Yamei Yu

Born in China, Yamei Yu has won renowned competitions including the Tibor Varga Competition, the Leopold Mozart Competition, the Louis Spohr Competition and the ARD International Music Competition.

International concert and solo recital engagements have brought Yamei Yu to the Richard Strauss Festival, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Figueres/Barcelona, Roskilde (Denmark), Berliner Festwochen, Ravinia Festival Chicago, Leipziger Bachfest, Stuttgarter Bachwochen, Ludwigsburger Festspiele, Mecklenburg Vorpommern Musik Festival, Salzburg Festival, Festival van Vlaanderen, Stavanger and Osloer Kammermusikfestival, Festival Crete Senesi/Italy. She performed at famous venues including Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Concerthall Bilbao, Berliner Philharmonie, Herkulessaal in Munich, Wiener Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall London, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid and Valencia.

Yamei Yu was principal concertmaster of the Komische Oper Berlin and of the the Bavarian Opera in Munich. She has worked with conductors including Zubin Mehta, Herbert Blomstedt, Kirill Petrenko, Kurt Masur, Christoph Eschenbach, Kent Nagano, Vladimir Jurowski, Semyon Bychkov, Gustavo Dudamel, Roger Norrington, Wolfgang Sawallisch.

As a chamber musician Yamei Yu has collaborated with Gidon Kremer, Thomas Hampson, Gérard Caussé, Boris Pergamenschikow, Hariolf Schlichtig, Radovan Vladkovic, Rosamunde Streichquartett, Leipziger String Quartet and Vermeer Streichquartett. She was the Violinist of the Piano Trio Trio Parnasssus and received “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2007”, “Klassik Echo 2008” and was nominated for the 2009 BBC Award.

Yamei Yu holds a professorship of Violin at the Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf, Germany. She gives masterclasses in many countries and has to also been invited as a member of the Jury at numerous international violin competitions. She plays on a beautiful Goffriller Violin.