Dorothy Yeung
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dorothyyeung/
Instagram: @dotty_y
Twitter: @dotinzurich
Dot is an executive director in the classical music industry. Her mission and passions are not only to promote the incredible centuries of tradition in classical music but to strongly look to the future by innovating her industry in the areas of performance, education, and technical developments. Born in London and based in Zurich, Switzerland, she has over 20 years’ global experience working with IMG Artists, Universal Music, medici.tv. Verbier Festival, non-profit Swiss organisations and on special projects with much loved and world-renowned artists as Cecilia Bartoli and Anne-Sophie Mutter. Dot is currently working with Maxim Vengerov, many who say is the greatest living string player. Together with his multi-talented team, they are realising Maxim’s vision to democratising the access to music learning through his new online platform and initiatives. Dot also thoroughly enjoys bringing the leaders of today and future leaders of tomorrow together through her role as President of the Young Professionals Group for the British Swiss Chamber of Commerce, who celebrated their centenary anniversary in 2020. Dot graduated in Masters in piano from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London in 2000, and is certified in finance and business from Harvard Business School and CISI. She is excited and inspired by food cultures and more importantly, her late mother’s exquisite cooking and recipes passed down from generations in China. You can often find Dot as chef at friends’ homes with the only prerequisite that they provide the fine wine and whisky.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?: Being truly comfortable with one’s self, and with this self with others.
Which living person do you most admire?: Barack Obama
What is your greatest extravagance?: Freedom to make my own decisions.
What is your current state of mind?: Crisis begets creativity.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?: Abstinence.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?: Cheers!
Which talent would you most like to have?: Would love to be more daring and talented in sports like downhill skiing, mountain biking and tennis. I’m honestly so very terrible at these pursuits and it doesn’t bode well whilst living in a country where kids ski before they can walk!
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?: My little secret pleasure is to have the TV or Netflix on whilst working away on my laptop. I have no clue why the talking background noise helps to stimulate my mind whilst working in a perfectly quiet place stifles me.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?: To understand and accept that my many mistakes are very much part of my achievements. Live and learn!
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?: An octopus.
Where would you most like to live?: Would love to fast forward two years when our house is finally built on this piece of land we bought on the top of a hill and overlooking the ocean on this gorgeously wild and remote little Greek island in the Cyclades.
What is your most treasured possession?: My pianos and my orange coloured Le Creuset pot.
What is your favorite occupation?: Listener.
What is your most marked characteristic?: “Sitting on people’s laps” (in the best way possible) and getting answers in rather quicker time than expected or to what seemingly may be unanswerable questions.
What do you most value in your friends?: Loyalty and a good sense of humour.
Who are your favorite writers?: If I may reference musical writers, I would say Bach and Schubert.
Who are your heroes in real life?: Anyone on the front line putting their lives on the line to help others.
What is it that you most dislike?: Lack of emotional intelligence and indifference.
What is your greatest regret?: I regret not standing up for myself more.
What is your motto?: Don’t come to me with a problem but with three solutions.