Shu-Cheen Yu

{{short description|Chinese-Australian opera singer}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Shu-Cheen Yu

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| label = ABC Classics

| occupation = Soprano singer

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| native_name = 俞淑琴

| native_name_lang = zh

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}

| birth_place = Yanggao County, Shanxi, China

| website = {{url|http://www.shucheenyu.com.au/}}

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| genre = {{hlist|Classical music|Chinese folk music}}

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Shu-Cheen Yu is a Chinese-Australian opera singer.{{Cite news| last = Shmith | first = Michael|author-link=Michael Shmith| date = 9 May 2012 | title = For Shu-Cheen, it's been a life at the opera |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| url = https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/for-shucheen-its-been-a-life-at-the-opera-20120508-1yasw.html}} Her album Lotus Moon was nominated at the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 for Best Classical Album.

Born in China, she established herself as a folk singer, releasing five albums. In 1987, she moved to Australia and became a cleaner. She took on a three-year opera course and was cast in a 1990 production of the musical Chess, continuing onto other productions.{{Cite news| last = Egan | first = Amy | date = 23 September 1997 | title = Top note from China |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney}}