Long Yu
Artistic Director of the China Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Director of the Shanghai and Guangzhou Symphony orchestras
Principal Guest conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Artistic Director of the Beijing Music Festival
Co-director of MISA Shanghai Summer Festival
Long Yu conducts the leading orchestras and opera companies around the world including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, Washington National Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Singapore Symphony orchestras, Orchestre de Paris, Hamburg State Opera, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Leipzig, NDR Sinfonieorchester.
In 2008, for the first time in history, the China Philharmonic Orchestra performed at the Vatican in the Paul VI Auditorium under his baton.
Long Yu’s career has included both artistic and administrative appointments. In 1992, he was appointed Principal Conductor of the Central Opera Theatre in Beijing. He created opera productions for The Urban Council of Hong Kong. He is the Artistic Director at the Beijing Music Festival In 2005 he built up the Canton International Summer Music Academy. He also established the MISA Shanghai Summer Music Festival in 2010 and later that year, the Canton Asian Music Festival.
His last Deutsche Grammophon Cd Gateways was released in 2019.
Born in 1964 into a musical family in Shanghai, Long Yu received his early musical education from his grandfather Ding Shande, a composer of great renown, and went on to study at the Shanghai Conservatory and the Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin. He has been awarded many distinctions in China and abroad. He is currently vice-president of Chinese Musicians Association, and member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
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