Yang Can is a young violinist of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Director of the Zhongshan Exchange Association of China, recipient of the March 8th Red BannerMedal awarded by the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and a member of the Shanghai Musicians Association .
She entered the Primary School Affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music at the age of nine and claimed the second prize at the National Violin Competition in1989. In 2007, she passed the audition and joined the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra before her graduation . During college, she was twice selected for governmentfunded academic exchange programs at Young Euro Classic in Europe, where she devoted herself to chamber music performance . She has toured the United States,Germany, Japan, South Korea and many other countries with the orchestra . In 2015, she performed at the United Nations Headquarters for the concert celebrating the70th anniversary of the United Nations .
In 2017, Yang Can was invited by five distinguished contemporary Chinese and foreign composers to record the string quartet album Flow . Produced by Atoll Records, New Zealand’s largest classical music label, the album was released in 2018.
In 2021, Bank of Shanghai and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra jointly launched the public welfare music education program “Shangle Stage Masterclass”. YangCan served as its chief planner and string tutor . Her students win first prizes every year at the Hummingbird Violin Competition and Magnolia Violin Competition .In 2025, she curated and initiated the concert Masterpieces of Legendary Dance Dramas, which was staged in Shanghai . Included in the official performance lineup ofthe 40th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival, it was the only chamber music concert of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra recommended by the festivalcommittee .
Yang Can regularly serves as a jury member for competitions including the Shanghai International Magnolia Violin Competition and the Elite Philharmonic Competition. She has been awarded the Outstanding Chamber Music Instructor Award at the National Hummingbird Violin Competition .