Yang Yang

Yang Yang (; 1974/75 – 10 June 2019) was a Chinese operatic tenor and music professor at the Capital Normal University in Beijing. He won top prizes at four Italian opera festivals. including the Pesaro Festival, and was named one of China's top ten tenors in 2012 by China Central Television. He died by suicide in 2019, at the age of 44.

Biography Yang was a Manchu. He studied piano and singing from a young age, and was admitted to the People's Liberation Army Academy of Art. After earning a bachelor's degree in bel canto, he continued his studies at China Conservatory of Music, where he obtained a master's degree in Chinese folk singing.

After graduation, Yang became a tenor in the entertainment troupe of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. In 2005, he won the top prize at a UNESCO opera festival in Italy. In 2007, he won the 12th Wenhua Prize (文华表演奖), China's top prize for performing arts. He reportedly suffered from depression. He died soon after the birth of his second child.