BIOGRAPHY
With Shen Yun Since: 2017
Recognized for his extraordinary musicality and superb technique, Aleksander Velichko is the former principal bassoon of the Moscow State Symphony. He has also held the assistant principal position in Russia’s other most prominent orchestras, including the Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, and the National Philharmonic of Russia. He earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and postgraduate (equivalent to a U.S. doctorate) degrees in bassoon performance at the prestigious Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow, and performed as a soloist with the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra.

Angelia Wang
Principal Dancer

Melody Qin
Principal Dancer

Hsiao-Hung Lin
Principal Dancer

Evangeline Zhu
Principal Dancer

Michelle Lian
Principal Dancer

Piotr Huang
Principal Dancer

Jay Huang
Principal Dancer

Luna Yu
Principal Dancer

Kenji Kobayashi
Principal Dancer

Victoria Li
Principal Dancer

Albert Yang
Principal Dancer

Carol Huang
Principal Dancer

Victor Li
Principal Dancer

Elsie Shi
Principal Dancer

Angela Xiao
Principal Dancer

William Li
Principal Dancer

Miranda Zhou-Galati
Principal Dancer

Daoyong Zheng
Principal Dancer

Chad Chen
Principal Dancer

Kaidi Wu
Principal Dancer

Jing Xian
Composer

Junyi Tan
Composer

Yungchia Chen
Choreographer

Michelle Ren
Choreographer

Guimin Guan
Tenor

Haolan Geng
Soprano

Tian Ge
Tenor

Qu Yue
Baritone

Min Jiang
Soprano

Rachael Yu Ming Bastick
Soprano

Yuan Ling
Soprano

Xiaochun Qi
Erhu

Lu Sun
Erhu

Milen Nachev
Conductor

Dmitry Russu
Conductor

Gao Yuan
Conductor

Chia-Chi Lin
Conductor

Astrid Martig
Violin

Fiona Zheng
Violin

Kaspar-Laurenz Martig
Trumpet

Aleksander Velichko
Bassoon

Hung-Chieh Yang
Trombone

Pavlo Baishev
Bass Trombone

Eric Robins
Trumpet

Vladimir Zemtsov
Trumpet

Aleksandr Antonov
Trumpet

Chia-Jung Lee
Flute

Yevgeniy Reznik
Clarinet

Alistair Crawford
Trombone

Linda Wang
Erhu

I-Chen Huang
Cello