Trumpet player Huanyi Yang was born in Beijing, China in 1999. He started learning trumpet at the age of 10 and began to receive professional music practice in high school. He then transferred to Walnut Hill Art High School, where he studied under Joseph Foley --- trumpet professor at the Boston Conservatory. He is currently studying at The Juilliard School and is currently the first Chinese student in this major. During his academic career, Yang Huanyi has been mentored by many experts, including Chris Martin, Chris Gekker, Tom Hooten, Mark Inouye, Sergei Nakariakov, etc.
Huanyi Yang is a member of NYO-China in 2017 and 2019. He has participated in the Curtis Institute of Music Summer Music Festival in the United States and the Rafael Mendez Brass Festival in the United States. In 2021 and 2022, Huanyi and friends organized Jhao-yin Summer Music Festivel in Shenzhen, China, which is the first music festivel entirely organized by Chinese music students.
He also won the first prize in the Concerto Competition of the Brookton Symphony Orchestra and the "From the top" Radio Young Artist Award in the United States.
As a special guest performer, he has performed with China Philharmonic Orchestra, Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, Central Opera House, Ningbo Symphony Orchestra and other Chinese first-class orchestras. In 2020, he participated in the founding of the only professional brass ensemble in China, Jhao-yin Brass, and performed with the troupe.