LongYu

Long Yu, the distinguished Chinese conductor with an extensive international reputation, is the Music Director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director & Chief Conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra and Honorary Music Director for Life & Chair of the Artistic Committee of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra.

He is also the Principal Guest Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Maestro Yu is the Founder of the Beijing Music Festival and was its Artistic Director from 1998 to 2018. He is the Co-Director of the MISA Summer Festival in Shanghai.

This 2023/24 season, international guest appearances bring Maestro Yu together with the Philadelphia Orchestra and New York Philharmonic, and at home he performs with renowned artists including pianist Stephen Hough, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, Julian Rachlin, baritone Matthias Goerne, and soprano Olga Peretyatko, among others. He will also conduct the world premiere of Aaron Zigman & Mark Campbell’s oratorio Émigré with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO), co-commissioned by the SSO and New York Philharmonic.

In the 2022/23 season, guest appearances saw Maestro Yu with the New York Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Guest conducting highlights from previous seasons include the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, and Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

In July 2021, Deutsche Grammophon released The Song of the Earth featuring Long Yu leading the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and four vocalists. The album features complementary works by Mahler and Chinese composer Xiaogang Ye inspired by the same centuries-old Chinese poetry, bridging the music of the East and the West. This follows Long Yu’s acclaimed first recording for Deutsche Grammophon, called Gateways with Maxim Vengerov.