The beautiful voice flies up to the sky.
And the flowing clouds stopped for it.
Fancy music sparkles our dream.
We listen and we fly with it.

His voice is like a clean and passionate spring,
jumping and flowing in the river way of music.
We can see him coming to us,
from his magical voice.

Shi Yijie
A tenor residing in Europe, SHI Yijie is now a Professor of the College of Music, Hunan Normal University, a Distinguished Professor in the China Conservatory of Music, and CUHK-Shenzhen's Distinguished Artist (Specialist Advisor). He has won four gold medals consecutively in International Vocal Competitions in the year 2007. He is the first Chinese singing artist who performed in the Rossini Opera Festival in Italy, and has acted the leading role for five years consecutively. He has become one of the leading lyric tenors on the world opera stage today, and he is dedicated to performing works by Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini. 

SHI Yijie has already had tremendous success in performing at internationally renowned venues and festivals such as Teatro La Fenice, Teatro di San Carlo, Villa la Vedetta, Teatro Real de Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, The Edinburgh International Festival, Metropolitan Opera House, Большо́й теа́тр, Suntory Hall, Hong Kong Arts Festival, National Centre for the Performing Arts of China, etc. He has performed in 40 operas for more than 500 times.
 

Information

Topic: Come From Voice and Music -- Listening to the Dream-seeking Stories of Famous Tenor Shi Yijie

Speaker: Shi Yijie
World Famous Tenor, CUHK-Shenzhen Distinguished Artist (Specialist Advisor)

Special Host:Dr. Dang Heping
Lecturer in Global Studies Programme of the School of Humanities and Social Science

Time:17:30 - 18:30  2020.09.17 Thursday

Venue:First Floor Lobby, Run Run Shaw International Conference Centre,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Language:Chinese 

This lecture is only open to staff and students of CUHK-Shenzhen. Please bring your student/staff card for sign-up at the lecture.

Special Host:Dr. Dang Heping

Dr. Dang Heping, lecturer in Global Studies Programme of the School of Humanities and Social Science. Dr. Dang holds a PhD in Law/Human Rights from the National University of Ireland Galway, a Master degree in Criminal Law and a Bachelor degree in Law, both from Beijing Normal University. Her research interest includes human rights, sustainability, law and China Studies.

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