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SALLY LI |
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soprano |
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China-born soprano Sally Li has dreamed of becoming an opera singer since she was 18. Having obtained a BA degree in Music Performance at the Nanjing Arts Institute, China, she came to the UK and undertook a postgraduate course of vocal study at the Royal Academy of Music, London, studying under Elizabeth Ritchie and Mary Hill. She was awarded a Postgraduate Diploma from the RAM following her successful final year recital at the David Josefowitz Recital Hall in May, 2008. Sally was a finalist in the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarships 2007. In the same year she was highly commended in the Isabel Jay Memorial Prize. Her awards also include several Excellent Singer Prizes at the National Singing Competitions in China, and in the summer of 2007, she won a full scholarship for the Siena Bel Canto summer course. Sally has performed in concerts in Florence, Siena, London and China. Her opera roles include Countess, La Nozze di Figaro in Opera Scene Production Series in Siena, Italy; Amor, L’Egisto and Blonchen, Die Entführung aus dem Serail in the RAM Opera Scenes Production staged in the Jack Lyon’s Theatre, London. Sally had also participated in a masterclass with Gillian Knight, and worked under many internationally acclaimed reperiteurs, including Ingrid Surgenor, Richard Stokes, Robert Aldwinckle, Jennifer McGregor, to name but a few. Most recently, Sally is studying under Dennis O’Neill on an Advanced Vocal Studies Postgraduate Course at the Cardiff International Academy of Voice. The Academy provides highly specialised training for a small, elite group of the most promising singers from around the world, who are selected on the basis of their international potential. Sally has been awarded a Director’s Scholarship by the CIAV and also having been supported by the ASHA Foundation, the W Wing Yip and Brothers Bursary and the Sino-British Fellowship Trust. Away from her studies Sally uses her singing talent to help raising money for charity by performing at fundraising concerts; she is also working as a volunteer for the ASHA Foundation and was awarded as a Young Peace Ambassador. |
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Singing by Heart
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