Bach in Dialogue: Shanghai Festival Residency, CHINA
Bach in Dialogue: Shanghai Festival Residency, CHINA
Historically informed performance in an international collaborative context
Bach in Dialogue
Shanghai Concert Hall Residency
As musician-in-residence at the Shanghai Bach Festival, Yu performed a series of concerts dedicated to the music of J.S. Bach at Shanghai Concert Hall, collaborating with period-instrument musicians from Europe and China.
SELECTED INSTITUTIONS
Shanghai Concert Hall
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Fudan University
McGill University
Stony Brook University
Mannes School of Music
Early keyboard pedagogy and public engagement
Historical Keyboard Pedagogy and Outreach
FUDAN University
In parallel with her performance work, Yu develops educational initiatives in keyboard performance and historical interpretation through teaching, public lectures, and collaborative projects at Fudan University. Her work explores ways of integrating historically informed approaches into contemporary pedagogy while connecting students and institutions across China.
artistic dissemination.
Recording and Media Projects
Curated recordings and digital performance projects exploring historically informed interpretations of Baroque repertoire.
Royer — La marche des Scythes
2025 Digital Release
Historically informed keyboard project
Royer — Vertigo
Performance film excerpt
Performance and scholarship in historically informed practice
International Early Music Forum in developement
Based in Shanghai, the forum brings together performers, scholars, and institutions across China, North America, and Europe through concerts, lectures, and collaborative projects in historically informed performance.
McGill Baroque Orchestra
Salle Redpath · Montréal
Malcolm Bilson
Ithaca, NY
Historically informed performance in contemporary settings
Interdisciplinary Collaborations
Selected collaborations integrating historical keyboard performance
within contemporary cultural and interdisciplinary contexts.
Projects developed in collaboration with
Steinway & Sons, BMW, Porsche Club China,
Tiffany & Co., and interdisciplinary partners.
BMW · The iX / The i7 Collaboration
Interdisciplinary Performance Project
Porsche Club China × Dornbracht
Immersive Cultural Evening
Editorial Performance Study