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Emily<br />
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University of Central Florida<br />
Dr. StephensonGenelle Koenig <br />
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Las Vegas <br />
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University of Central Florida<br />
<strong>Yun</strong> <strong>Li</strong> (Emily) is a classically trained Soprano with many years of experience in both<br />
teaching and performing.<br />
Born into a family of music lovers in Lanzhou, China, she began playing the Chinese<br />
Lute at the age of eight and singing at the age of eight and started vocal training at<br />
sixteen with Ms. Lanying Lei. In 1985, Ms. <strong>Li</strong> received her BA in Voice Performance<br />
from Northwest Normal University Music School in Lanzhou, China where she studied<br />
under Professor Jinbao Wang. After graduation, she accepted a position as Assistant<br />
Professor at Lanzhou City University, School of Music. Ms. <strong>Li</strong> also holds a Master of<br />
Music degree in Voice Performance from the University of Central Florida where she<br />
studied under Dr. Joanne Stephenson and Genelle Koenig, a former soprano from the<br />
Metropolitan Opera House in New York. In addition, Ms. <strong>Li</strong> holds a BS degree in Accounting<br />
from the University of Central Florida, from which she graduated with Cum<br />
Laude honors.<br />
In the past decade, Ms. <strong>Li</strong> has appeared in multiple recitals and events throughout<br />
Central Florida, Las Vegas, and San Diego, and performed an extensive repertoire<br />
of both opera works and contemporary pieces in various concerts and recitals. She<br />
served as a judge for three consecutive seasons on The Voice of We Chinese Singing<br />
Competition and UCSD Singing Competitions. In 2015, she released her studio<br />
album, Beautiful Dreamer, through Guangzhou Audiovisual Publishing House.
Xintong Ping<br />
Baritone<br />
Baritone Xintong Ping received his degree in<br />
vocal performance from Tian Jin Conservatory.<br />
After graduation, he was cast in several<br />
title roles in in the Tian Jin Opera. Shortly after,<br />
Ping immigrated to to the U.S., where he has<br />
remained an an active singer, musician, and vocal<br />
coach in in Southern California, and has received<br />
numerous awards and accolades in vocal<br />
competitions in in China and in in the U.S.. Ping<br />
performed in in several major music festivals and<br />
has has been been invited to to serve as as a judge in in vocal<br />
competitions around Southern California.<br />
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Wei Xu<br />
Violinist<br />
Ms. Wei Xu was born in a musical family in in<br />
Shanghai, China. She began to learn piano at at<br />
the age of 6. Ms. Xu received her bachelors<br />
degree in Violin Performance from Shanghai<br />
Conservatory of Music, then joined the<br />
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. She served<br />
as assistant principal in in 2nd Violin for for many<br />
years and toured many countries in in Europe<br />
and North America with the orchestra. Since<br />
she immigrated to to the U.S U.S in in 1996, she she has has<br />
participated in in the various performances by by<br />
San Diego Symphony Orchestra and and San San Diego<br />
Opera. Ms. Ms. Wei Wei Xu Xu has has also also done done several several<br />
Di-<br />
String String Quartet Quartet recordings recordings with members with members from<br />
Los Angelas<br />
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Philharmonic<br />
Los Angelas<br />
Orchestra.<br />
Philharmonic<br />
Orchestra.<br />
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Jane Jane Bastien Bastien<br />
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Vitaly Vitaly Margulis Margulis<br />
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Musical Musical Merit<br />
Merit<br />
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Dan Yu<br />
Pianist<br />
Pianist Dan Yu, studied piano when he was ten<br />
years old in China. After immigrating to the U.S.,<br />
he took lessons with renowned music educator<br />
Jane Smisor Bastien and then majored in piano<br />
performance at UCLA under the great Russian pianist<br />
Vitaly Margulis. Dan Yu has won many top<br />
prizes throughout California including 1st place<br />
in in La La Jolla Young Artist Competition and Musical<br />
Merit of of Greater San Diego.<br />
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Vivian Zhang, Ph.D.<br />
Host<br />
Dr. Zhang received her Bachelor degree in biology<br />
from Fudan University, China and Ph.D.<br />
from University of Minnesota. She had more<br />
than twenty years of experience in biomedical<br />
research and product development in in several<br />
leading biotech companies. She enjoys<br />
Chinese folk dancing and ballroom dancing.<br />
She has also begun pursuing her passion for<br />
singing and embraces the challenge of of hosting<br />
this recital.<br />
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