Ziying Hu, Double Bassist
420 Temple St., Rm 419, New
Haven , CT 06511 | Tel (203) 285-7499 | ziying.hu@yale.edu
EDUCATION
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Yale University School of Music GPA: 4.0 |
Master
of Music-Double Bass (Expected May 2021) Bachelor
of Music-Double Bass (May 2019)
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San Francisco Conservatory of Music GPA: 3.96 |
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PRIVATE TEACHERS
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Donald Palma |
Professor, Yale
School of Music New England Conservatory
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Stephen Tramontozzi |
Professor, San
Francisco Conservatory of Music Assistant Principal Bass, San Francisco
Symphony
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Luo Bing |
Professor,
Shanghai Conservatory of Music |
COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS
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Yale University
School of Music |
Harriet Gibbs Fox
Memorial Prize |
U.S.A, May 2020 |
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International
Double Bass Competition |
First Prize |
Singapore, August
2012 |
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Kaleidoscope
International Double Bass Competition |
Gold Award |
Germany, March 2015 |
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International
Double Bass Competition |
Best Performance |
China, August
2015 |
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San Francisco
Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition |
Finalist |
San Francisco,
Feb. 2017 |
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Kaleidoscope
Instrumental and Vocal Competition |
Qualified |
Los Angeles, April.2018 |
ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE
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Yale Philharmonia |
Principal |
September 2019 |
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San Francisco Symphony
Youth Orchestra |
Principal |
February 2016 |
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San Francisco
Conservatory Orchestra |
Principal |
August 2015 |
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SUSM Symphony
Orchestra |
Sub-Assistant
Principal |
February 2015 |
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Suzhou Youth
Symphony Orchestra |
Principal |
May 2007 |
MUSIC FESTIVALS AND SUMMER PROGRAMS
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San Francisco
Symphony Youth Orchestra European Tour |
Europe, June-July
2019 |
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San Francisco
Winter Bass Bash |
San Francisco,
April 2018 |
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San Francisco
Winter Bass Bash |
San Francisco,
January 2016 |
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Kaleidoscope
International Double Bass Festival |
Berlin, March
2015 |
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"Tang
Yun" Double Bass Summer Festival |
Shanghai, July
2011 |
SOLO RECITALS
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Graduate Bass
Recital |
Yale University
School of Music |
Expected April.
2021 |
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Senior Bass
Recital |
San Francisco
Conservatory of Music |
March 2019 |
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Junior Bass
Recital |
San Francisco
Conservatory of Music |
Feburary 2018 |
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Bass Solo Recital |
Soochow
University School of Music |
May 2015 |
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Double Bass
Recital |
Middle School
Affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music |
April. 2015 |
OTHER PERFORMANCE AND COLLABORATIONS
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Chamber Music
Concert |
Schuller’s Bass
Quartet |
Yale Chamber
Group |
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Faculty Recital |
"Bartok Duos
for 2 Violins transcribed for 2 basses (world premiere)" |
w/Stephen
Tramontozzi |
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San Francisco
Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert |
"...within
shifting grounds" |
w/ International
Contemporary Ensemble |
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San Francisco
Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert |
"Beethoven
Symphony No.7" |
w/San Francisco
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra |
CONDUCTORS/ SOLOISTS WORKED WITH
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Michael Tilson
Thomas |
Roberto Abbado |
Charles Dutoit |
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Cristian Macelaru |
Pablo
Heras-Casado |
Stephane Deneve |
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James Ross |
Edwin Outwater |
Christian Reif |
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Alasdair Neale |
John Adams |
Nicola Benedetti |
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Yuja Wang |
Thomas Reif |
Peter Oundjian |
OTHER MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
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Concert Program Notes Annotator |
San Francisco
Conservatory of Music 2016- 2018 |
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(Works including: |
John Adams:
Chamber Symphony |
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 |
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Bartok:
Concerto for Orchestra |
Strauss: Don
Juan |
Tom Cipullo: Glory Denied |
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Haydn:
Symphony No.98 |
John Musto:
Bastianello) |
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INSTRUMENT OTHER THAN PRINCIPAL
Piano
SOLO REPERTOIRE
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Baroque work |
Six Unaccompanied
Cello Suites No.1-6 |
Johann Sebastian
Bach |
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Contemporary Work |
Kadenza |
Teppo Hauta-aho |
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Motivy |
Emil Tabakov |
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Variations on the
tune Greensleeves |
Knut Guttler |
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Virtuoso Piece |
Variations on a
Rococo theme |
Tchaikovsky |
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Polonaise
Brilliante |
Frederic Chopin |
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Allegro di
Concerto, Alla Mendelssohn |
G. Bottesini |
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Tarantella |
Giovanni
Bottesini |
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Fantacy on Lucia
di Lammermoor |
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Fantaisie Sur La
Somnambule |
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Variations
for One String on a theme from Rossini's Mose in Egitto |
Paganini |
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Adagio from
Ballet Suite No.2 |
Dmitri
Shostakovich |
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No.4
Concertstuck, Op.24 |
Joh. Geissel |
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Sonata |
Cello Sonata in E
minor |
Johann Brahms |
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"Arpeggione"
Sonata in A minor, D821 |
Franz Schubert |
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Sonata in E
minor, Op.6 |
Adolf Misek |
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Sonata in G
Major, Op.17 |
Beethoven |
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Concerto |
Divertimento
Concertante |
Nino Rota |
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Carmen Fantasy |
Frank Proto |
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Concerto in D
Major |
Vanhal |
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Concerto in F#
minor |
Koussevitzky |
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Concerto in E
Major |
Dittersdorf |
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Concerto in G
Major |
Dragonetti |
ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS
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BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B-minor Double and
Badinerie |
BARTOK: Concerto
for Orchestra |
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BEETHOVEN:
Symphonies No. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 |
BERLIOZ: Symphony
Fantastique |
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BRAHMS:
Symphonies No.1, 2, 4 |
DVORAK:
Symphonies No. 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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GINASTERA:
Variaciones Concertantes |
HAYDN: Symphony
No.31, 88 |
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MAHLER: Symphony
No.1 solo, No. 2 |
MENDELSSOHN:
Symphony No.4 |
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MOZART:
Symphonies No. 35, 39, 40, 41, Magic Flute
Overture, Marriage of
Figaro Overture |
MUSSORGSKY:
Pictures at an Exhibition |
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PROKOFIEV:
Lieutenant Kije Suite solo |
Schubert:
Symphony No.9 |
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Sibelius:
Symphony No.1 |
SHOSTAKOVICH:
Symphony No.5, No.15 solo |
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STRAVINSKY: Suite
from "Pulcinella" solo |
STRAUSS: Death
and Transfiguration, Don Juan, & Ein
Heldenleben |
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony
No.4 |
VERDI: Othello |
MASTER CLASSES
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Gary Karr |
International
Society of Bassists(ISB) |
Founder |
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Boguslaw Furtok |
Frankfurt Radio
Symphony Orchestra |
Principal |
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Klaus Trumph |
Hochschule für
Musik und Theater München |
Professor |
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Dalla Silvo Torre |
Hochschule für
Musik und Theater Rostock |
Professor |
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Yuan Bo |
Orchestre de la
Suisse Romande |
Principal |
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Joe Lescher |
San Francisco
Opera |
Principal |
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Edgar Meyer |
Curtis Institute
of Music |
Professor |
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Scott Pingel |
San Francisco
Symphony |
Principal |
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Alex Hanna |
Chicago Symphony
Orchestra |
Principal |
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Timothy Pitts |
Rice University |
Professor |
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Catalin Rotaru |
Arizona State
University |
Professor |
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Daxun Zhang |
The University of
Texas at Austin |
Professor |
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David Grossman |
Manhattan School
of Music |
Professor |
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Orin O' Brien |
The Juilliard
School |
Professor |