LIU Sha is National-level A-list Conductor, Principal Conductor of the China National Traditional Orchestra, Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Macau Chinese Orchestra and Master’s Supervisor at Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music. He graduated from the Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music in his early years, and studied under the tutelage of Professor XU Xin. Later, he went to the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg Conservatory for further conducting studies, where he studied under the tutelage of Professor Alexander Polishchuk, and completed the programme with top honours and was awarded a diploma in Opera-Symphony Conducting. He also attended the master classes of world-famous maestros Seiji Ozawa, Mstislav Rostropovich, Jorma Panula, Colin Metters and Gustav Meier.

For many years, as a member of the China National Traditional Orchestra, he has visited Russia, France, South Korea, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, the United States and other countries. In 2010, he conducted at Concert in Celebration of the 50^th Anniversary of China National Traditional Orchestra, and was received and praised by national leaders. In 2011, he visited Europe and conducted at world-famous “Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele)”. In 2013, he performed at the Chinese New Year Concert in Hawaii. He also participated in the Pan Pacific Asia Art Festival of Stanford University in San Francisco.

LIU Sha is a visionary who has been advocating, commissioning and performing new works by young Chinese composers. The resulting achievements have thrusted him into the limelight of music circles in China and Asia. In 2016, he was the youngest conductor to be named “China’s Top Ten Conductors in Chinese Orchestral Music”.

Traditional Chamber Orchestra of the Central Conservatory of Music

QI Baoligao Wild Horse Morin Khuur Orchestra