Valerie Aldrich-Smith
Harp Tutor
Graduate of orchestral conducting at RWCMD, Chinese-born New Zealander Tianyi Lu collaborates with major orchestras and opera houses worldwide. Her work is driven by an ethos of empowerment, creating connection and compassion across diverse communities through music.
Tianyi Lu is Conductor-in-Residence with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Norway and the Female-Conductor-in-Residence with the Welsh National Opera and Principal Conductor of the St Woolos Sinfonia in the UK. She recently won first prize in the Sir Georg Solti International Conductors Competition and is also an Artist Ambassador for Opera for Peace.