Honorary Associate Artist at RNCM
Born in China, Le began his percussion studies at age 14 at the Xi’an Conservatory of Music High School with Prof. YaGuang Liu. In 2007 Le commenced his studies at the Royal Northern College of Music(RNCM) with a full scholarship, and in 2012 earned his Master of Music with Distinction and Bachelor of Music with Honours . In 2013 July Le received the first RNCM’s prestigious International Artist Diploma(IAD) in Solo Percussion, During his studies Yamaha is his full scholarship sponsor. As the first solo IAD percussionist at the RNCM, he worked with Keiko Abe, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Ian Wright, Simone Rebello, Eric Sammut and Michael Burritt. Currently Le is a Honorary Associated Artist and a International Consultant (China) at Royal Northern College of Music, He is also the Soloist of the 2016 World Percussion Group and the Artistic Adviser of the Sichuan Percussion Ensemble. Le is a jury member of the China National Youth Percussion Competition and Southern Percussion International Tuned Percussion Competition. In 2015 Le has been endorsed by the Arts Council England as an Exceptional Talent Musician to live and work in the UK.
Le Yu has earned accolades in various competitions around the world, including the Gold Medal of China National Youth Percussion Competition in Shanghai; the Winner of the 7th Italy International Percussion Competition; Best Percussion Award with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band at 2012 World Brass in Concert; the winner of RNCM Concerto Competition in 2007,2009 and 2014; and Solo Percussion Competition 2008 and 2010; Le has won the first prize at the 2013 Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarship Competition in London.
Le performs in many concert halls in the UK and Worldwide such as Wigmore Hall, The Sage Gateshead, KKL Luzern, The Bridgewater Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room, St. David’s Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Volkswagen Lounge, Xi’an Concert Hall, Shanghai Concert Hall, Yamaha Hall Tokyo. He has also Performed on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Chinese, HZTV(China) and CCTV Music. He made his debut Tour in Switzerland opening the Lucerne International Chamber Music Series in 2014.
As a concerto soloist, Le UK premiered Keiko Abe The Wave marimba concerto with RNCM Symphony Orchestra in Manchester. He also worked with Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Xi’an Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and ShenYang Symphony Orchestra and many more.
Le is also an excellent chamber musician, the founder of the Aurora Percussion Duo. The duo’s success has led them to perform for the British Royal Family at Queen Elizabeth Hall, following their win at the 2012 Royal Over-Seas League Competition. They have been invited to play in the 2013 Edinburgh Festival, Brighton Music
Festival, NewBury International Music Festival, Festival No.6 ,Buxton Music Festival and many more cross the UK. The duo also is the winner of 2013 Park Lane Group New Year Young Artist Series.
Since 2010, Le Yu has been an Endorser and Performing Artist of Encore Mallets Inc, Encore have made his signature mallets in May 2015. he is also a Yamaha Artist and a Sabian Artist.
旅英打击乐演奏家，英国政府特殊人才引进专家，英国北方皇家音乐学院荣誉打击乐艺术家导师；国际顾问（中国），2016世界打击乐团独奏家，四川打击乐乐团艺术顾问。他14岁开始学习打击乐并同年考入西安音乐学院附中跟随刘亚光教授学习古典打击乐专业。2007年前往英国北方皇家音乐学院继续深造，2012年他获得了最高荣誉硕士学位（Master of Music with Distinction) 以及一等荣誉学士学位(First Class Bachelor of Music with Honors)，雅马哈（英国）是他在校期间全额奖学金的赞助者。2013年7月余乐成为英国第一位获得国际艺术家文凭（International Artist Diploma)的华人打击乐演奏家。他跟随格兰尼（Evelyn Glennie）勋爵，安倍圭子，Eric Sammut, Simone Rebello，Ian Wright，Paul Patrick学习独奏与交响乐打击乐。
余乐成为了英国北方皇家音乐学院唯一一位三次获得了学院协奏曲比赛的第一名，两次学院打击乐独奏比赛第一名的演奏家。并在2009年赢得了第七届意大利国际打击乐比赛首奖，这也是当今华人在国际比赛中取得的最好的成绩之一并且在2012年世界铜管乐团大奖赛中获得了最佳打击乐大奖，以及2013年2月在伦敦英国皇家音乐学院举行的雅马哈欧洲音乐奖学金大奖赛第一名。他所创立的“北极光打击乐二重奏”在短短的三年中演出了超过200场的专场打击乐音乐会，足迹已经遍布了英国各大音乐厅和艺术节；在2012年他们赢得了英国最大的古典音乐赛事－英国皇家联盟音乐大奖赛的冠军，以及英国皇家音乐厅2013新年青年音乐家计划的冠军。2012年5月他们在伦敦伊丽莎白女皇音乐厅为英国皇室表演，还受到了英国皇室成员亚历山大公主（HRH Princess Alexandra KG GCVO）的会见，同时她还表示将会邀请北极光打击乐二重奏在伦敦白金汉宫表演。同时他们还收到了伦敦奥组委的邀请为2012伦敦奥运会表演。除了演出以外他们还非常专注于打击乐普及教育，他们被世界著名小提琴大师梅纽因的英国演出公司”Live Music Now”选中。
余乐不但在比赛中取得了骄人的成绩，他的演出足迹也遍布于世界上很多重要的音乐厅，音乐节和电视台并两次为英国皇室演出。2014年他担任“瑞士琉森国际室内乐节”的开幕式音乐会演奏家。在2013年8月在“爱丁堡国际艺术节”担任表演
艺术家，并且被英国BBC电台评为“2013爱丁堡国际艺术节最佳演出艺术家”。作为独奏家他还与瑞士琉森交响乐团、墨西哥国家交响乐团，世界打击乐团，英国曼彻斯特室内乐团（Manchester Camerata)、BBC合唱团（BBC Singers），西安交响乐团，沈阳交响乐团，英国北方皇家音乐学院交响乐团、交响管乐团，弦乐团合作协奏曲。同时余乐的演出录音和采访在英国BBC第三频道， BBC第二频道， BBC曼彻斯特， BBC中文网和 CCTV音乐频道播出。
余乐还是英国伦敦国际打击乐比赛和中国全国青少年打击乐比赛的评委及表演艺术家。
从2010年开始余乐开始担任美国encore mallets. inc 的代言人，2015年推出了余乐签名系列马林巴琴槌，同时他还是雅马哈（yamaha)国际代言艺术家，沙滨Sabian国际代言艺术家。
