Liu Tao
Baritone Liu Tao is Associate Professor and supervisor of the master’s programme at the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music. He is also a member of various official organisations in China, including the Chinese Musicians Association, Zhejiang Musicians Association, and the 14th Provincial Committee of Zhejiang. He is also Vice President of the Korea-China-US International Art Education Association.
Liu won the First Prize at the 13th Golden Bell Awards in Bel Canto Singing, and received the Award for Excellent Artistic Contribution of the Zhejiang Province (2021), “Most Beautiful Cultural Traveler in Zhejiang”, (in 2022) Zhejiang Province's “Five Batch” Leading Talent Awards and National “Ten Thousand Talents Plan” Young Talent Awards, (in 2023) the “Outstanding Talent” award at the 15th National Vocal Exhibition. He was the torchbearer at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games. Liu was also winner at the Huang Long Musical Season 2019 – Bel Canto Singing (Gold Award) and Bel Canto Singing Super Tournament (Grand Prize), “The New Pine Project” – The Zhejiang Province Young Singers Competition (Gold Award) and the 43rd Vincenzo Bellini International Vocal Competition (“The Paolo Silveri Award for Best Baritone”).
Liu was Invited to perform at the large water scene symphony concert “Most Memorable is Hangzhou” at the G20 summit, taking over from Liao Changyong to sing the song Me and My Motherland; he was also invited to record CCTV programmes Popular Songs · China and Symphony of the Spring Festival. In recent years, he has been active on various professional stages, performing operas such as Song of Youth, Pagliacci, Red Boat,The National Song, The Party's Daughter, Morning Bell, and Which Direction Is the Wind Blowing.
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