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Yanjun Chen

Riverside , CA , USA
Young Artist/Emerging Pro, 2022
Classical, Soprano


Highlights & Awards

  • In July 2014, Yanjun Chen won the second prize in the undergraduate group in the 4th Peacock Award National Vocal Competition.
  • In June 2016, she won the first prize in the 5th "Perth" Cup East China Normal University Music Skills Competition - the Yangtze River Piano Music Scholarship Competition.
  • In 2017, she won the third prize in the art song category and the second prize in the aria category in the finals of the Hong Kong International Vocal Open Competition.
  • In 2014, 2015 and 2016, she won the special scholarships and outstanding student awards at the university level.
  • In 2017, she was rated as Shanghai Outstanding Graduate of East China Normal University.

Bio

Yanjun Chen was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. She began to study piano at the age of seven and Bel canto study when she was eighteen years old.

In 2013, she was admitted to the music education major of East China Normal University, under the tutelage of Professor Ruirui Wu.

In October 2017, Chen went to Germany and studied as a contact student at Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Stuttgart after she finished her undergraduate study. After one and a half years, she came to California Baptist University for pursuing her master’s degree in vocal performance under Professor Julie Makerov.

In May 2022, Chen finished her graduate study.