Jin Yang
JIN YANG (pipa) was born in Datong, in northern China's Shanxi province. She began studying pipa at nine. In 1995 she was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and received her BA and MA degrees. Before relocating to the U.S., she served as a pipa instructor at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.
Yang has received many awards, including first prize in the TianHua Cup National Youth Traditional Music Competition in 1997, and the Silver Award of Chinese Golden Bell Award for music. She has performed in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, France, the United States, Britain, Japan, and the Philippines. In 2010 she was the only mainland Chinese pipa performer selected (by Wu Man) to participate in a workshop led by the Kronos Quartet and Wu Man at Carnegie Hall.
Yang served as Visiting Scholar at Kent State University in 2013-14 and currently lives with her family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she maintains a busy performing and teaching schedule.
Yang has received many awards, including first prize in the TianHua Cup National Youth Traditional Music Competition in 1997, and the Silver Award of Chinese Golden Bell Award for music. She has performed in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, France, the United States, Britain, Japan, and the Philippines. In 2010 she was the only mainland Chinese pipa performer selected (by Wu Man) to participate in a workshop led by the Kronos Quartet and Wu Man at Carnegie Hall.
Yang served as Visiting Scholar at Kent State University in 2013-14 and currently lives with her family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she maintains a busy performing and teaching schedule.