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Shu-Cheen Yu

Shu-Cheen Yu
俞淑琴
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Yanggao County, Shanxi, China
Genres
OccupationSoprano singer
LabelsABC Classics
Websitewww.shucheenyu.com.au

Shu-Cheen Yu is a Chinese-Australian opera singer.[1] Her album Lotus Moon was nominated at the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 for Best Classical Album.

Born in China, she established herself as a folk singer, releasing five albums. In 1987, she moved to Australia and became a cleaner. She took on a three-year opera course and was cast in a 1990 production of the musical Chess, continuing onto other productions.[2]

Discography

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
AUS[3]
Lotus Moon
(with Symphony Australia)
  • Released: 2001[4]
  • Label: ABC Classics (461 679-2)
  • Format: CD
 70
Willow Spirit Song:
Folksongs of the Orient
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: ABC Classics
  • Format: CD
 —
Serenade
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: ABC Classics
  • Format: CD
 —
Lotus Dreams
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Move
  • Format: CD
 —

Awards and nominations

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2001 Lotus Moon Best Classical Album Nominated [5]

References

  1. ^ Shmith, Michael (9 May 2012). "For Shu-Cheen, it's been a life at the opera". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ Egan, Amy (23 September 1997). "Top note from China". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney.
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 309.
  4. ^ Covell, Roger (21 April 2001). "Access All Arias". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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