Yuting

Flautist Yuting Liu is an active musician who performs extensively as a recitalist and chamber musician, giving concerts in many countries, such as China, United States, Canada, Austria, Germany, France, and Australia.

Born in Beijing, China. Yuting began flute studies at the age of 8. Her teachers included Xiaohua Cheng, the co-principal flutist of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, and Nikola Todor Atanasov, principal flautist with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra. Her awards in China included winning the First Prizes in Beijing Art Festival solo competitions in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004. After moving to the United States, she earned her Bachelor degree at Depauw University, where she studied with Anne Reynolds, winning the Scholarship Music Performance President Award for Excellence and the DePauw University Concerto Competition. Also, Yuting holds two Master degrees. She completed her first Master degree at Indiana University, studying with Thomas Robertello, where she won the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Artistic Excellence Award. She received her second master degree with French flutist Jean Ferrandis at California State University, Fullerton, where she won the School of Music Scholarship and worked as a teaching assistant at CSUF.

Yuting was the winner of The 8th Hong Kong International Music Festival Competition and the finalist of the San Diego Flute Guild Young Artist Competition. Her《Flute Princess & Animation》album won the 16th Top Ten Audiophile Records Award: The Best Instrumental Album of the Year and The Best Art Award held by Guangdong, China Musicians’ Association.

Yuting was the principal flutist in Rio Hondo Symphony Orchestra in Southern California, as well as in the Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra, North Dakota. Recently, she is the cooperative artist of Revival Arts and Media Ltd. Vancouver Canada; and Global Outstanding Chinese Artists Association, San Francisco, United States.

She has presented recitals, performed chamber music, and appeared as a soloist with orchestras in such prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall, Esterházy Palace, Forbidden City Concert Hall, Chateau of Chantilly, Chartres Cathedral, Mozarteum University Salzburg, China Century Monument Hall, Nanshan Cultural Center Theater Recital Hall, and many others.

Yuting recorded two of her music albums with Rhymoi Music Record Company:《Somewhere in Time》released in April 2019; 《Flute Princess & Animation》released in June 2020.

Recently, Yuting has been pursuing a Doctorate degree at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. She also holds faculty positions and professorships teaching at the Eastman Community Music School, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and secondary teaching at the University of Rochester.

艺术家简历

刘雨婷于美国印第安那大学Jacobs音乐学院及加州州立大学音乐学院获得双硕士学位。作为一名非常活跃的音乐家，刘雨婷曾在美国，中国，澳大利亚，法国，意大利，德国，奥地利等地多次举行独奏，重奏，室内乐以及协奏曲音乐会。其中包括美国卡内基音乐厅，中国中山音乐堂，奥地利 Esterházy Palace，法国Chateau of Chantilly, Chartres Cathedral, Church of La Madeleine等。

求学期间，雨婷曾师从中国人民解放军军乐团杨为璞，中国爱乐乐团首席程晓华，北京交响乐团首席 Nikola Todor Atanasov, 美国印第安那室内乐团 Anne Reybold，印第安那大学教授 Thomas Robertello, 法国著名长笛家及巴黎高等师范音乐学院教授Jean Ferrandis, 美国茱莉亚音乐学院教授 Carol Wincenc, 以及伊斯曼音乐学院教授 Bonita Boyd。

雨婷曾获DePauw大学音乐杰出奖全额奖学金，印第安那大学艺术杰出奖全额奖学金，加州州立大学艺术杰出奖全额奖学金。刘雨婷还曾在中国及美国多种艺术比赛中获奖，其中包括北京市艺术节独奏比赛一等奖；DePauw 独奏比赛奖并与乐团出演协奏曲；San Diego 长笛协会青年艺术家大赛；以及香港国际音乐比赛第一名等等。刘雨婷曾任Rio Hondo Symphony Orchestra 首席长笛，北塔科挞大学教授现代乐团团员，加州州立大学长笛教学助教。

现于美国全球杰出华人艺术家协会担任长期合作艺术家。在从事演出与教学事业的同时，雨婷与北京瑞鸣音乐合作, 录制的《时光倒流七十年》世界电影音乐专辑，以及《长笛公主与动画》专辑分别于2019年四月和2020年六月发售。《长笛公主与动画》专辑荣获广东音乐家协会第十六届2020年度十大发烧唱片榜“年度优秀器乐专辑奖” 及 2020年度发烧天碟榜 “最佳艺术奖”。

近期，雨婷正于伊斯曼音乐学院攻读博士学位，并任教于伊斯曼社区音乐学院, 罗切斯特理工大学, 以及罗切斯特大学第二专业教学。