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Xuefei Yang
Guitar
Beijing-born, UK-based, Xuefei Yang is acclaimed as one of the world’s finest classical guitarists. Born following the Cultural Revolution, an era where Western music and instruments were banned, she was the first guitarist in China to enter a music school, and became the first to launch an international professional career.
Prodigious musical talent was evident at all stages: her first public appearance at the age of ten received such acclaim that the Spanish Ambassador in China immediately presented her with a concert guitar; the composer Joaquin Rodrigo attended her debut concert in Madrid when she was 14; John Williams heard her playing and gave two of his own instruments to Beijing’s Central Conservatoire; she was the first Chinese student to be awarded a full postgraduate scholarship to study at London’s Royal Academy of Music.
As a professional musician, Fei enjoys a truly international career, performing in over 40 countries, as a soloist and with leading orchestras, in some of the world’s most prestigious venues.
Fei’s debut album, ‘Romance de Amor’, won a gold disc in Hong Kong, and her second, ’40 Degrees North’, featuring music from Spain and China, was selected as ‘Editor’s Choice’ in Gramophone magazine and the Canton Radio Award for Best Instrumental CD in China.
Fei has also appeared on numerous radio and television programmes including BBC Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour, the BBC Proms, a BBC documentary ‘The Story of Guitar’, and China Central Television, who made a biographical documentary on Fei.
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