Meidad Yehudayan

From the White House in Washington DC, to the World Peace Festival in Korea, award-winning violist, violinist and conductor Meidad Yehudayan’s projects have included solo and chamber performances with members of the Berlin Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic orchestra. Further afield in Europe, he has taken part in international festivals such as Rolandseck in Germany and AMEROPA in the Czech Republic. He has collaborated with renowned musicians including Vadim Gluzman, Itamar Golan, Myung-wha Chung, Guy Braunstein, and Michael Kugel. As a solo recitalist, he has played extensively in the USA, Europe and Israel.

In addition to recordings for Radio Hong Kong and Israel National Radio, he has made six albums with his Hong Kong Pure Strings ensemble. The first CD, Popsinera, won The Best Light Music Album of the year from Radio Guangdong and was chosen one of The Ten Hottest CDs of 2008. His follow-up album Surprise - Happy Birthday was even more successful. This took the Best CD of 2009 from Canton Radio, one of the largest and most prestigious music awards in China.

Meidad Yehudayan was the Orchestra and Strings Director at Hong Kong International School from 1999-2023. Under his guidance and as the program originator, he had the privilege of educating thousands of students of all ages, creating a world-class strings and orchestra program, and raising millions of dollars for the school as a result of its tremendous success. In addition to the annual school concerts, he was involved in planning special projects, festivals, and concerts in Hong Kong and abroad. Some of these events included joint concerts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and taking students to many APAC (Asia Pacific Activities Conferences) festivals across Asia and in the USA. Many of Yehudayan’s students won awards and competitions over the past 23 years. Most recent awards are from the Carnegie Hall American Protégé International Competition in New York, The Association for Music in International school (AMIS) Solo and Ensemble competition, and the Hong Kong Music Festival.