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EXCLUSIVE: Violinist Xiang “Angelo” Yu on New England Conservatory, Mongolian Folk Music and Flying Through Volcanoes for Yehudi Menuhin

Violinist Xiang “Angelo” Yu was born in Inner Mongolia, an area he calls, simultaneously, “one of the least modernized” yet "one of the simplest and most beautiful places in the world.” At the tender age 11, he moved with his family to the bustling central coast city of Shanghai. A stark contrast in locale, indeed.