An outstanding young conductor, permanent conductor of the China Youth Symphony Orchestra, resident conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, and teacher of the Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music. Born in Beijing in 1981, he studied piano at an early age. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music and studied symphony orchestra conducting under the famous conductor Professor Yu Feng. During college, I had excellent grades and won various scholarships from the school for five consecutive years. In 2002, he was recommended by the school to enter graduate school. After graduating in 2005, he stayed at the school to serve as the main subject teacher of the Conducting Department and the permanent conductor of the China Youth Symphony Orchestra, becoming the youngest main subject teacher in the history of the Central Conservatory of Music. In 2006, he won the first place in the Second National Conducting Competition. In 2007, he began to serve as assistant conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2009, he served as the resident conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been invited to conduct the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Tianjin Opera and Dance Theater, Central Opera House, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, etc., and has collaborated with many domestic and foreign Famous performers and composers have collaborated on a large number of high-level concerts, all of which have achieved great success and won high praise from today's music circles. In 2005, he collaborated with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra in the first concert of Chinese composition doctoral works. All works were premiered. It was an unprecedented success and won widespread praise from dozens of musicians and tenured professors present. In 2006, he led the China Youth Symphony Orchestra to record and publish Mr. Ma Sicong's "Cello Concerto", "Violin Concerto" and "Double Violin Concerto". At the end of the year, CCTV recorded Shostakovich's "Tenth Symphony" conducted by Xia Xiaotang. In 2007, he once again conducted the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and successfully held the 3rd Chinese Composition Doctoral Works Concert. After that, he began to cooperate with the China Philharmonic Orchestra for a long time and successfully conducted many tours across the country. At the end of 2007, he performed Tchaikovsky's "Violin Concerto in D major" with Akiko Suwanai in Beijing and Guangzhou. In 2008, he conducted the China Philharmonic Orchestra to perform at Peking University and explained Dvo?ák's "Eighth Symphony", which won warm applause from the audience. In 2009, he conducted the China Philharmonic Orchestra and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra in the domestic premiere of André Jolivet's works.
As the permanent conductor of the China Youth Symphony Orchestra, Xia Xiaotang has been committed to the development and construction of the orchestra for many years, leading the orchestra to hold hundreds of concerts in some cities and universities across the country. In 2008, he went to Seoul, South Korea to perform Richard Strauss's "Don Giovanni" and Rachmaninoff's "Second Symphony". His passion and profound musical performance moved the audience and achieved unprecedented success. In 2009, he performed Mahler's "Symphony No. 1" and Berlioz's "Symphony Fantasy" at the National Center for the Performing Arts in China. Each performance was well received by audiences and musicians. Lin Tao, artistic director and chief conductor of the Kemerovo Symphony Orchestra in Russia. Currently teaching at the Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music. Lin Tao was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music in 1987 from the High School Affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music, majoring in composition. In 1988, he received a government scholarship with excellent results and went to the Moscow State Conservatory of Music in the Soviet Union to study, majoring in composition and conducting. He studied under the famous composer Professor Albert Leman and conductor Dimitri. ·Professor Dmitri Kitayenko. He received a master's degree in composition in 1994 and a master's degree in conducting in 1995. In 1997, he was awarded a doctorate in conducting and performing arts by the Moscow State Conservatory.
In 1993, Lin Tao participated in the first Prokofiev International Conducting Competition and won third place; in 1999, he won the Sixth International Grzegorz Fitelberg Conducting Competition in Poland (International Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition), and also won the "Best Polish Music Interpretation Award"; in 2001, he won the award at the 13th International Nicolai Malko Competition for Young Conductors held in Denmark.
From 1993 to 1996, Lin Tao served as an assistant to Valery Gergiev, director of the Mariinsky Theater, and Alexander Dmitriev of the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. command.
From 1995 to 1996, he was hired as the chief guest conductor by the Tomsk Symphony Orchestra in Russia.
From 1996 to 1999, he was employed as the chief conductor of the Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra.
From 2000 until today, he was employed by the Kemerovo Symphony Orchestra (Kuzbass Symphony). , Orchestra, Kemerovo) as artistic director and chief conductor. Lin Tao is also the youngest person to hold this position in the Russian Symphony Orchestra.
From 2003 to 2007, he served as both artistic director and chief conductor of the Saratov Philharmonic Orchestra
So far, Lin Tao has conducted the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. (St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra), Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of The Mariinsky Theater, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra (St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra), Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra ( Performances by world-renowned orchestras such as Philharmonia Wien, Prague Symphony Orchestra in the Czech Republic, Murcia Symphony Orchestra in Spain, Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey, and Taipei Symphony Orchestra , and was invited to serve as guest conductor of many Russian orchestras.
In March 1999, Lin Tao conducted the China Symphony Orchestra for the first time in Beijing, which attracted great attention from the domestic music industry. In October 2000, Lin Tao led the Russian Ural Philharmonic Orchestra on a successful tour in Spain. From October to November 2000, he led the Russian Kemerovo Symphony Orchestra to tour the top ten cities in China. In April 2001, he led the Czech Prague Symphony Orchestra to perform in four major cities in China. From December 2002 to January 2003, he led the Spanish Youth Symphony Orchestra to tour the top ten cities in China.
Since 1999, conducting master classes have been held regularly in Murcia, Spain. He has taught more than 30 professional conductors of varying degrees, and taught representative works of different composers from classical to late Romantic times, which has been well received by students and people in the industry.
In recent years, Lin Tao has not only collaborated with the China National Symphony Orchestra several times, but also successfully conducted symphony concerts at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. In 2008, he also conducted the Chinese New Year Concert at the Vienna Musikverein.
Currently, Lin Tao has successfully conducted more than a thousand concerts and more than 20 operas around the world, all of which have received excellent reviews from audiences and industry experts and praise from music critics. In 2002, EMI also released a CD of a Spanish opera performed by the Russian Ural Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lin Tao.
Master composer Rodion. Shchedrin called Lin Tao "an extremely talented musician." He also said: "The successful premiere of my work at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing once again proves that you are a promising conductor."
Master conductor Valery Gergiev called Lin Tao "the most outstanding conductor of the younger generation I know." Chen Lin was born in Heilongjiang in 1978 into an ordinary doctor's family. Although both parents are doctors, they are particularly fond of music. Therefore, Chen Lin and her elder sister, who is 5 years older, both studied piano since childhood and were admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music. In 1996, Chen Lin entered the Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music and studied conducting under Yu Feng, a famous conductor and professor of the Conducting Department. Due to his excellent academic performance, he was recommended to the graduate school in 2001 to continue his studies.
Chen Lin participated in the Besan?on International Conducting Competition in France in 1999, 2001, and 2003, and represented the Asian region three times as a finalist. National Competition In 2007, he participated in the 8th International Conducting Competition held in the famous Polish city of Katowice. Winning second place, he won two awards: the "Silver Baton Award" and the "Best Conductor Award for the Works of the Famous Polish Composer Szymanowski".
In 2000, he was recommended by the conductor Seiji Ozawa to participate in the summer camp master class of the Tanglewood Music Festival in the United States without taking the test, and conducted many concerts.
Since 2003, Chen Lin has also participated in Mr. Ozawa Seiji’s opera music festival tour in Japan as an assistant conductor. He has participated in the rehearsals and performances of many operas such as "Bat" and "The Artist's Life". In 2006, he participated in the Hideo Saito Memorial Music Festival in Japan and conducted the opera "The Barber of Seville".
In 2004, Chen Lin graduated with outstanding results and stayed at the school to teach. In 2005, he was hired by the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music as music director of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Concert Orchestra and professor of conducting.
Chen Lin has had successful cooperation with many orchestras at home and abroad. Including Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Hebei Symphony Orchestra, Anhui Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, China Youth Symphony Orchestra, Harbin Opera House Orchestra, Tanglewood Center Symphony Orchestra in the United States, Picardy Symphony Orchestra in France, Osaka Center Symphony Orchestra in Japan Ensemble, Seiji Ozawa Music School Orchestra, Saito Hideo Memorial Music Festival Orchestra, etc. At the same time, the works she conducted also included symphonies, operas and other forms.