News/Select Performances


  • Ying just entered the studio to begin composing her 3rd CD produced in America. She'll be focusing on that for a while, but has begun to book a few appearances beginning later this summer - check back soon for more listings:




  • Nov 29, 2007 - Ying just finished a two night appearance with the Charles Neville Quartet at the Blue Note in Manhattan - here are some photos from the Blue Note Blog.


  • Check out this video of Yang Ying's Oct 17th, 2007 appearance on the PBS Channel WTTW11's Chicago Tonight TV program:

    Here is the Youtube link for that video - you're welcome to leave a comment there!


  • Click on the MySpace logo below to visit Ying's new MySpace page. Feel free to sign up as a friend there and leave a message for Ying. You can also download tracks from the Blurring Boundaries CD, and the MySpace site is the only place where you can download a track (track 5) from Ying's meditation CD Elixir: Music for Moving and Still Meditation.

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  • Check the bio page for a streamed video of Ying playing bass and singing at a Cobra concert in China circa 1990. The beginnings of rock-n-roll in China . . .


  • Use the banner below to visit Ying's new ReverbNation Web site. This is a very cool networking site for musicians - please sign up as a fan, leave a comment for Ying there, or make use of the "Widgets,", "Banners,", and "TunePack" to share Ying's music with others.

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  • Aug 4, 2007 - Ying was one of the headliners at the 2007 Riverfolk Music and Arts Festival near Ann Arbor, Michigan. The local newpaper published an interesting article about Ying's background. (The article is on pages 2 and 3 of the linked pdf document.)


  • June 21, 2007 - Ying performed on Chicago Public Television WTTW-11's production of Centerstage. The show's producer commented that Ying's "vituosity goes beyond impressive technical achievement" and that the "expressive power of your playing truly trancends any challenges that might exist for an audience to experience an unfamiliar instrument . . . the audience was deeply moved by your performance." Here's a video of that show, courtesy WTTW:

    Here is the Youtube link for that video - please rate or leave a comment there.


  • Ying is pictured below performing at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA, for the 25th annual "A Tast of China" event.
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    Performing at Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA. Jan Gyomber is playing percussion with Ying at right.


  • In April Ying and her band gave a Blurring Boundaries concert at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers (pictured below) sat in and offered a phenominal sax solo for 'Round Midnight. The band also improvised to one of Charles' tunes, African Eyes.

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    Yang Ying performing at University of MO-Columbia. Charles Neville of the Neville Bros. is sitting in on sax.


  • Yang Ying has been added to the Illinois Artstour Roster, a funding resource for not-for-profit Illinois organizations such as libraries, park districts, arts and community organizations and schools interested in presenting high quality live performances or exhibitions in their communities. Organizations may request between 30-50% of the artist's negotiated fee. Check out the Artstour website, or contact Scott Grubisich via contact information on the booking page for further information.


  • Host Laura Kennedy will interview Ying for a radio spot on NPR affiliate WGLT, to air Saturday, Dec. 30 at 8:34 AM and Sunday, Dec. 31 at 7:34 AM. The one-hour show will feature tracks from Ying's newest CD Blurring Boundaries - Erhu Excursions.


  • Dec. 2, 2006 Ying joined Charles and Aaron Neville on stage at the Bloomington Center for Performing Arts in Bloomington, IL. Read fan reaction to the show at Aaron Neville's web site. One concert attendee rated Ying's performance with Aaron Neville on Ain't No Sunshine as a musical highlight of 2006 in Bloomington-Normal.


  • On Nov 1, Yang Ying performed at the opening of the Asian Art Gallery at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.


  • July, 2006, Ying performed a series of shows at the art gallery and auditorium in Thunder Bay, Canada, as part of a celebration of sport and culture. Oliver Reimer, event chairman, writes that:
    Yang Ying made a powerful impression on everyone. . . She played a program that varied from traditional Chinese folk music to jazz. Her Sanmen Gorge Concerto blew the roof off the Auditorium and brought the audience to its feet. . . I can't say enough about her talent as a musician, brilliance as a performer and her charm and generosity as human being . . . she widened our appreciation of Chinese culture and gave us a gift of music that transcends language barriers and cultural differences . . . her erhu goes straight to the heart.
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    Yang Ying performing in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Derek Oger accompanies on piano. Photo courtesy Peter Puna.


    Music and Healing Seminar at Taste of China Event, Winchester, VA
  • June 28 - July 2, 2006, Ying was one of eleven select faculty members at the 24th annual Taste of China event in Winchester, Virginia. Using music from her CD Elixir-Music for Moving and Still Meditation, she presented a three-hour seminar titled: Music and Healing: Six Healing Sounds Qigong. Pat Rice, Director of the event, noted that her seminar was one of the most popular and well-attended topics and that participants evaluated her presentation as one of the best seminars for the year. Ying also performed at the masters demonstration, where in the words of Ms. Rice ”the audience immediately recognized the world-class quality of her performance, with enthusiastic and prolonged applause”. Ying is shown at left teaching the music and healing seminar.
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  • March 4, 2006, Ying performed pieces from her new CD Blurring Boundaries - Erhu Excursions at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, IL. Director William Butler commented that, ". . . joined by the equally amazing Chin Fei Chan on flute and piano and Matt Stewart on guitar . . . Ying's performance mesmerized the standing-room only crowd."


  • On September 24, 2005, Ying joined Michael Franti and Friends and Goren Ivanovic for Lonely Planet's Passport to the World music event at Park West in Chicago. Joined by Matt Stewart on guitar and Chin Fei Chan on flute and piano, Ying opened the evening with her arrangements of such traditional pieces as Autumn Moon over the Han Palace, Horse Race, and Sanmen Gorge Capriccio. Ying is shown at right improvising with Michael Franti during his set.
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