Yu Jia (Principal)

Yu Jia was born in Beijing. She started learning pipa and piano at the age of four from her father Yu Song Lin and gained entry to the primary school affiliated to the China Central Conservatory of Music at the age of nine.

Yu Jia entered the Central Conservatory of Music in 1993 and studied under the tutelage of Professors Li Guang Hua, Liu De Hai and Lin Shi Cheng.

In 1997, she graduated from the conservatory with a degree and joined the SCO.

A regular winner at competitions, Yu Jia won the first prize in the Central Conservatory of Music First Chinese Instrumental Solo Competition in 1994, the second prize in the China Hua Xia Chinese Instrumental Competition Pipa Section in 1995 and the second prize in the 7th Taipei Chinese Musical Instrumental Competition Pipa Section in 1999.