Biography

Singaporean 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 soloist 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 and arts leader, Rebekah is the Founder, Executive Director, and Artistic Director of the Swan International Music Festival, the first holistic international teaching festival in the ASEAN region. Based in Singapore and launching in June 2027, the Festival brings together leading artists and emerging musicians for advanced training and international exchange. She has presented lectures and masterclasses internationally, including at the University of São Paulo at the invitation of André Luis Micheletti, and has served as a teaching assistant to leading pedagogues Hans Jørgen Jensen, Thomas Landschoot, and Wei Yu at the Meadowmount School of Music.

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

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

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.