Yue Qi

Lunchtime viola recital by award-winning violist Yue Qi, blending traditional Chinese music with western classical viola repertoire.

Violist Yue Qi, praised by The Strad for his 'acute tonal sensitivity and vivid imagination', gives a 50-minute lunchtime recital at Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall. Following his acclaimed album First Meeting, the programme interweaves traditional Chinese music with western classical viola repertoire. Yue is Professor and Executive Dean of the Institute of Chinese Classical Music at Renmin University of China and has performed across China, Europe, the US and Asia.