Biography 

Xueqing Yu (she/her), born in 1997 in Anhui, China, currently living in Berlin, Germany. She creates in the fields of sound and body- and movement-based performance.

yu.xueqing0201@gmail.com

Education 

10/2018 – 10/2023
University of Arts Berlin, Germany
B.A. Music and Movement / Eurhythmics

09/2013 – 07/2017
Shanghai Normal University, China
B.A. Music Pedagogy / Piano

Artistic Experiences 

2025

Naming“ (performance)
Choreography, Sound
Radialsystem, Studio A
Open Studio: Stage of Sasha Waltz and Guests

2024

The Book of Sand” (short film)
Sound Design

“Playing Trump | Cheap Opera #2" (music theater)
Synthesizer
Schloss Britz, Berlin

Chán” (music performance with piano and E-Gitarre)
Concept, Piano
Ballhaus Wedding, Berlin

“Something You Forgot Disappeared (2024)” (composition for piano and electronic)
Composition, Piano
Fête de la Musique 2024, Berlin

Ongoing Repetition, (research project and performance)
Choreography, Dance
K77 Studio/Tatwerk, Berlin

Into the digital void” (video Installation)
Sound Design
Dutch design week 2024, Eindhoven

Precarious Carnality, (performance project with Nicola Mascia)
Dance
Uferstudio, Berlin

2023

Nach und Nach II (2023) für 3 Pianist:innern, Video und Audiozuspiel” (composition from Kai Kobayashi)
Piano
Konzertsaal der UdK Berlin, Berlin

“Instant Composition zu ‘Die Sechs kleinen Klavierstücke op. 19 von Arnold Schönberg’” (music choreography)
Dance
Royal College of Music in Stockholm; University of Arts Berlin

2022

The Smooth Place (interdisciplinary artistic research project)
Choreographical Resesarch
University of music and performing arts Vienna, Vienna

Lust, Drang, Bedürfnis (performance)
Choreography, Performance
Probensaal UdK, Berlin

“Ionisation” (music choreography to Edgar Varèse "Ionisation" (1931))
Choreography, Dance
Geneva University of Music (Premiere); University of Arts Berlin; Royal College of Music Stockholm

Pedagogical Experiences 

03/2025 - Present
Choir Conductor, Chinesischer Akademikerchor Berlin e.V.

07/2024 - Present
Choir Conductor, Women Choir "musicam amantes"

03/2020 - Present
Piano teacher, Musikschule Fanny Hensel