Bass-baritone Shenyang was the winner of the 2007 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition and a 2008 winner of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. He also has won First Prize at the International Opera

As a student, Shenyang’s operatic performances have included Masetto (Don Giovanni), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), and Caronte (L’Orfeo) in Verona,