Biography

Singaporean-American cellist Enru Rebekah Yang is recognised as one of the most multifaceted classical musicians of her generation, combining an active international performance career with pedagogy, leadership, and cultural exchange. She appears regularly as a recitalist and chamber musician across North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and has collaborated with artists including Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, Brinton Smith, the Galvin Cello Quartet, and members of the Shanghai Quartet.

As a pedagogue, Rebekah has presented lectures and masterclasses in the United States and abroad, including at the University of São Paulo at the invitation of André Luis Micheletti. She has served as a teaching assistant to renowned pedagogue Hans Jørgen Jensen, as well as to Thomas Landschoot and Wei Yu at the Meadowmount School of Music.

Rebekah holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the School of Music’s sole summa cum laude recipient in the inaugural Bachelor of Music class. At UCLA, she was also appointed by faculty vote as the departmental representative on the School of Music Faculty Executive Committee, selected as a Gluck Fellow for her community engagement across Los Angeles County, and served as principal cellist of the Philharmonia Orchestra.

She earned her master’s degree at Northwestern University under Hans Jørgen Jensen, where she was named an Eckstein Merit Scholar and led the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra as principal cellist. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as the Eva Heinitz Award recipient and 2025 IU Ventures Fellow.

Beyond performance and pedagogy, Rebekah is the founder of the upcoming Swan International Music Festival, the first holistic international teaching festival in the ASEAN region. Based in Singapore and launching in June 2027, she serves as both Executive Director and Artistic Director.

Rebekah performs on a rare 1806 Franz Geissenhof cello and a Eugene Sartory bow. Her principal teachers include Hans Jørgen Jensen, Antonio Lysy, Amos Yang, and Susan Lamb Cook.