Yujia Chen

Biography

Work Experience 
2019- 
Shanghai Opera House 
Operas & Opera Scenes 
* Giulio Cesare George Frideric Handel 
Role: Cornelia 
Time: Feb 2& 9, 2019 Site: Jacobs School of Music MAC Theatre 
* Lucia di Lammermoor Gaetano Donizetti 
Role: Alisa 
Time: Feb 24& Mar 2, 2018 Site: Jacobs School of Music MAC Theatre 
* Rodelinda George Frideric Handel 
Role: Eduige 
Time: Feb 28& Mar 4, 2017 Site: Jacobs School of Music MAC Theatre 
* A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act I by Benjamin Britten (Carol Vaness’s Opera 
Workshop) 
Role: Hermia 
Time: May, 2019 Site: Jacobs School of Music MAC 301 
* Hamlet Act III by Ambroise Thomas (Carol Vaness’s Opera Workshop) 
Role: Gertrude 
Time: May, 2017 Site: Jacobs School of Music MAC 301 
* Die Zauberflöte Act II by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Role: 3rd Spirit 
Time: May, 2015 ( I SING Suzhou International Young Artists Festival) 
Performances (Concerts/Recitals) 
* MM Recital 
Time: Dec, 2018 Site: Ford Hall 
* Symphony No. 9, Leading Singer in 4th Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven 
Time: Jan, 2015 Site: Shanghai Symphony Hall 
* 109th Anniversary Concert Celebrating Composer Zi Huang 
Time: Mar, 2013 Site: He Lu Ting Concert Hall, Shanghai 
* The Verdi Bicentennial Concert 
Time: September, 2013 Site: He Lu Ting Concert Hall, Shanghai 
* The Centennial He Lutin Concert 
Time: June, 2013 Site: He Lu Ting Concert Hall, Shanghai 
* Shanghai Conservatory New Year’s Concert 2014 
Time: Nov, 2013 Site: Shanghai Grand Theatre* Shanghai Conservatory of Music New Year’s Concert 
Time: Nov, 2012 Site: Shanghai Grand Theatre 
* The celebratory concert for Professor Xiaoyan Zhou’s 65th teaching anniversary 
Time: Nov, 2012 Site: He Lu Ting Concert Hall, Shanghai 
* Recital of German Lieder by Schubert and Schumann and Chinese art songs 
Time: Oct, 2012 Sites: Consulate of Germany and China 
Competitions 
The 2nd International Voice Competition Boris Martinovich 
Award: 2nd Place in Pre-Professional-Opera division 
Time: March, 2022 Site:Online 
The National Art Song (Lieder) Competition 
Award: First Place in Female Group 
Time: May, 2014 Site: Beijing 
Music Festivals & Master Classes 
* Master Class by American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton 
Time: Nov, 2018 Site:Auer Hall, Indiana University Bloomington 
* The China Festival in Hamburg: the China Festival in Hamburg 
Time: Nov, 2014 Site: Hamburg, Germany 
Activity includes two German art song recitals 
* I SING Suzhou International Young Artists Festival 
Time: June, 2015 Site: Suzhou&Shanghai 
* Master Classes by Italian soprano Michela Sburlati and German coach Burkhard Kehrin 
Time: Oct, 2014 Site: Shanghai Conservatory of Music 
Music Education 
* Shanghai Conservatory of Music 
Bachelor of Music 
2012-16 
* Indiana University Bloomington 
Master of Music 
2016-19 
* Indiana University Bloomington 
Performance Diploma 
2018-19 
Professors & Coaches: 
* Carol Vaness 
2016-19 
* Zhou Zheng 
2011-16 
* Kevin Murphy 
* Gary Arvin 
* Burkhard Kehring 
* JiaYin Feng 
* He Zhu