A current student of Nobuko Imai at the Kronberg Academy, and former student of Hariolf Schlichtig at the Munich University of Music, Diyang is a coveted 1st prize winner at the Markneukirchen, Max Rostal, Brahms and ARD International Viola Competitions.
His recent debuts include concerto engagements with the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Philharmonic Orchestra Bad Reichenhall, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart.
Diyang currently serves as principal violist of the Munich Philharmonic.
He performs on a 1963 Ansaldo Poggi viola, on generous loan from the Chinese Yu Art Foundation, and is under worldwide general management with Reinicke Artists, in Berlin.
VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI & YUMI SEKIYA | BRUCH | ROMANCE | 2020
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VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI & YUMI SEKIYA | PROKOFIEV | ROMEO AND JULIET | 2020
VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI | BARTOK VIOLA CONCERTO | JOSEPH BASTIAN & BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY | 2018 ARD INTERNATIONAL VIOLA COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE
VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI | STAMITZ VIOLA CONCERTO | 2ND MVT | MUNICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | 2018 ARD INTERNATIONAL VIOLA COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE
VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI & CHIYAN WONG | SCHUMANN | MÄRCHENBILDER | 2020
VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI | STAMITZ VIOLA CONCERTO | 3RD MVT | MUNICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | 2018 ARD INTERNATIONAL VIOLA COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE
VC YOUNG ARTIST DIYANG MEI | BACH | SUITE NO. 5 IN C MINOR | PRELUDE & FUGUE | 2019
VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI & YUMI SEKIYA | HINDEMITH VIOLA SONATA (1939) | 2ND MVT | 2018 ARD INTERNATIONAL VIOLA COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE
VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI & YUMI SEKIYA | HINDEMITH VIOLA SONATA (1939) | 3RD MVT | 2018 ARD INTERNATIONAL VIOLA COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE
VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI | LIGETI | SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLA | 2ND MVT | 2018 ARD INTERNATIONAL VIOLA COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE
VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI & YUMI SEKIYA | BRAHMS | VIOLA SONATA IN F MINOR | 1ST MVT | 2018 ARD INTERNATIONAL VIOLA COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE
VC ARTIST DIYANG MEI & YUMI SEKIYA | BRAHMS | VIOLA SONATA IN F MINOR | 2ND MVT | 2018 ARD INTERNATIONAL VIOLA COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE
Name: Diyang Mei
Viola: 1963 Ansaldo Poggi - on generous loan from the Chinese Yu Art Foundation
Teachers: Hariolf Schlichtig
School: Munich University of Music and Performing Arts | Kronberg Academy
Facebook: Diyang Mei - Violist
Instagram: @diyang_viola
