Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Yip Wing Sie  叶咏诗  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Yip Wing Sie  

 
 

叶咏诗

 
 

 

 
 

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Yip Wing Sie  叶咏诗  pinyin Ye Yong Shi  

   

1960

Yip Wing Sie  叶咏诗 was born on October 5, in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.

 

in a family of musicians : Yip Wai-hong his father,and Choi Ching-yee, her motherpianist.

 

 

 

Shortly afterwards, the family moved to Hong Kong.

   
 

From the age of four, she learned to play the piano with her mother, then, at ten, the violin.

 

She then began training as a conductor with her father, Dr. Yip Wai-hong, musician and

 

founder of YCC, the first children's choir  in Hong Kong.

   

1978

Thanks to a scholarship from the Hong Kong Jockey Club, she went on to study in the

 

United Kingdom, at the Royal College in London.

1983

Graduated, she continued her studies, at Indiana University in Bloomington. United States

1985

She obtained a Master's degree in Violin Performance and Conducting.

   
 

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It was the start of her career

1986

She was resident conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

1986 -1992

She attended conducting courses at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts

1996

She was Principal Conductor of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, then Music

 

Director.

2004 - 2020

She was Music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

 

Since then, as Music Director Emeritus, she devoted herself to the promotion of music.

   

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She participated in numerous Festivals  selection

 

China      Beijing Music Festival - Hong Kong Arts Festival - Shanghai Music Festival

 

Japan      Fukuoka's Asian Month Festival

 

Macao     Macao International Music Festival

   

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She conducted many orchestras selection

    -  Australia
 

The symphony orchestras of Melbourne - Queensland  -  Tasmania

 

  -  Czechoslovakia

 

Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra

 

 -  China

 

China National Symphony Orchestra

 

China Central Philharmonic Orchestra

 

 -  France

 

National Orchestra of Capitol of Toulouse

 

The Chamber Orchestra of Besançon

 

 -  Japan

 

Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra - New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra

 

 - New Zealand

 

Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra

 

 -  Poland

 

Sapporo Symphony Orchestra - Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

 

 -  South Korea

 

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra

 

 -  Spain

 

Tenerife Symphony Orchestra

 

 -  Taiwan

 

Tenerife Symphony Orchestra

 

 -  Taiwan

 

 The National Orchestra of Capitol  Toulouse

   
 

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Awards selection

   

1985

First Prize at the 35th International Young Conductors Competition Besançon  France

1989

Lyre d'Or at the Tokyo International Conducting Competition

1990

Ten Outstanding Young People in Hong Kong Award

2006

Honorary Doctorate from the Open University of Hong Kong

2007

Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture

2013

Bronze Bauhinia Star for Outstanding Service by the Hong Kong Government

   

 

 

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