Birth Place: San Francisco, CA
ALLIANA LILI YANG is a 13 year old actor and a classically trained vocalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alliana has trained and performed with the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, A.C.T. San Francisco, Broadway Sacramento, Actors Technique NY, KOTA Productions, and Westlake School for the Performing Arts.
Her most recent credits include the roles of Martha Cratchit in A.C.T.'s A Christmas Carol 2023; a Super Child actor in Il Trovatore with the San Francisco Opera; Cis in ALBERT HERRING with Pocket Opera; Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest with A.C.T. Young Conservatory; Fan/Belinda Cratchit in the immersive production of A Christmas Carol with Silicon Valley Shakespeare; Winnie in Discovering Beckett with A.C.T. Young Conservatory; Super Child actor in Eugene Onegin with the San Francisco Opera; Margaret Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility with Silicon Valley Shakespeare; Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain with WSPA/MTC; Crane Spirit in Folktales From Around the World with Silicon Valley Shakespeare; Messenger in Electra with A.C.T. Young Conservatory; Eurydice in In Search of Eurydice with SF Opera Guild; Kendra/Charlotte in 13: The Musical with ATNY; Duffy in Annie with KOTA Productions, NY; Fairytale Reader/Silly Girl in Beauty and the Beast with Open Hydrant Theatre, NY; Glinda the Good Witch in Wizard of Oz with Wonderstruck Players, IL; Little Fan in the Northside Theater Company production of A Christmas Carol in 2019 and 2020; Sunny in A Ghostly Holiday Celebration with A.C.T. Young Conservatory; First Spirit in The Virtual Magic Flute with SF Opera Guild; and Nibelung Child in Das Rheingold/The Ring with the San Francisco Opera.
In 2023, Alliana performed a solo concert as part of the Stories in Bloom public programming at Filoli Historic House & Garden, and opened a historic 'Our Time' event hosted by Asians Are Strong at the San Francisco Ferry Building. Alliana was a featured soloist in 'Music for a Miracle' Ukraine Benefit Concert, the SF Vigil for Victims of Lunar New Year Gun Violence, and Lions Lighthouse Concert Humanitarian Aid for Turkey & Syria. She was awarded a Certificate of Honor by the City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors for her outstanding cultural performance at the official celebration of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, San Francisco City Hall. Alliana was also featured in the "A-May-Zing Kids" segment on KRON 4 LIVE! IN THE BAY.
This March, she was featured in the editorial of the LUXURY TRENDING and the SHOWBIZ Magazines. In May, she opened the official APA Heritage Month Awards at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco with a National Anthem, and gave a special performance at SF City Hall during the reception. This June, Alliana opened the annual MODEFA SF Modern Ethnic Fashion Week's haute couture fashion show.
In the last three years, Alliana has won 43 regional, national, and international vocal and talent competitions with 70 category wins in all. She received multiple invitations to perform at Merkin Hall, New York, NY. As a multiple winner of the prestigious Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition Alliana received invitations to perform at Parco della Musica (Rome, Italy), at Gläserner Saal Musikverein (Vienna, Austria), and at the Amphithéâtre Cité de la Musique-Philharmonie de Paris (Paris, France). She is currently one of the three distinguished spokespersons for the 2024/2025 Italy Tempietto International Music Competition (Vienna Beethoven Conservatory/Italy Padova Conservatory/Galoyan Artist Management).
Alliana has performed as a soloist at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC, three times - twice in 2022 and once more in 2023. This April, she made her debut as a Special Guest Soloist at the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage and received a standing ovation. She is also a 2022 Music International Grand Prix Youth Classical and Popular Voice Finalist, placing top 6 in the world in both Categories for her age group. As a Youth Classical Voice Winner, she was granted a scholarship to an Interlochen Summer 2023 program. Her most recent wins are with the World Classical Music Awards 2022 and 2024 in multiple categories. Last summer, she placed First in the Golden Classical Music Awards and made her debut as a soloist at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Last Christmas Season, Alliana toured Italy as the 7th Annual Youth Choir Festival's Soloist. This gave her the opportunity to sing at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican and participate in a number of activities led by Pope Francis.
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