She graduated from the SHCM with a bachelor’s degree and the Chinese Conservatory of Music with a master’s degree.
Yu returned to the SHCM to work as a teacher in September 2006 after resigning from Shanghai Ensemble.
Yu has received government organized vocal music prizes as followed:
Third prize of the third national vocal music competition and the golden prize of the third opera song competition organized by Ministry of Culture in 1996.
The first prize in the professional group of traditional Chinese vocal singers at the eighth national young singers’ TV competition in 1998.
The “Golden Trumpet Award” as the top ten singers loved most by the audience in China’s first Broadcasting Arts Awards in 2001.
She has staged multiple solo concerts at Ukraine’s Grand National Theater, Tchaikovsky School of Music, Shanghai Grand Theater, He Lvting Concert Hall and Beijing Concert Hall. She has performed in more than 20 countries and regions in the world and was regarded as the “nightingale from the east and the singer with a heavenly voice”.
She has played leading roles in Opera “The Communist Party’s Daughter” and Singing and Dance Drama “White Haired Girl”. She has published albums such as “Flying to the sky” and “China’s singer series—Yu Lihong”. She also performed in music TV video clips such as “Dialogue across the century”, “Permanent home”, “Oath under the Communist Party’s flag” and “Entering the new age”. She also has sung theme songs or interludes for multiple movies and TV series.
In recent years, Yu has been invited to serve as judges in domestic and overseas vocal music competitions. Her students have won a number of awards at vocal music competitions.
