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
Kenji Kobayashi
Principal Dancer
Benjamin Lee
Principal Dancer
Albert Yang
Principal Dancer
Jaling Chen
Principal Dancer
Elsie Shi
Principal Dancer
William Li
Principal Dancer
Miranda Zhou-Galati
Principal Dancer
Daoyong Zheng
Principal Dancer
Chad Chen
Principal Dancer
Monty Mou
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
Yuan Gao
Conductor
William Kuo
Conductor
Chia-Chi Lin
Concertmaster
Astrid Martig
Concertmaster
Fiona Zheng
Violin
Kaspar-Laurenz Martig
Trumpet
Aleksander Velichko
Bassoon
Pavlo Baishev
Trombone
Eric Robins
Trumpet
Vladimir Zemtsov
Trumpet
Chia-Jung Lee
Flute
Yevgeniy Reznik
Clarinet
Alistair Crawford
Trombone
Linda Wang
Erhu
I-Chen Huang
Cello