Vivian Yau

Soprano

Hailed as “a light, silvery, bright soprano with impressive coloratura” (The Aspen Times), Hong Kong soprano Vivian Yau has built an exciting international career spanning Europe, USA, and China, with repertoire ranging across opera, concerts, and new music. Yau recently performed with Neuköllner Oper, Berlin for two consecutive seasons, making her German debut as Mi in Lisas Land des Lächelns, and creating the role of Mother Nature in their world premiere of Gegengift. Other recent roles include Blonde in Opera Hong Kong’s production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail; title role of Silent Opera UK’s immersive production Vixen at the Hong Kong Arts Festival; as well as Beijing Music Festival’s production of Il Mondo della Luna as Flaminia. Yau also performed the title role in the world première of Pierangelo Valtinoni’s Alice in Wonderland. She has been repeatedly invited back as guest soloist with the China National Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and Macao Orchestra. Some other highlights of her international career include Rosina in The Barber of Seville with Aspen Opera Center (USA) and Mediterranean Opera Festival (Italy), her Carnegie Hall début in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Cecilia Chorus of New York, a live radio performance on RAI Radio 3’s Voci in Barcaccia in Rome, and lead role of Cai Wenji in Joan Huang’s solo chamber opera Eighteen Melodies for Hujia with West Edge Opera in California. Other operatic roles include Adele (Die Fledermaus), Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore), Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Tirésias (Les Mamelles de Tirésias), and Asteria (Tamerlano).

Yau has been voted “My Favourite Young Music Maker” on Radio Television Hong Kong by public audience. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School, and a Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

邱芷芊

女高音

被《美國阿斯本時報》讚譽為「音色輕盈、銀亮且明澈，並擁有令人印象深刻花腔技巧的女高音」，香港女高音邱芷芊已建立起橫跨歐洲、美國與中國的國際演唱事業，曲目涵蓋歌劇、藝術歌曲、管弦樂作品及當代新音樂。邱氏近年連續兩個樂季與柏林新克爾恩歌劇院合作，在《微笑之國》中飾演梅米一角，完成其德國首演，並於該院世界首演作品《解毒劑》中創造大自然之母一角。近期其他重要角色包括：在香港歌劇院製作的《後宮誘逃》中飾演布隆黛一角；於香港藝術節演出英國寂靜歌劇團沉浸式製作《小狐狸》之主角；以及在北京音樂節製作的《月亮的世界》中飾演富拉蜜妮亞。邱氏亦曾於由蘇黎世歌劇院與香港葉氏兒童合唱團共同委約皮耶朗傑洛・瓦爾蒂諾尼歌劇《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》世界首演中擔綱主角。

邱氏多次獲邀與中國國家交響樂團、香港管弦樂團、香港小交響樂團及澳門樂團合作擔任客席獨唱。其國際演出亮點尚包括：於美國阿斯本歌劇中心及義大利地中海歌劇節演出《塞維利亞的理髮師》中的羅西娜；於美國卡內基音樂廳與紐約塞西莉亞合唱團合作演出巴赫《聖誕神劇》，完成其該廳首演；在義大利廣播電視公司第三台節目《小船上的歌聲》羅馬現場廣播演出；以及於美國加州西邊歌劇院製作的黃琼室內獨唱歌劇《胡笳十八拍》中擔任蔡文姬一角。其他歌劇角色還包括：阿黛拉（《蝙蝠》）、阿蒂娜（《愛情靈藥》）、茱麗葉（《卡普萊蒂與蒙太古》）、蒂蕾西亞（《蒂蕾西亞的乳房》）及阿斯特里婭（《塔默拉諾》）。

邱氏曾於香港電台節目中獲公眾票選為「我最喜愛的青年音樂家」，先後畢業於紐約茱莉亞學院及三藩市音樂學院，分別獲音樂學士及音樂碩士學位。