤル・メルボルン・フィルハーモニック、メルボルン・オペラ・オーケストラなどで演奏。メルボルン大学で音楽学士号(優等)を取得後、タスマニア大学でプロの演奏家のための大学院課程を修了。メルボルン大学在籍中、最も有望な音楽家として「レディー・ターナー賞」を受賞。オーストラリア国立音楽アカデミーで研鑽を積む。
リンダ・ワン(王真)
二胡
神韻国際芸術団の二胡独奏者。音楽一家で育ち、二胡とバイオリンを7歳のときから学び始め、著名な二胡奏者のもとで指導を受ける。
Yu-Chien Yuan
Cello
A Shen Yun soloist, Yu-Chien Yuan began cello studies at a young age, winning many awards as a child. She graduated with high honors from Fei Tian Academy of the Arts in New York before earning a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, and a Master of Music in Cello Performance from Fei Tian College. She was the soloist in Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra’s recent recording of the Dvořák Cello Concerto.
黄 怡禎(ホワン・イージェン)
チェロ
パリのエコールノルマル音楽院で、チェロ演奏の学士号と、チェロ教育・演奏・室内楽の修士号を取得。その後パリ地方音楽院で学び、2010年、音楽教育の高等資格を取得。07年、パリ国際音楽コンクール(UFAM)室内楽部門で準優勝。台湾高雄市ピアノコンクールで準優勝、全台湾作曲コンクールで優勝。
Debbie Jin
Concertmaster
Debbie Jin is a Shen Yun soloist and concertmaster with Shen Yun New York Company. Born in Sydney, Australia, she studied piano and violin starting at a young age, quickly developing a beautiful tone on the violin and remarkable virtuosity for her age. She resides in New York, where she is pursuing violin studies on a scholarship at Fei Tian Academy of the Arts. She won Gold Medal at the 2021 Fei Tian Music Competition, and was the soloist in Shen Yun’s recent recordings of The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and the Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto, and is one of the company’s outstanding young musical talents.
Davin Ma
Violin
In addition to violin, Davin Ma has also achieved high levels of proficiency in piano and clarinet. He studied violin at Fei Tian Academy of the Arts in New York and, prior to joining Shen Yun, performed extensively with the acclaimed Toronto-based Kindred Spirits Orchestra. He was the soloist in Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra’s recent recording of Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy.
Catherine Zhang
Concertmaster
Catherine Zhang is a Shen Yun soloist and concertmaster with Shen Yun Global Company. She first learned violin from her father in her native Sydney, before studying with renowned teachers in Australia and the United States. She has won four full scholarships to top music schools in Australia and the U.S., and is the second place winner (2015) in the Ryde Eisteddfod Open Age Solo Bach Competition as well as the Open Age Concerto Competition of the same year. She was the soloist in Shen Yun’s recent recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, has performed concertos at the Sydney Town Hall, been featured in television advertisements, and has been a frequent performer at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Rising Star Program Concerts. In 2018, she accepted a scholarship from Fei Tian Academy of the Arts in New York and won Gold Medal at the 2021 Fei Tian Music Competition.
Freda Wang
Concertmaster
Freda Wang is a Shen Yun soloist and concertmaster with Shen Yun New Era Company. She grew up outside Washington, D.C in a musical family—her older sister, Linda Wang, is an accomplished erhu player with Shen Yun. Freda Wang had been a concertmaster in youth orchestras before accepting a scholarship from Fei Tian Academy of the Arts in New York. Upon graduating, she pursued advanced studies at Fei Tian College. She won Gold Medal at both the 2021 and 2022 Fei Tian Music Competition, and was the soloist in Shen Yun’s recent recording of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and is one of the company’s outstanding young musical talents.
Lillian Li
Concertmaster
Lillian Li is concertmaster with Shen Yun New World Company. Prior to joining Shen Yun she served as concertmaster with the College Park Youth Orchestra (2011-2014) in Maryland, received a scholarship to the National Philharmonic Orchestra Summer String Institute, and won awards at over 30 piano and violin competitions. She graduated with honors from Fei Tian Academy of the Arts before pursuing advanced studies at Fei Tian College, both in New York. A Gold Medal winner of the Fei Tian Music Competition, she was the soloist in Shen Yun’s recent recording of Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.
Kate Li
Violin
Kate Li began learning the violin at the age of 4, studying with professors from the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, both in England. At the age of 8, she was admitted to Chetham’s School of Music and awarded the Leverhulme Scholarship by the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain. She was then accepted into the Yehudi Menuhin School and studied there before successfully auditioning into Fei Tian Academy of the Arts in New York. a
Kristy Kou
Concertmaster
Kristy Kou started learning music at the age of 5 and earned distinctions at multiple violin competitions. She studied with renowned violin teachers and then pursued advanced studies at Fei Tian College in New York. She has performed at the Casalmaggiore Music Festival in Italy and Musiktage am Rhein in Germany.
Louie Tsai
Violin
Louie Tsai started studying violin at a young age and has won multiple competitions in California and New York. He continued his studies at the New York-based Fei Tian Academy of the Arts and has toured with Shen Yun around the world.
Alexander Dardykin
Cello
Alexander Dardykin is the former principal cellist of the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Public Symphony Orchestra of Moscow, Moscow State Academy Symphony Orchestra, Russian Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television, as well as the Taiwan Soloists Symphony Orchestra, among others. He has performed throughout Europe and Asia and taught at music schools in Moscow and Taiwan.
Daniel Cao
Violin
Daniel Cao studied at the New York-based Fei Tian Academy of the Arts. He is a Gold Medal winner of the 2022 Fei Tian Music Competition.
Rachel Chen
Viola
Born in Ann Arbor, MI, Rachel Chen grew up in Chicago, IL, where she began studying violin at age 6 and won multiple youth competitions in both violin and flute before becoming a violist. She graduated with honors from the New York-based Fei Tian Academy of the Arts and earned both her Bachelor of Music (magna cum laude) and Master of Music in Viola Performance from Fei Tian College. She was the soloist in Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra’s recent recording of Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme.
Christopher Zhang
Viola
Christopher Zhang studied viola at the New York-based Fei Tian Academy of the Arts and won a Gold Medal at the 2022 Fei Tian Music Competition. He previously served as concertmaster of the Northern Academy of the Arts Orchestra, in New York.