Shuangshuang Xuan (soprano)
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
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Shuangshuang Xuan soprano
Jonathan French piano
Zhihao Yang double bass
Verdi
E'strano, Sempre libera from La Traviata
Fauré
Après un rêve
Rachmaninoff
Vocalise
Bridge
Go not, Happy Day
Come to Me in My Dream
Love Went A-Riding
Thy Hand in Mine
E’en as a Lovely Flower
Huang Zi
春思曲 (Spring Yearning)
思乡 (Nostalgia)
玫瑰三愿 (Three Wishes of the Rose)
Qing Zhu
我住长江头 (I live at the Head of the Yangtze River)
San Bao
春风十里 (The miles of spring breeze)
Xuan Shuangshuang graduated from the Wuhan Conservatory of Music, with a master’s degree in 2012. Her outstanding track record includes a final award in the 10th National Vocal Music Competition, one of the 20 selected nationwide for the Shanghai Zhou Xiaoyan Opera masterclass, second prize in the youth group of the Verdi International Vocal Music Competition in the China South Central Region, and a silver award in the Second Peacock Award for bel canto singing at the graduate student level. She taught at Wuhan Art School for four years, and was named “Excellent Teacher” in 2009. From 2018, she taught undergraduate students at Wuhan Conservatory of Music. She successfully organised and rehearsed consecutive opera duet concerts in 2018-2019.
Running time approx. 50 minutes