LUO Yanjie
Master, Lecturer
The research field
Vocal Music
Education experience
Yanjie Luo is graduated from conservatory of music, Capital Normal University in 1992. In 1998, she began the abroad study when she was admitted to the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Ku, Germany and became enrolled in the master program as the first Chinese student. Tutored by her vocal mentor, the distinguished German tenor singer, Wagne Long together with the guidance of famous art advisor Carl Davis, she was graduated with excellent grades and awarded the artist diploma from the Conservatory of Music.
In Germany, Yanjie Luo participated in many performances and master classes. In 1998, she performed in the "Dragon Boat Festival Concert" held by the Chinese Embassy in Germany at Mozart Halle von Stuttgart, and sang the classical Chinese song "I Love You, China". She went on singing many famous songs for four consecutive years in the "Spring Festival Gala" hosted by the Chinese Embassy.
In 2001, Yanjie successfully held her solo concert at Statliche Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, where she performed the masterpieces of music by Bach, Mozart, Schumman, Cilea, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Richard Strauss, etc. In 2001 she auditioned for the Germany Opera House and was admitted as the BEST operatic singer. Famous art critic, Carl-Henning Steinhaus thus recognized Yanjie as a rare operatic sopranos in the world because of her truly exceptional beautiful voice, and he predicted her prominent career in Germany.
In 2004, she attended the master class held by Wasserburger Klaviersommer and was mentored by famous baritone, the director of the vocal department in Salzburg Academy of Music, Heiner Hopfner, who persuaded Yanjie to pursue the doctoral degree under his supervision for many times. The famous English pianist, Julian Jacobson played a musical accompaniment for Yanjie, and they together performed Dein is mein ganzes Herz, from Das Land des Laechelns, and Einsam in Tueben Tagen from Lohengrin by Wagner.
In 2015, she made her debut in the master class of Zurich University of the Arts and sang Vissi D’arte,Vissi D’amore from Tosca. She gave up many opportunities to develop her operatic career in Europe and went back to China.
Yanjie held several solo concerts at the Conservatory of Music and the Embassy after back in China. In 2004, the master of Chinese pianist Zhou Guangren planned and accompanied the concert repertoire for Yanjie, and the scene was unprecedented. In 2007 Yanjie sang Un bel di’vedremo from Madam Butterfly with the famous Italian conductor Gianluca Marciano at Winland Christmas Cala Concert.
She successfully held her solo concert at the Luxembourg Embassy in 2011 and was highly praised by ambassador and his wife. From 2003-2012, she sang the aria Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! From Turandot and Libiamo, Libiamo ne’ lieti calici from La traviata at the Spring Festival Gala held by the Embassy of German, United States, Canada, Spain, Russia, and Japan.
Work experience
Now Yanjie Luo is teaching opera appreciation and musical appreciation in Peking University Health Science Center. She investigated and explored the methodology herself for European and American popular singing besides teaching classic music. In order to improve the music literacy and singing capability of medical students, she set up courses of jazz appreciation; European and American popular music appreciation and popular music skills training.
To better achieve cultural communications nationally and internationally, Yanjie made her years of efforts to establish the “PKUHSC Philharmonic”, which became an influential musical team of PKUHSC and contributed to the vitality of campus culture. Therefore Peking University Health Science Center has received many honors, including the 2010-2011 Peking University Top Ten Best Performance "The Prayer", and the third place of 9th Haidian District Youth Singer Competition popular group. In 2013, the Music of Night in Musical The Phantom of the Opera sang by “PKUHSC Philharmonic”, guided by Yanjie, won the “the 10th Capital University Stars” and attracted the intensive media attention. Accumulating the teaching experience of more than ten years, she summarized advanced scientific vocal methodology in Europe and America which helps comfort students’ diseases such as pharyngitis, rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux, myocarditis, diabetes and various mental diseases.
Courses
[1] Appreciation of Jazz
[2] Appreciation of European and American Popular Music
[3] Popular Music Skills Training.
[4] Appreciation of Musical and Opera
