Yiyang Xue is an emerging cellist and artist who is currently studying cello performance towards her Doctoral of Musical Arts at the University of British Columbia with formerly Emerson Quartet cellist Eric Wilson. She also holding a teaching assistant for strings chamber ensemble from the year 2022-2024 at UBC. Before, she pursued her Master of Music degree at Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University with Amit Peled.
Yiyang performed internationally in China, United States, Canada, Austria, Italy and Germany. As a vivid solo and chamber musician, Yiyang played in various music festivals, including Virtuoso&Belcanto festival, AlpenKammerMusik, Domaine Forget, Castleman Strings Quartet Festivals, Bowdoin Music Festivals, the International Music Festival of Adriatic and the International Cello Festival at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She also played in Vancouver concert series such as Inspired Chan Center Series, Swordfernco series, Vancouver Guitar Society in 2023-2024 season. She also played in some of majority halls such as Mozrteum concert hall at Salzburg, Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall at Baltimore, The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
In addition, Yiyang won several awards including the 2022-2023 UBC Resident Quartet Award, 1st prize of Manchester International Music Competition 2022, 3rd Prize of 2022 IMC violoncello competition, 1st prize of 2024 Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso, 1st prize at 2024 Vancouver International Music Festival chamber award. She also had public masterclasses with international cellists and ensembles such as Martti Rousi, Johannes Moser, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Natalie Clein, Alisa Weilerstein, Paolo Bonomini, Bion Tsang, David Requiro and Marko Ylönen.
薛艺扬，旅美旅加青年大提琴演奏家。目前正在加拿大英暑哥伦比亚大学获得全额奖学 金跟随前艾默生四重奏大提琴家 Eric Wilson 攻读大提琴演奏博士学位，并在 2022-2024 年担任英属哥伦比亚大学弦乐室内乐课程的助教。此前，她在约翰·霍普金斯大学皮博地 音乐学院师从大提琴家 Amit Peled 攻读音乐硕士学位。
艺扬的演奏遍布于中国，美国，加拿大，奥地利，意大利和德国多地。作为一名活跃的 大提琴以及室内乐演奏家，艺扬曾参加过多个欧美室内乐音乐节，例如意大利 Virtuoso&Belcanto音乐节，奥地利AlpenKammerMusik音乐节，加拿大Domaine Forget 音乐节， 美国Castleman弦乐四重奏音乐节，美国Bowdoin音乐节，意大利IMFA国际音 乐节以及上海音乐学院国际大提琴音乐节。 她还参与了2023至2024年的加拿大温哥华 多项音乐会系列的演出，如陈氏音乐厅系列，温哥华交响乐团音乐学院Pyatt音乐厅音乐 会以及温哥华吉他协会系列音乐会。此外，她还在一些主要音乐厅演出过，例如萨尔茨 堡的莫扎特音乐厅、巴尔的摩的 Miriam A. Friedberg 音乐厅以及温哥华的陈氏表演艺 术中心。
此外，艺扬获得了2022-2023年的英属哥伦比亚大学常驻弦乐四重奏奖，2022年曼彻斯 特国际音乐比赛金奖，2022 IMC大提琴比赛三等奖，2024年萨尔兹堡波恩大提琴组金奖， 2024年温哥华国际音乐节室内乐比赛金奖。 她还参加了大提琴及弦乐四重奏对外大师 课系列例如大提琴演奏家Martti Rousi，Johannes Moser，Jean-Guihen Queyras，Natalie Clein, Paolo Bonomini, Alisa Weilerstein，Sandro Meo, Bion Tsang, David Requiro，Marko Ylönen，Vianno四重奏以及Signum四重奏。
