Yang Yang (杨洋) is the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the
Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra. Yang has conducted more than 20 domestic and foreign symphony orchestras.
Yang started his career in 1998 at the first
Beijing Musical Festival, and continued to conduct there for the next seven years. From 2000 to 2005, Yang held the position of Assistant Conductor at the
China Philharmonic Orchestra
The China Philharmonic Orchestra (; abbreviated CPO) is an orchestra founded in Beijing, China, on May 25, 2000, based on the previous China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra. It is a division of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Telev ...
, and is currently their Assistant Art Director. He became the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the
Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra in 2009.
In November 2006, he won First Place at the
Dimitris Mitropoulos International Competition for Orchestral Conducting in
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. It was the first time a Chinese conductor received this honor.
External links
Biography of Mr. Yang Yangat
Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra's Official Website
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Chinese conductors (music)