As director of the Central Conservatory of Music, Gao has helped the national leading musical institution in China to cater to all levels, from primary-lev
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Sir Nicholas Kenyon was director of the BBC Proms from 1996 to 2007 and became managing director of the Barbican Centre in October 2007. He was a music cri
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Korean lyric coloratura soprano Sumi Jo (born Jo Su-gyeong) made her professional recital debut at university. Her professional operatic debut came soon af
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Phoenix Television is a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese television broadcaster that serves the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, along wit
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Yu Long was born into a family of musicians in Shanghai and received his education from both the Shanghai Music Conservatory and Hochschule der Kunst in
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David Hansen was born in Sydney and studied with Andrew Dalton at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 2004 he made his European debut at the Aix-en-Prov
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Christophe Rousset grew up in Aix-en-Provence and developed an interest in the harpsichord during his early teens. He studied at the Schola Cantorum in Par
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A prolific composer, Chen Yi blends Chinese and Western traditions, transcending cultural and musical boundaries. She holds a BA and MA in music compositi
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The 2011 Music in the Summer Air Festival (MISA), co-chaired by Maestros Long Yu (Music Director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra) and Charles Dutoit
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Leonard Slatkin’s recordings have earned seven Grammys and 64 nominations. Since his debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1974, he has led virtually
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Fang Fenglei is the founder and chairman of Hopu Investment Management Co and Chairman of Goldman Sachs Gaohua Securities. Previously, he served as deputy
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A graduate of the Royal Academy Utrecht (musicology and theatre history), Fabius co-founded the Paris Opera school for young singers in 1979 before being a
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Alicia B Adams joined the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1992, first serving as special assistant to the chairman, James Wolfensohn. She worked
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra has played a central role at the heart of British musical life since its inception in 1930. It provides the backbone of the BBC
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Nick was playwright in residence at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in 1987, and at the University of Essex in 1985. He collaborated with Peter Broo
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NI Opera, based at Belfast’s historic Grand Opera House, has a mission to provide the highest-quality opera to the widest possible audience. With a philo
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Oliver read English and History at Oxford University. He began his career assisting playwright Howard Barker, before going on to work at the Kings Head, I
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Simon Lima Holdsworth trained at Wimbledon School of Art, London and the Maastricht. Designs for opera and musical theatre include Orpheus in the Underw
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Nicholas conducts productions for Northern Ireland Opera, is the artistic director of Nevill Holt Opera and is artistic director of Second Movement Opera C
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The Children and Young Women’s Chorus of the China National Symphony Orchestra, also known as the National Children’s Choir of China, was founded in 19
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