Li Xincao currently serves as President of the China Conservatory of Music (Beijing), a professor, a National First-Class Conductor and a doctoral supervisor. He is also Vice Chairman of the China Musicians Association and Chairman of the Beijing Musicians Association. Li Xincao is the first Chinese conductor to lead the Wiener Staatsoper and has been named one of the “100 Youths Influential in China’s 21st Century” by China Youth.
Was born in North China’s Hebei Province in 1971. Graduated from the Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing), where he was mentored by Professor Xu Xin and studied opera conducting under Professor Zheng Xiaoying, and from the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, where he studied conducting with Professor Leopold Hager. Subsequently Li Xincao continued his studies and practical work under the guidance of Li Delun and Yan Liangkun.
He rose to prominence at an early age, conducting the former Central Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra at the age of twenty. By the age of twenty-two Li Xincao had won the National Conducting Competition of China (1993). His esteemed career includes serving as a conductor of the National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra (Beijing), Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra (South Korea), Principal Conductor and Director of the China National Symphony Orchestra (Beijing). In 2022 he was appointed President of the China Conservatory of Music, and in 2024 – bestowed with the title of Honorary Principal Conductor by the China National Symphony Orchestra.
Li Xincao’s musical career spans five continents, marked by notable achievements in both symphonic and operatic fields. His leadership of the China National Symphony Orchestra during historic global tours has garnered enthusiastic responses, and his performances have been highly praised by leading music critics worldwide. Over the past thirty years he has made significant contributions to the global stage with the China National Symphony Orchestra, witnessing the expansion and development of Chinese symphonic music worldwide and setting records for world tours by Chinese symphonic ensembles. Besides cooperating with many domestic orchestras, he has frequently collaborated with the Orchestre National de Lille, the Besançon Opera House, the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tivoli Orchestra, the Johannesburg and Cape Town philharmonic orchestras, the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, the KBS Symphony Orchestra (Seoul), the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and the Hong Kong Ballet among others.
Li Xincao is dedicated to discovering and promoting Chinese music. Over the years he has continuously re-staged and refined classic Chinese music works and revived many forgotten masterpieces. He actively supports the performance of new works and has organised and premiered numerous outstanding contemporary Chinese music compositions.
Information for September 2024
| user_name | | Exit |
