Yip Wing-sie

Yip Wing-sie is a name worth knowing in the conducting world, where women on the podium are still too rare. Born in Guangzhou and trained at Indiana University, she won the Besançon competition for young conductors back in 1985, then spent nearly two decades as Music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Add stints leading the Guangzhou Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic and you have a genuine pillar of the region's classical scene. The Knight of the National Order of Merit honor underlines the reach. I find it telling that her career was built in Hong Kong, not borrowed from the West, and I respect that rootedness.

Yip Wing-sie (Chinese: 葉詠詩; pinyin: ip wiŋ si; born 1960 in Guangzhou, China) is a Hong Kong musician. Yip Wing-sie was the Music Director of Hong Kong Sinfonietta from 2002 to 2020. Positions she previously held are Principal Conductor and later Music Director of Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and Resident Conductor of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Name (English)

Yip Wing-sie

Name (Japanese)

葉詠詩

Reading

よう・えいし

Born

January 1, 1960 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

conductor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Indiana University

Awards & achievements

• Knight of the National Order of Merit
• 1985 International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%91%89%E8%A9%A0%E8%A9%A9

Tags

• conductor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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