Hai-Yun Cheng Hai-Yun Cheng

Hai-Yun Cheng, lyric mezzo-soprano, holds a Doctor of Music Art in Voice Performance from Boston University, a master's degree in vocal performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, and a bachelor's degree from the Department of Music at Soochow University. Cheng has studied with Professor 邱玉蘭, Kendra Colton and Frank Kelley. While in the United States, Cheng was invited to perform with conductors Simon Carrington, Martin Pearlman and Craig Smith in the Boston area, and in 2006 was invited by the internationally renowned Wagnerian singer Simon Estes to appear as a soloist in Estes’s solo recital in Des Moines, the capital of Iowa.

Cheng won third prize in the professional division of the 2008 Taipei German Art Song Competition and second prize in the professional division of the 2009 Taipei Chinese Song Competition, both presented by the Vocal Artists Association of the Republic of China, and was selected for the 2009 NTCH Young Musicians Showcase (voice). Cheng has also performed in opera, including excerpts from Carmen (as Carmen), Le Nozze di Figaro (as Cherubino) and Falstaff (as M. Page). In 2010 Cheng was invited by the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) to sing the Second Maid in its concert opera Elektra. Cheng is currently an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Music and Graduate Institute at Tunghai University, the Department of Music and Graduate Institute at Soochow University, and the Department of Music at National University of Tainan.