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Ensemble Leader
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Mao Yijun began learning gaohu as a child, entering the Guangzhou Cantonese Opera School at the age of twelve and studying under Chen Zhiyi
Biography
Mao Yijun began learning gaohu as a child, entering the Guangzhou Cantonese Opera School at the age of twelve and studying under Chen Zhiyi. In 2021 he graduated from the School of Chinese Opera at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he studied gaohu and instrumental accompaniment under Ng Lut-kwong, Luo Qinger and Lei Yeying, and gaohu techniques and Cantonese music performance under Yu Qiwei. During his studies he was awarded several grants, including a Fredric Mao Scholarship and a Lam Kar Sing Foundation Scholarship. Past performances include Pavilion of a Hundred Flowers commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Floral Princess by Utopia Cantonese Opera Workshop.
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