Shuqi Yang
Vocal
Soprano Shuqi Yang is pursuing her doctor’s degree in Vocal Performance at Stony Brook University. She holds a master’s degree and a graduate diploma in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory of Music. In China, she graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of Music with a master’s degree in Vocal Performance.
Yang has been working with many world famous voice teachers including Brenda Harris, Carole Haber, Zheng Zhou and Xunmei Liu, among others. In 2017, she attended Salzburg Music Festival, working with soprano Luciana Serra and coaching German Lieder with pianist Hartmut Höll.
In 2016, Yang was admitted to Shanghai Conservotory of Music with first place in vocal performance entrance audition and exams. She performed as an outstanding student with Shanghai Symphony Ochestra that year. In 2017, she was selected to represent Shanghai Conservatory to have an overseas visit and perform art songs in chamber recitals in both Royal College of Music, UK and Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Germany.
Yang performed many operatic roles and solo recitals these years. In 2016, she played Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni in Arezzo Summer Festival, Italy. More Recently, she played Setsuko in Jack Perla’s An American Dream, Mother in Menotti’s Amahl and the night visitors, Zora in Ana Sokolović‘s Svadba, and Second Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with New England Conservatory Opera and Orchestra. In 2023, she played Piacere in Handel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno with Stony Brook Baroque Players and performed as a soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Stony Brook University Orchestra. In 2024, she will play Countess in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro in Canto Vocal Program in Virginia and also cover this role with Stony Brook Opera.
Yang is the Winner of 2022 Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra national young artists’ competition. She is a finalist in the 2022 Neapolitan Masters Competition. She got first prize in London classical music competition held on Feb 21st, 2022.