Wang Yi
Wang Yi has been a prize winner in both the Chinese National Violin Competition and the Rudolf Lipizer International Competition, held in Italy. After completing his undergraduate study at the Beijing Central Conservatory with Professor Zhi Long Wang, Yi travelled to London to continue his postgraduate study with world-renowned violinist and educator, Yfrah Neaman.
In 1994 he was awarded the prestigious Concert Recital Diploma Premier Prix. In 1995 he was offered the position of Assistant Concertmaster with the Welsh National Opera. In 1997 Yi came to Australia to join the Chamber Orchestra. From 2001 until 2007 he was Principal First Violin with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, for which he was also Acting Concertmaster and Associate Concertmaster. In addition to roles as Director and Leader of the Virtuosi Tasmania Chamber Orchestra, Yi has on many occasions led the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. In 2008 he joined Orchestra Victoria as Principal Violin, and is currently OV’s Acting Deputy Concertmaster.
As a soloist Yi has performed with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, the Moldova Symphony Orchestra and the Chinese Youth Orchestra. He has performed recitals in Beijing, Hangzhou, Hobart, London, Melbourne, Suffolk, Sydney and Weimar. In recent years Yi has helped develop music education in China, participating in the Beijing Chamber Music Festival, giving masterclasses at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and Macau Conservatory, as well as leading and directing the Chinese Youth Orchestra. Yi teaches violin at the University of Melbourne and Monash University, and is a tutor for the Australian Youth Orchestra.
Wang Yi is featured on the following titles
Bach to China with Yu
This is volume 3 of Julian Yu's clarinet music performed by Robert Schubert and ensemble.
