The half lecture half concert
The half lecture half concert is a platform that brings together academic and artistic excellence,connecting scholars and musicians.
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The half Lecture half concert was established in the UK in 2023. This platform brings together many excellent young musicians and scholars. The platform is committed to fostering an atmosphere of academic exchange among like-minded individuals, and to creating a space where scholars and musicians can collaborate, and different disciplines can interact and share.
Our vision
Our core mission is to break down disciplinary barriers by creating new knowledge experiences and artistic expressions through the dialogue between music and academia, and to provide innovative models for interdisciplinary collaboration.
In the next three years, we plan to:
- Establish a series of touring events in major European cities ，UK cities and all over the world.
- Launch a multidisciplinary academic journal
- Set up a residency programme for young scholars and artists
- Create a community for Chinese musicians and British students
- Develop an online platform
- Expand our global influence by building a network of collaborations with museums, galleries, and charitable institutions
We look forward to welcoming more like-minded musicians, scholars, and researchers from various fields to join us in exploring the endless possibilities of art and academia.
YU SIYANG
Pianist | Composer | Conductor | Artistic Director | Music Founder
Founder of Half lecture half concert
Founder of AIMID
Siyang Yu is a young British pianist and composer. She holds Master's degrees in Music Performance Science and Music Education, from the Royal College of Music and the University of Southampton respectively. She studied under professor George Waddell and Professor Rosie Perkins at the Royal College of Music. She has also studied with Professor Nigel Clayton with piano.
Yu has held concerts in Shanghai, Xi'an, Hefei, Chengdu, London, Oxford and Manchester.
She is the founder of the AI Music Interaction Design Community and "Half lecture half concert".
She is committed to creating a platform that allows music scholars, musicians and music lovers from around the world to freely exchange ideas and communicate. In the summer of 2025, she will be bringing together musicians, music scholars and music lovers from the Half lecture half concert at the Julian Jacobson music education conference, the Red Cedar Society academic conference, the IPPA international piano teaching method conference and the MTTA piano teaching association.
She will now be bringing together musicians, music scholars and music lovers from the Rhythm and Practice and AI Music Interaction community to explore new potential and possibilities in music across cultures and disciplines.
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