User:Chen Xinyu (musician)

Biography
Chen XinYu (born Singapore in 2004) is the youngest First Prize winner of Pipa Junior Category, Youth Category and Open Category of the Singapore National Chinese Music Competition in year 2012, 2014 and 2016. At the age of 10, she was honored to be invited by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) to perform as a soloist in the world record-breaking Mega-Concert “Our People, Our Music 2014” featuring 5000 musicians in the National Stadium. She is currently the Pipa principal of Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra (SNYCO). In 2010, she was admitted into the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts School of Young Talents at the tender age of 6 under the tutelage of Pipa performer and educator Liu Yan. At the age of 8, she clinched the first Prize in the Pipa Junior Category of the 2012 National Chinese Music Competition organised by the National Arts Council (NAC). She was featured as a soloist at the Prize Winner Concert. At the age of 9, she joined SNYCO as the youngest member and performed as a Pipa soloist accompanied by SCO. At the age of 10, she clinched the 1st prize in the Pipa Youth category of the 2014 National Chinese Music Competition. She also performed as a soloist at Temasek Holdings 40th Anniversary Dinner hosted at the Istana. At the age of 11, she received the Best Stage Presence Award at the Young Talent Project 2015 and performed as a Pipa soloist in the “Fun with Music” accompanied by The Philharmonic Winds at Esplanade Concert Hall. At the age of 12, she emerged as the top-prize winner of the Pipa Open Category in the 2016 National Chinese Music Competition. At the age of 13, she went to Beijing and Shanghai and performed as a Pipa soloist accompanies by SNYCO. XinYu was awarded the Edusave Entrance Scholarships for Independent Schools (EESIS) in 2016 and is currently studying in Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary).

陈欣宇在连续三届的新加坡全国华乐比赛中，分别击败少年组、青年组和公开组的其他好手成为年纪最小的三连冠. 她还在打破吉尼斯纪录并有5000名乐手参与的“全民共乐2014”大型音乐会上担任琵琶独奏. 现为国家青年华乐团琵琶首席. 2010年，6岁她进入南洋艺术学院华乐小天才班，师从著名琵琶演奏教育家刘燕. 8岁以最小年龄夺得新加坡全国华乐比赛少年组冠军，并获选在颁奖礼音乐会上演出而崭露头角. 9岁加入国家青年华乐团成为最年轻的团员，并首次受邀与新加坡华乐团合作演出琵琶协奏曲《天山之春》. 10岁获得全国华乐比赛琵琶青年组冠军，并受邀在总统府举行的淡马锡控股40周年晚宴上演出琵琶独奏《彝族舞曲》. 11岁参加Young Talent Project 2015，在这项新加坡西乐、声乐、华乐天才少年小艺术家同台竞技的比赛中，一举夺得最佳舞台表现奖，成为该比赛的第一位华乐获奖者. 12岁她获得全国华乐比赛琵琶公开组的冠军. 在颁奖晚会上，她在新加坡华乐团的伴奏下演出琵琶协奏曲《云想.花想》. 同年她还受邀与新加坡爱乐乐团在滨海艺术中心音乐厅举办的 “Fun with Music”音乐会上演出《十面埋伏》. 13岁与国家青年华乐团赴北京、上海巡演，演出协奏曲《云想.花想》. 2016年她获得教育部的自主学校入学教育储蓄奖学金, 现就读于莱佛士女中. Category:Pipa Category:琵琶 Category:新加坡华乐