Collaborators
Tom Remlov
Tom Remlov joined the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet as general director in 2011, signalling the introduction of a new management model for the 50-year-old company, which recently moved into a magnificent new opera house on the Oslo waterfront. Remlov trained as a theatre director and dramaturge in Norway and the UK. He worked as […]
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Wang Jiyan
Wang Jiyan joined Phoenix TV in 1996 and is currently VP of Phoenix TV Hong Kong and head of the Phoenix Chinese Channel. He is one of the most important TV producers in China and has participated in a number of productions that have received national and international awards. Wang is an achieved scholar in […]
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Ning Liang
One of the brightest mezzo-sopranos on the opera scene, Ning Liang earned her master’s degree at Juilliard. She went on to become the first Chinese singer to perform principle roles at such international houses as the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala and the Vienna State Opera. In recent seasons Liang has returned to the Met to […]
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Xu Peidong
Xu Peidong is currently VP of the Chinese Musicians’ Association and member of the National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee (CPPCC). His major works include the opera ‘Affection of the General’, the film ‘Rocky Youth’ and the TV drama theme trilogy ‘Fence, Women, and Dogs’. Xu has composed nearly a thousand songs, among […]
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Yang Jingmao
Born in 1956, Yang Jingmao obtained his PhD in philosophy. He has long been engaged in music theory and research into the techniques of composition. His thesis ‘Grieg’s Music Style and Thinking’, completed in Germany, has contributed to the international study of Grieg’s important documents. After returning from Germany, Yang served as the director of […]
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Ying Huang
Shanghai-born soprano Ying Huang first came to international attention in the title role of Frédéric Mitterrand’s 1995 film adaptation of ‘Madama Butterfly’ and went on to a remarkable career in opera and on the concert stage. She studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and, after winning second prize in the 19th Concours International de […]
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Yu Qiken
Yu currently the president and CEO of Guangdong Xinghai Performing Arts Group and the president of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra. He has also served as the vice-chairman of the Chinese Percussionists Association, director of the Chinese Musicians Association, vice-chairman of the Guangdong Federation of Literary and Art Circles, vice-chairman of the Guangdong Musicians Association and vice-minister of […]
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Zeng Qinghuai
Gu started her career as a college instructor at the Department of Foreign Literature and Languages, at the National Taiwan University in 1977. In 1989 she began producing Peking Opera, something she has been doing for the past 20 years. Her Taipei Liyuan Chinese Opera Theater, starring Baochun Li, tours the world. In 1997 Gu […]
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Zhang Changcheng
Zhang Changcheng has served as the director of the Beijing Modern Dance Company since 1998 and was involved in the restructuring of the company. As a result, the Beijing Modern Dance Company has become the first public non-profit professional dance, art and cultural institution. The company has evolved into a contemporary arts centre, an arts […]
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Gu Huaiqun
Gu started her career as a college instructor at the Department of Foreign Literature and Languages, at the National Taiwan University in 1977. In 1989 she began producing Peking Opera, something she has been doing for the past 20 years. Her Taipei Liyuan Chinese Opera Theater, starring Baochun Li, tours the world. In 1997 Gu […]
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Zhang Yu
Zhang Yu is currently the president of the China Arts and Entertainment Group and general manager of the China Performing Arts Agency. He also serves as the vice president of the China Service Trade Association, secretary-general of the Arts Council of the China National Centre for the Performing Arts, vice president of the China Performance […]
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Chen Guangxian
Chen graduated from the orchestral instruments department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1984. From 1984 to 1997 he worked successively as principal viola associate in the orchestra, then head of the orchestra, assistant to the president, and vice-president of the Shanghai Opera Theatre. He has served as the secretary of the party branch and general manager […]
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Sybille Wilson
Of both British and French origin, Sybille Wilson studied violin at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique in Brussels before reading Music and Modern Languages at Cambridge, where she received an Instrumental Award for the violin. She has worked as a stage director since 2002, focusing on opera and music-based performances. Her past operatic engagements include […]
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Paul Clay
As head of production for the KT Wong Foundation, Paul Clay participated in the recent co-production of ‘Semele’ (with La Monnaie in Brussels), which fomed part of the 2010 Beijing Music Festival. He also works as an interim executive director for both Manchester City Council and the Library Theatre Company, and as an innovation coach […]
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Thomas Michael Allen
On the concert stage as well as in opera, Thomas Michael Allen has established a reputation for his vivid portrayals of a wide range of lyric tenor roles. His repertoire includes operas by Monteverdi and haute contre roles of the French baroque, as well as leading roles in the operas of Mozart and recent works of […]
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Yeree Suh
Soprano Yeree Suh commenced her training at the National University in Seoul, before graduating with distinction from Berlin’s Universität der Künste and studying with both Regina Werner-Dietrich in Leipzig and Gerd Türk at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. In 2003 she made her professional debut with René Jacobs at the Innsbrucker Festwochen, as Ninfa in Monteverdi’s […]
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Chen Ping
Chen Ping was born in Jiangsu in 1964. In 1985, he graduated from the German Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University, majoring in German language and literature. In the same year he started his career in the Bureau for External Cultural Relations and he is currently the director of the Department of Western Europe within […]
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Gu Weikang
In January 1990, Gu began work at the Shanghai Media Group and the Shanghai TV Station. From 2003 to 2005, he took the post as director of the management department of the Shanghai Media Group. He has served as vice president of the Shanghai Grand Theatre since February 2005 and the Party secretary of Shanghai […]
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David Whelton
David Whelton was born in 1954 and trained as a pianist and organist. Following an early career in education, he joined the Yorkshire Arts Association and subsequently Leeds City Council prior to moving to the music department at the Arts Council of Great Britain. In 1988 he was appointed managing director of the Philharmonia Orchestra. […]
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David Staples is managing director of Theatre Projects Consultants. An experienced theatre consultant, he advises clients on the planning, design and construction of new performing-arts buildings. He has worked on theatres, opera houses and concert halls in 53 countries and specialises in the preliminary planning and briefs for arts venues. Staples joined Theatre Projects in […]
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