Short Biography

Yang Liu

Praised as “a scorching performance!” by The New York Times and “…from China, with dazzling talent!” by The Washington Post, violinist Yang Liu is an internationally celebrated artist whose career spans more than 40 countries. A laureate of the Twelfth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Mr. Liu has also won first prizes at the 2023 American Prize in String Performance, the 2022 Medici International Competition, the 2021 International Artists Award, and China’s 5th National Violin Competition. As a soloist, he has appeared with leading orchestras around the world, including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and the Danish... Read More

Chinese Bio

Yang Liu

璇揚二重奏（长版） 璇揚二重奏是一个充满活力的小提琴与钢琴二重奏组合，荣获2023年美国大奖赛 (American Prize)、2022年梅第奇(Medici) 国际比赛、2021年国际艺术家大奖 (International Artist Award)，以及2020年全球音乐大奖银奖 (Global Music Award)。他们以强烈的音乐叙事力与全球化的音乐视野而闻名。其演出融合世界各地的古典与当代作品，带来跨越文化界限、令人难忘的音乐会体验。 该二重奏组合曾在美国各大演出协会中担任独奏会嘉宾，并在国际重要场馆与音乐节中登台，包括拉维尼亚音乐节、美国肯尼迪中心、巴西SESC音乐节、葡萄牙阿尔加维音乐节，以及中国各地的重要舞台。 小提琴家劉揚曾在莫斯科第十二届柴可夫斯基国际小提琴比赛中获奖，同时也是2023年美国弦乐大奖赛、2022年梅第奇国际比赛、2021年国际艺术家大奖及中国第五届全国小提琴比赛的一等奖得主。钢琴家蔡宜璇（Olivia... Read More

what people say about us?

The New York Times

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“Liu Yang wowed the opening-night audience with a scorching performance of Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy…”

David Shoenbaum, The Washington Post

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“Liu Yang, from China, with his dazzling talent, the audience cheered as Liu fired off a few rockets of his own….”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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“The Nielsen brought the debut of an outstanding young Chinese violinist, Yang Liu. The concerto calls for an interesting mixture of virtuosity and expression, and Yang delivered on both counts. Technically incredibly adept, he made a strong impression. Yang and Spano seemed to have good rapport with each other and the orchestra.”

Atlanta music critic

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“Unbelievable… Yang, near the end of the third movement, he broke a string. Finishing a run, he turned to concertmaster, traded violins and finished the piece playing with incredible accuracy on a borrowed violin. The concerts here were Yang Liu’s first in North America. He is amazing and will certainly be playing to rave reviews. We’re quite lucky to have seen him and Gil Shaham in the same year.”

Kulture, Germany By Monika Willer

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“Leonhard Bernstein’s ‘serenade’, ambitious, deep spirited work rather than one of the virtuoso standards. Yang, a violin wonder with racing fast fingers. He meets the depth and the tension, he jazzes and sings, masters the highly virtuosic attacks and integrates the complex rhythms to a richly felt musical confession. The orchestral musicians truly enjoy the dialogue with the sympathetic soloist…”

Westfälische Rundschau

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“World-class violinist enravishes Audience to Thundering Applause. What makes Yang Liu’s violin playing so fascinating? It penetrates the artist, for whom technical problems are not an issue, to the tips of the toes. He forms a unit with his valuable Amati and brandishes the bow like a swordsman does his foil. Dynamics are entirely unpretentiously built up to excess.”

Carol Bailey, Pemberville Opera House

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“I could not have been any more thrilled with the performance! Both Yang and Olivia are not only extremely approachable and wonderful people, but the caliber with which they play is unmatched! The dynamics that they both achieved left us in awe!”

Grant County Community Concert Association

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“Yesterday Yang and Olivia performed at our local Grant County Community Concert Association. I was just thrilled to hear them and to have such extraordinary talent here in our remote, small town. Please pass along my sincere personal thanks to them…” …”I also wanted them to know that Olivia’s comment: ‘Many people play Carnegie Hall, but that’s not where the music is most needed. It is needed in remote corners of the country and the world, that have limited options to hear such artistry.” …”I thank them for the commitment they have made to take their music to the people, and to enjoy the road trip along the way!””

The New York Times

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“Liu Yang wowed the opening-night audience with a scorching performance of Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy…”

The New York Times

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“Liu Yang wowed the opening-night audience with a scorching performance of Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy…”