SHUNTONG
[ANIVIA]
DENG
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Shuntong (Anivia) Deng is a soprano from Foshan, Guangdong, currently studying for an MA in Music Performance: Vocal Studies at the University of York with Alex Ashworth, and is coached by Susan Young. She sings with the Choir of Leeds Minster, the Yorkshire Bach Choir and the St Lawrence Parish Church Evensong Choir, and joins The 24 on a concert-by-concert basis.
In her final year at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Anivia was a choral scholar in the professional 18-voice choir at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, where she also sang with the Cathedral Chorale in concert performances. She graduated from Pratt in May 2026 with highest honours in History of Art and Design, with a minor in Book Arts. Whilst in New York, she studied classical singing with Giovanna Yaqi Yang and sang with Saint Andrew Chorale at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church and Central City Chorus, where she continues to serve as programme designer. She has also performed at Carnegie Hall and took part in the world premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Search for Spring at Lincoln Center.
In China, Anivia has sung with the Guangzhou Baroque Orchestra and its affiliated choir in excerpts from Handel’s Messiah.
Outside singing, Anivia is a book artist and publication designer. She is the current Head of Design at Circulation Magazine, a pop and rock music student-run publication at the University of York.
SHUNTONG [ANIVIA] DENG