Prof. Yingjia XUE
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Yingjia XUE is currently serving as an Associate Professor (Teaching) at the School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. As one of the most prominent pianists in China, Yingjia XUE holds a large repertoire of solo, concerto, and chamber music. In 2003, he won a prize at the International Competition André Dumortier. In 2004, he won the 1st prize at the Scriabin Competition in Paris. In 2005, he was the 1st Laureate of the Yamaha Piano Competition in Belgium.
Yingjia XUE has given recitals and Chamber Music concerts in Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Canada. He was invited to play at the most prestigious festivals like the "Moritzburg Festival" in Dresden, the "Semaine Musicale de Crans-Montana" in Switzerland, the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, the "Festival d'Orford" in Canada, and the "Festival des Arcs" in France.
He has been invited to play with many orchestras, such as La Chapelle Musicale de Tournai, L'Orchestra Ensemble de Paris, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra and Qingdao Symphony Orchestra etc., with conductors as Conrad Van Alphen, Christian Ehwald, Philippe Gérard, Victor Hugo Toro, Xieyang Chen, Lihua Tan, Guoyong Zhang, Yong-yan HU, Furen Chang, Xiaotang Xia and Liang Zhang.
In 2009 and 2010, he was invited to play a recital in Milan and Turin in memory of Haydn and Chopin's anniversary. After coming back to China, he was invited to perform in all the major concert halls like the National Center for the Performing Arts, Concert Hall of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Concert Hall, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai Grand Theatre, and Shenzhen Concert Hall, etc.
In 2021 he was invited to take part in the world premiere, as the piano soloist, to perform the first piano concerto of Mr. Wenjing GUO (2021) with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Lihua TAN at NCPA. This new concerto is also a commission work composed especially for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the world premiere was a huge success.
From 2005 to 2009, he studied in the celebrated Accademia Pianistica "Incontri col Maestro" of Imola with the internationally reputed pianists Louis Lortie, Michel Dalberto, and Boris Petrushansky.