Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Long Yu 余隆  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Long Yu

 
 

余隆

 
 

 

 
 

Long Yu  余隆 - Chef d'orchestre

 
 

Long Yu  余隆 - Chef d'orchestre

 
   
 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 


 

Long Yu   余隆 pinyin Yu Long

   
 

Artistic Director of the China Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijingn

 

Vice President of the China Musicians Association

 

Music Director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

 

President of its China Orchestra League.

   

1964

Long Yu  余隆 was born on July 1st into a family of musicians in Shanghai China.

 

His mother Ding Jiannuo,  is pianist and his father Yu Lixun is choreographer .

   
     -  Education
 

Ding Shande (1911-1995 ), his grandfather, a composer, pianist and music teacher,

 

taught him the piano at a very young age.

   

 

He then entered the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, continued his piano studies,

 

and began studying orchestral conducting.

1987

After graduating, he went to study in Europe, at the University of the Arts in Berlin,

 

Germany.

   

1992

He was appointed conductor of the Beijing Opera Central Theatre.

1998

He was appointed artistic Director of the Beijing Music Festival

2003

He was appointed Music Director of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra.

 

He toured extensively: in Europe, the United States, Australia, Africaand

 

the Middle East.

   

2005

He conducted the China Philharmonic Orchestra on a tour of North America

 

and Europe.

2008

He performed for Pope Benedict XVI in the Paul VI auditorium at the Vatican in Rome.

2009

He conducted the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra on a tour of the United States.

 

 

   

 

 

 -  Career

 

Conductor, he led numerous symphony Orchestras

 

 

 

 -  The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

 

 -  The BBC Symphony Orchestra

 

  -  The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

 

  -  The Montreal Symphony Orchestra

 

  -  The Philadelphia Orchestra

 

  -  The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

 

  -  The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

 

  -  The Singapore Symphony Orchestra

 

  -  The Sydney Symphony Orchestra

   
 

 Conductor, he led numerous philharmonic orchestras.  sélection

   
 

  - The Philharmonia Orchestra

 

  -  The China Philharmonic Orchestra

 

  -  The Elbe Philharmonic Orchestra

 

  -  The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

 

  -  The The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

 

  -  The New York Philharmonic Orchestra

 

  -  The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

   
 

He performed in various Festivals selection

   
 

  -  BBC Proms summer season

 

  -  Amsterdam Concertgebouw

 

  -  Edinburgh Festival

 

  -  Lucerne Festival

 

  -  Ravinia Festival

   
  Danièle Sicard
   

   
 

Discography sélection

   
 

Long Yu  余隆 signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon

 

for the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

 

 

2019

Orff - Carmina Burana ( enregitrement en direct de la Cité Interdite )

2019

Gateways

2021

The Song of the Earth - Mahler & Ye

2021

Aaron Zigman : Émigré

   

   
  Awards  selection
   

2002

Arst patronage award - Montblanc Cultural Foundation

2003

Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

2013

China Arts Award.

2014

Légion d’Honneur France's highest distinction

2015

World Citizen Award from the Atlantic Council

   

 

 

 
 


 

 

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