Yu Hongfei

Biography

Yu Hongfei was born on 18 March 1971 in Kangjinjing Town, Hulan County, Heilongjiang Province, to parents who were teachers at the town's schools. She began her artistic journey at age nine when she participated in the town's cultural performance after passing through multiple rounds of selection. At eighteen, she began studying vocal music at Harbin Normal Teacher's College under teacher Yu Nianfeng. She graduated in 1996 from the Opera Department of the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and in the same year entered the China Central Opera House as an opera performer after passing examinations. In October 2006, her first solo concert was held at the Beijing Concert Hall. She participated in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2006 and 2007, performing "Voices of Spring Waltz" and "Dedication of Love" as the closing acts. In April 2012, she appeared as a guest singer at José Carreras' concert at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. In August 2012, she was one of ten sopranos in the "Glorious Bloom" concert at the China Theatre in Beijing. In October 2014, she was awarded the title of "Honorary Artist" by the Peking University Centennial Memorial Hall. Between October 2018 and 2019, she traveled to Italy as a visiting scholar. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she participated in the China-Italy online music television song "Together."