Prof. SHI Yijie
Academic Leader of Opera & Voice, School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

SHI Yijie, tenor, is currently serving as Professor, Academic Leader of Opera & Voice at the School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and visiting professor of many conservatories in China. 

SHI Yijie is an accomplished Chinese vocalist who actively performs on stages around the world. In 2007, he won the gold medal at International Vocal Competition for the fourth consecutive year, making him the first Chinese singer to perform at Rossini Opera Festival, where Rossini’s works are best performed. He also starred in the operas for the fifth consecutive year. Since then, he has performed in many of the great opera houses of the world, with over 500 performances.

As one of the representative singers who perform the Bel Canto works on stages around the globe, SHI Yijie specializes in the works of Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, and Mozart. His exquisite and rigorous control of the voice purity, the delicate layers of timbre changes and the coherence of the musical line make him competent at interpreting works in other styles.

In the past decade, SHI Yijie has performed 41 operas worldwide, which include Cinderella, The Barber of Seville, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Fille Du Regiment, L'elisir d'amore, Das Land des Lächelns, etc. What should be noted is that his excellent performance of the 19 High C in La Fille Du Regiment earned him a reputation as one of the leading and prestigious tenors in the world.

In 2010, SHI Yijie returned to China and started to cooperate with renowned composer Xiaogang YE. SHI Yijie premiered the opera Song of Farewell and performed the operas including Four Poems of Lingnan, The Road to the Republic, Twilight of the Himalayas, and Shaoling Thatched Cottage. With a profound love of Chinese culture and music, SHI Yijie spares no effort to promote many fine works from China to the rest of the world. In 2021, he worked with prestigious pianist CHEN Sa and published the album Chinese Art Songs which is considered a significant album by their fans.