Performance Year: 2020
Xuefei Yang es reconocida como una de las mejores guitarristas clásicas del mundo. Aclamada como pionera musical, su fascinante viaje comenzó después de la Revolución Cultural, un período en el que se prohibieron los instrumentos musicales y la música occidental. Fei fue la primera guitarrista de China en ingresar a una escuela de música y luego se convirtió en la primera guitarrista china reconocida internacionalmente en el escenario mundial.
Su primera aparición pública fue a la edad de diez años y recibió tanto reconocimiento que el embajador de España en China le regaló una guitarra de concierto. El compositor Joaquín Rodrigo asistió a su debut en Madrid cuando ella solo tenía 14 años y, cuando John Williams la escuchó tocar, le entregó dos de sus propios instrumentos al Conservatoire Central de Beijing, especialmente para ella y otros estudiantes avanzados.
La revista de música clásica del Reino Unido, Classic FM, nombró a Fei como una de las 100 más importantes ejecutantes de música clásica de nuestro tiempo.
Performance Year: 2020
Xuefei Yang is acclaimed as one of the world’s finest classical guitarists. Hailed as a musical pioneer – her fascinating journey began after the Cultural Revolution, a period where Western musical instruments & music were banned. Fei was the first-ever guitarist in China to enter a music school, & became the first internationally recognised Chinese guitarist on the world stage.
Her first public appearance was at the age of ten and received such acclaim that the Spanish Ambassador in China presented her with a concert guitar. Her debut in Madrid at the age of 14 was attended by the composer Joaquín Rodrigo and, when John Williams heard her play, he gave two of his own instruments to Beijing’s Central Conservatoire especially for her and other advanced students.
Fei is one of the few guitarists whose artistry connects with audiences far beyond the guitar fraternity. Her international success has led her to be invited to play in more than 50 countries at numerous prestigious venues, and is frequently invited to play with the world’s leading orchestras, & collaborate with artists such as Ian Bostridge, Rosalind Plowright, Sir James Galway.
Gramophone magazine praised her as one of the leading innovators of her generation for continuing to build the guitar repertoire.
Fei has made many acclaimed recordings for major labels. Her first received a gold disc & her second was selected as ‘Editor’s Choice’ in Gramophone magazine. Fei’s recent releases include a solo album “Colours of Brazil,” (Decca Classics) and “Songs from our Ancestors” which continues her successful collaboration with Ian Bostridge.
She has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, the BBC Proms, & documentaries on BBC & China Central Television.
The UK classical music magazine, Classic FM, named Fei as one of the 100 top classical musicians of our time.
