Tianyi Lu

Conductor

Tianyi graduated from RWCMD in 2015 with an MMus Orchestral Conducting.

Tianyi Lu is an Associate of the College as well as a member of its Board of Directors. While training at RWCMD she was headhunted by KD Schmid, one of the top interational classical music agents, while conducting the College’s Orchestradventure! Performance to over 1000 children at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall.

Leading the way for women in conducting, in 2019 Tianyi became WNO’s first Female Conductor in Residence and also the first woman to be awarded First Prize at the Guido Cantelli International Conducting Competition in Italy.

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In 2020 she was awarded the first prize in the prestigious 9^th Sir Georg Solti International Conductor’s Competition. She was also awarded their Youth Award and Orchestra Prize, chosen by members of the Teatro Regio Orchestra.

She was appointed Conductor-in-Residence with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Norway, a position she held until the end of the 2023/24 season, Principal Conductor of the St Woolos Sinfonia in the UK until 2024, and Assistant Conductor of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from 2017-2019.

In 2024/25 season, among her many debuts, Tianyi conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms in London, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

‘The Royal Welsh College was where I found my voice as an artist. My time there gave me the confidence to trust myself, to listen to my inner voice, and to know that whatever comes my way, I'll have the tools I'll need to figure it out. Over the years, I’ve continued to feel a strong connection to the College and to its ethos of inclusion and innovation.

I feel very passionate about the way the creative arts industry is moving ahead, connecting with our communities and making a difference. We have the potential to transform ourselves, the world we live in and the way that we interact with each other and our environment.

Education is a vital part of this, and RWCMD is a powerhouse where new and diverse voices are nurtured and empowered to inspire, challenge and shape our changing world.’
Tianyi Lu