Xingyao Xue
Xingyue Xue is an international percussionist and marimba soloist from China. Xingyue finished her undergraduate degree in percussion major at Boston Conservatory at Berklee in
2022 and is currently studying for her master's degree with leading marimba performer and educator Nancy Zeltsman. Xingyue and her twin sister Xingyao founded the XY percussion
duo and performed in many concerts both in China and Boston, including the Spring of Shanghai Festival and the Antenna Cloud Farm music walk.
Xingyue was born into a musical family, she started learning the piano and drum set at 4 years old. She began her professional education at the Music Middle School Affiliated with
the Shanghai Conservatory of Music at 11 and made her way into the Juilliard Pre-College at 15 years old. Xingyue had previously won many awards in international percussion
competitions for both solo and duo, including the second prize in the Collegiate Solo Division of the International Artist Competition (2019), second prize in the Italy Percussion
Competition (2022) and the (percussion) winner of the 2023 Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition(2023). Awards for duo percussion include the professional marimba
ensemble gold award of the 2nd Tokyo International Percussion Competition (2016) and the marimba ensemble gold award of the Singapore International Percussion Competition
(2014)
薛星玥；国际青年打击乐演奏家及马林巴独奏家，2023YAMAHA 全球青年艺术家奖打
击乐组冠军获得者。星玥出生于音乐世家，4岁开始学习钢琴和爵士鼓，先后就读于上海音乐
学院附中，纽约茱莉亚音乐学院预科，2022 年在波士顿音乐学院完成了打击乐专业的本科学
位，目前正在攻读硕士学位，和双胞胎姐姐星瑶组建了XY打击乐二重奏组并作为茱莉亚音乐
学院学生交响乐团及伯克利波士顿音乐学院交响乐团打击乐手，在伯克利音乐学院Berklee
David friend Hall、哈佛大学Sanders Theatre、新英格兰音乐学院 Jorden Hall、 纽约茱莉亚音
乐学院Alice Tully Hall 等地演出
星玥曾多次在国际打击乐比赛中获得独奏和双人组奖项，包括2019.南加州国际艺术家
马林巴比赛.青年演奏家组第二名；2022.PAS意大利国际打击乐比赛青年演奏家组马林巴二等
奖；2023 雅马哈青年表演艺术家大赛 打击乐组冠军；打击乐二重奏奖项包括：2016第二届东京
国际打击乐比赛马林巴重奏专业金奖；2014新加坡国际打击乐比赛马林巴重奏金奖；2013，
2014，2015年上海青少年打击乐比赛专业少年组金奖。