Young Concert Artist Michael Yeung will perform at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18.
Yeung is a versatile percussion artist celebrated worldwide for his dynamic performances and a diverse repertoire from classics to contemporary masterpieces. This is a Pay What You Choose event presented by the Alys Stephens Center. Donations are encouraged to help bring new entertainment to the community, but all are welcome to attend — just reserve your ticket online. Visit AlysStephens.org for more information.
Equally comfortable as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral performer, Yeung’s career has taken him across the United States, Europe and Asia. His solo recitals include a wide repertoire of music from the Baroque to the 21st century. As a chamber musician, he has appeared with the internationally acclaimed Percussion Collective in the world-premiere of Argentinian composer Alejandro Viñao’s “Poems and Prayers,” performing alongside many of today’s most important young percussionists. His orchestral experience has included playing timpani with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, in the 33rd Castell de Peralada Festival in Barcelona, Spain.
Yeung is completing his studies with world-renowned percussion pedagogue Robert van Sice in the Yale School of Music. Yeung is the second percussionist ever to be admitted to the school’s prestigious Artist Diploma program, where each year a singular student is chosen across all instrumental disciplines to pursue the highest-level training for emerging soloists. A great believer in passing on knowledge, each summer Yeung returns to his native Hong Kong to teach young students and curate multimedia percussion productions. Yeung also curated a series of concerts sponsored by TEDx in Shenzhen, the highlight of which was the Emmy Award-winning composer Garth Neustadter’s percussion sextet “Seaborne,” an audiovisual celebration of our endangered oceans. Yeung was recently featured in three programs at the 2024 La Jolla SummerFest.
Recent and upcoming highlights include his debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, his debut at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre, as well as performances at the Candlelight Concert Society in Columbia, Maryland, the Buffalo Chamber Music Society, and the Usedom Festival.