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Quan Yuan is a Chinese violinist, and a Second Violinist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Biography

Quan Yuan has shown himself to be an accomplished and versatile young soloist. He is the winner of China International Young Artist Competition in 2006, winnerof the 2006 Delaware Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, winner of the 2000 Denmark International Young Artist Competition, second prize winner of the 2001 China Classical Sonata Competition and the 2001 Central Conservatory of Music Violin Competition.

Mr. Yuan has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across the United States, Europe, and Asia. These venues includes: Library of Congress, Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, Merkin Hall, Sanders Theater, Town Hall of New York City, Calgary Leacock Hall, Field Concert Hall in Philadelphia, Chinese People’s Liberation Army Concert Hall, Beijing Century Theater, Concert Hall of the National Library of China and Xinzhuang Culture and Arts Center of Taipei. He has played concertos with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, China Youth Chamber Orchestra, Taipei Youth Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Pro Musica, Video Game Orchestra, New England Conservatory Philharmonic Orchestra, NEC Wind Ensemble, NEC Bach Ensemble, and NEC Percussion Ensemble. As a chamber musician, his coaches have included members of the Borromeo, Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo,Takacs, and Juilliard String Quartets. Mr. Yuan has given master classes in Taipei and Beijing in 2006 and he has been a judge of the “Golden Beijing” Violin Competition since 2012. He is a faculty at Focal Chinese Music since 2012 in Boston.

Since 2012, Mr. Yuan has been a member of the prestigious Beijing Musician Association and he has over 80 commercially successful recordings including: Passion and Capriccio I-VIII: Solo Violin,Chamber Music Concert, Violin Masterpiece Explanations, Sample for Beginners and Intermediates, and Paganini 24 Caprices for Solo Violin: Wei Zhao and Students Concert, etc. His achievements have been reported on by major media including: Little Performer, The Boston Musical Intelligencer, ConcertoNet.com, Music Weekly, Beijing Evening Newspaper, Global Chinese Times, Chinese News Weekly Guangming Daily, Bostonese.com, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Born in Beijing, China, in 1984, Mr. Yuan began his violin studies at age 4 with Muyun Yang. At age 13, he studied with Wei Zhao in the Central Conservatory of Music. After graduating with special distinction, he traveled to the United States to become a student of Joseph Silverstein. He has graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and continued his studies with Donald Weilerstein at New England Conservatory of Music from 2008-15. During that period, he received his Bachalor’s degree, Master’s degree and Graduate Diploma from New England Conservatory of Music with academic honors, and one year teaching assistant of Donald Weilerstein's Studio at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He currently is the second violin at The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Recordings

2014 《激情与随想 VIII——小提琴独奏,重奏精品音乐会》 1DVD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISBN:9787880729641 ASIN:B00IHUV3FQ 2013 《帕格尼尼 24 首随想曲:赵薇教授学生音乐会》 1DVD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISBN:9787880729474 ASIN: B00IHUU2D2 2010 《激情与随想 VII——小提琴独奏,重奏精品音乐会》 1DVD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:CN-A64-10-0044-0/V. J6 2009 《马思聪音乐作品全集(补遗)》 2CD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISBN:9787880726275 2009 《Hindemith: Klaviermusik mit Orchester; Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"》 1CD Curtis Symphony Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach Label:ONDINE EAN/UPC:0761195114124 ASIN: B00IUGIS6G 2009 《激情与随想 VI——小提琴独奏,重奏精品音乐会》 1DVD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:CN-A64-09-388-00/V. J6 2008 《激情与随想 V——小提琴独奏,重奏精品音乐会》 1DVD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:CN-A64-08-303-00/V. J6 2007 《激情与随想 IV——小提琴独奏,重奏精品音乐会》 1DVD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:CN-A64-07-0002-00/V. J6 2007 《激情与随想 III——小提琴独奏,重奏精品音乐会》 1DVD 中国音乐家音像出版社 Chinese Musician Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:CN-A50-07-0004-0/V. J6 2006 《小提琴名曲讲解与示范-中级》 1DVD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:9787880722727 2006 《小提琴名曲讲解与示范-初级》 1DVD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:9787880722710 2005 《激情与随想 II——小提琴独奏,重奏精品音乐会》 1DVD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:CN-A64-05-396-00/V. J6 2005 《Li Lu—Believe》 1CD Ri Tan Records 2004 《激情与随想——小提琴二重奏精品音乐会》 1DVD 中国唱片深圳公司出版发行 ISRC:CN-F31-04-0035-0/V. J6 2004 《小提琴二重奏维尼亚夫斯基随想曲集作品 18 全集》 1VCD 中国音乐家音像出版Chinese Musician Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:CN-A50-04-0036-0/V. J6 2003 《全国小提琴演奏(业余)考级标准材料(全套)》 39VCD 中国音乐家音像出版 Chinese Musician Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:CN-A50-03-0015-0/V. J6 2003 《节日探戈——小提琴名曲新春音乐会》 2VCD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISRC:CN-A64-03-369-00/V. J7 2003 《学琴之路——小提琴综合教程 7》 3VCD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House 2002 《2002 Morningside Music Bridge – Highlights》 2CD Mount Royal College 2002 《学琴之路——小提琴综合教程 4》 3VCD 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global Audio-Visual Publishing House ISBN:788058630X 2002 《学琴之路——小提琴综合教程 3》 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global ISBN:7880586296 2002 《顿特小提琴练习曲》 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global ISBN:7880584846 2000 《小提琴考级教程辅导 5 级》 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global ISRC: CN-A64-00-390-00/V. G4 2000 《小提琴考级教程辅导 4 级》 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global ISRC: CN-A64-00-389-00/V. G4 2000 《小提琴考级教程辅导 3 级》 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global ISRC: CN-A64-00-388-00/V. G4 1999 《塞茨协奏曲 5 首》 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global ISBN:A6400305 1999 《中国作品十首——赵薇专辑》 北京环球音像出版社 Beijing Global ISRC:CNA649831900 ASIN:B001176UKK 2VCD Audio-Visual Publishing House 2VCD Audio-Visual Publishing House 4VCD Audio-Visual Publishing House 2VCD Audio-Visual Publishing House 2VCD Audio-Visual Publishing House 3VCD Audio-Visual Publishing House 2VCD Audio-Visual Publishing House