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Jing Yang (Chinese:杨璟; pinyin:Yáng Jǐng; born 1983) is a Chinese violist, violinist, and five-string violist.
Along with the pianists Yin Chengzong and Xu Feiping, Jing is considered one of the three most famous classical musicians from Kulangsu, China's "Music Island".[1] She played at the 41st Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to celebrate the inscription of Kulangsu as World Cultural Heritage site.[2]
Jing was born on the "Piano Island" of Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, Fujian, China. She began studying violin at the age of 4, and was named a member of the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra at age 15. At age 17, she took up viola and began studying at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. At age 21, she received a full scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music in London. She then earned a second degree from the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria, also on full scholarship, where she studied under viola master Thomas Riebl. She became viola principal of Camerata Salzburg and the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra. In 2009, at 25 years old, she was named Associate Principal of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (Hr-Sinfonieorchester).
In 2012, Jing returned to China, where she was named professor and chair of the viola department at Xiamen University. In 2014 she released her first CD album, "Kulangsu: Through the Strings of Time," which included works of Bach, Paganini, Saint-Saens, Schumann and Sarasate. In 2015, she began touring as a soloist, performing in the Shanghai Concert Hall and other major venues around the world. In 2016, she established the Jing & Friends crossover band, and in 2017 she recorded a single with the punk band Collapsing Scenery. In 2021, Warner Beijing Label released her electronic music single "New World." In 2024, she moved to the United States. She now lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and is president of the Chinese String Musicians Association and a member of U.S.-China Young Leaders' Forum.
2016年、ジンは特注の5弦ソプラノヴィオラを演奏し始めた。2017年、中国の作曲家、李子力は5弦ヴィオラとオーケストラのための初の協奏曲「平和協奏曲」を作曲し、ヤンは2017年8月25日、厦門で開催された2017年BRICS首脳会議を記念して中国政府が主催したコンサートで、厦門フィルハーモニー管弦楽団と共演し、ソリストとして初演した。
ジンはイギリスのアーサー・ブリス作品コンクールで1位、ライオネル・ターティス国際ヴィオラコンクールで2位、スロベニアのブレッド国際ヴィオラコンクールで3位を獲得した。また、ボーデン湖国際音楽コンクールでは「現代作品の最優秀解釈賞」を受賞した。[ 3 ]