Music Directors

Dan Yu

  • Professor of Harp at Xinghai Conservatory of Music in China
  • Gold Medal Winner of the 2001 USA International Harp Competition
  • 2011 - 2022 World Harp Congress Board of Director (representing China)
  • Harp Teacher at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Bachelor of Music Part-time Faculty)
  • BMus, MMus (Peabody)
  • Artist Dip (Indiana)

 

Since winning the Gold Medal of the prestigious 5th USA International Harp Competition in 2001, Dan Yu’s lyrical interpretations, profound musicality, and technical mastery have captivated and dazzled audiences across three continents. She has performed solo recitals and chamber music concerts throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, and appeared to great acclaim at Alice Tully Hall, New York, and Wigmore Hall, London. The New York Concert Review hailed her as “a unique and major talent capable of bringing the art of harp playing and the way the world views it to an entirely new dimension… …radiating so much joy… …it seems she’s already in a class by herself.” Her 2022 engagements as soloist include  Debussy's Danses and Toward the Sea II by Takemitsu with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and with Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra in its seasonal opening gala concert, playing Parish-Alvar's Concerto for Two Harps and the Passion of Angels (Asian premier) by Mozetich.

As a harp teacher, Dan Yu has given master classes throughout the US, in major conservatories of China, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Since moving to Hong Kong in 2008, her students have won prizes at international and national competitions in France, Japan, USA, Russia, Serbia, Korea, China and Hong Kong. She also served on the jury of the prestigious USA International Harp Competition at the Indiana University in 2013 and 2019.

Dan Yu’s performances have been broadcast on television and radio stations in USA, China and Hong Kong. A documentary on her was broadcast worldwide via CCTV 4. She has two classical solo CDs and one DVD released. “The Nightingale”, “Spring on the Moonlit River”, and “Dan Yu-Live Recital”.

Currently Dan Yu is the Professor of Harp at Xinghai Conservatory of Music in China, Music Director at the Hong Kong Harp Chamber Music, and harp instructor at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She was also the Co-Chair of the Host Committee for the 2017 World Harp Congress in Hong Kong.

 

Ann Huang

  • Harp Principal, Hong Kong Sinfonietta
  • Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (School of Music Part-time Faculty)

 

After graduating from Taipei Hwa Kang Professional Arts School where she majored in Konghou, an ancient Chinese harp, Ann Huang was awarded a scholarship to study at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Upon graduation, Ann Huang joined the Hong Kong Sinfonietta as Harp Principal. Apart from her position at the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, she lectures part-time at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University. She also freelances for the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.