James P. Liu, of Singapore nationality,
was appointed Music Director of the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra at the
invitation of the Wuhan Municipal Culture Bureau (China) in 2004. In
2011, he also became Artist Director of the Wuhan International Piano
Festival. He was a Research Scholar in the Conducting Faculty at the
Michigan State University (USA) College of Music.During his first year tenure, Liu
implemented the first "Concert Season" for the Wuhan Philharmonic
Orchestra. Today, the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra is the resident
orchestra at Wuhan Qintai Arts Center. The orchestra gives over 80
concerts a year and has become one of the most important orchestras in central
China. Mr. Liu led the WPO on tour to Oita, Japan in 2004. In 2009,
he conducted the WPO at the 9th Asia Symphony Week in Tokyo. The WPO
was the only symphony orchestra from China. The concerts, performed at
the Tokyo opera house, received high praise from Japanese
media. Mr. Liu also led the orchestra during a 13 city China tour in
2011.Mr. Liu has been guest conductor with
the Cyprus State Symphony Orchestra, Poland Zabrze Philharmonic Orchestra, Oita
Symphony Orchestra (Japan), Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra(Germany),Duisburger
Philharmoniker Orchestra(Germany), Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic (Czech
Republic), Tusia Opera Festival(Italy) Orquestra de Camera Chihuahua
(Mexico),State Symphony Orchestra(Mexico), MSU Symphony Orchestra (USA),Pueblo
Symphony Orchestra(USA), Evergreen Symphony Orchestra(TaiPei)TianJing Symphony
and Sichuan Symphony (China), and he has cooperated with musicians from Europe,
America, and Asia. As of 2005 he began collaboration with Kajimoto
Concert Management Co, Ltd.During his tenure, he implemented a plan
for musician exchanges with the Duisburger Philharmoniker Orchestra of Germany,
the Oita Symphony Orchestra of Japan, and the Sichuan,
China Symphony. He successfully conducted joint concerts resulting
in high appreciation by government and media for promoting foreign exchange
through the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Liu has been awarded a variety of
honors. He received the Gold Medal of the National Youth Art Festival of
Singapore and the "Excellent Music Contribution" award by the
Japanese Association of Singapore in 2001. In 2005 he received the
"Special Contribution in Culture" from the Wuhan Municipal Culture
Bureau and the "Chime Bells Award" by the Hubei Provincial Government
in 2006. He was listed as one of ten foreign experts for his
contributions in economy and culture of Hubei, China. In 2010, he was
given the Wuhan Culture Contribution Award from the city government. In 2010,
he was named as one of the ten "The Province Culture Fashion Elite"
by the Radio Film and TV Bureau of Hubei Province.In 2011, he received the
Yellow Crane Friendship Prize as one of the best foreign experts who
contributed to Wuhan City. This was awarded by the Wuhan Municipal
Government. Special contribution in culture“by Wuhan Propaganda department March of 2012.Mr. Liu was born to a prominent music
family in China. His grandfather was the first music dictionary compiler
in China. Mr. Liu was endowed with music genius in childhood. He
studied music at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music, Shanghai Conservatory of
Music, Utrecht Conservatorium (Hongeschoolvoor de Kunsten Utrecht) in Holland
and Michigan State University in Unite State. He studied under the guidance of
his father, Professor Liu Yan, and Lin Ying-Rong, Elias Arizcuren, Michelle
Roche, Victor Liberman, Leon Gregorian, Gustav Meier, and Larry Rachleff. 2014 he has engagement with Silesian
Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland,
Thueringen Symphony Orchestra in Germany. Symphony Orchestra of the
Claudio Santoro National theater, Tusia Opera festival in italy and China Orchestras.
新加坡籍指挥家刘鹏先生,
是武汉市政府聘请的文化外国专家,2004年出任武汉爱乐乐团音乐总监和首席指挥。自2011年起,他又开始担任武汉爱乐国际钢琴节总监,同年作为指挥研究学者执教于美国密歇根州立大学,他也是美国卡罗拉多州帕布罗交响乐团首席客席指挥。
刘鹏先生担任音乐总监第一年便创立了武汉爱乐乐团首个音乐季。武汉爱乐乐团现已是一年举办80多场交响音乐会的武汉琴台文化艺术中心的常驻乐团,并成为中国华中地区的重要交响乐团. 刘鹏先生也作为客席指挥频繁出现于国际音乐舞台,指挥了德国杜伊斯堡爱乐乐团,德国纽伦堡交响乐团,美国密执根州立大学交响乐团,美国卡罗拉多州帕布罗交响乐团,塞浦路斯国家交响乐团,波兰国家尤文图斯青年交响乐团,波兰扎不勒市爱乐乐团、日本大分市交响乐团、捷克兹林市玛蒂奴爱乐乐团,
墨西哥州立交响乐团,墨西哥齐华华市交响乐团,意大利图西亚艺术节客席指挥以及四川交响乐团,天津交响乐团等。合作的艺术家来自欧洲、美洲、亚洲各国,2004年,刘鹏先生携武汉爱乐乐团赴日本大分参加武汉-大分姐妹城市庆典周年纪念活动取得圆满成功,创造了武汉爱乐乐团首次出国巡演。2009他又率武汉爱乐乐团赴日本东京参加了第九届“亚洲交响乐周”,作为唯一的中国乐团在东京歌剧院上演一场完美的交响音乐会,反映热烈,演出获得日本媒体的高度评价。2011年,在北京保利剧院管理有限公司的策划下,又携武汉爱乐乐团在中国13个城市进行了巡回演出。刘鹏先生在任职期间策划了武汉爱乐乐团和德国杜伊斯堡爱乐乐团、日本大分交响乐团及四川交响乐团的音乐家交流计划,并成功指挥了武汉爱乐乐团与德国杜伊斯堡爱乐乐团、日本大分交响乐团及四川交响乐团的联合音乐会,受到政府及舆论界的高度赞扬,促进了武汉爱乐乐团的对外交流活动。刘鹏先生获得过多项荣誉,2001年获新加坡全国青年艺术节金奖、新加坡日本人协会颁发的杰出音乐贡献奖、2005年被武汉市文化局授予文化特别贡献奖,2006年被湖北省政府授予编钟奖,并被列为湖北十大经济文件贡献外国专家之一。2010年获得湖北省广播电影电视局文化时尚杰出人物奖,武汉市文化局颁发的2010年武汉文化贡献奖,2011年武汉市宣传部文化贡献奖,同年获得武汉市政府颁发的黄鹤友谊奖,被誉为武汉杰出贡献十大外国专家之一。刘鹏先生出生于音乐世家(其祖父为中国首位音乐词典编纂者. 先后就读于荷兰乌特勒支音乐学院(Hongeschoolvoor
de Kunsten Utrecht),美国密西根州立大学(Michigan State University)师从其父刘炎教授、Elias
Arizcuren教授、Michelle
Rohe教授、Victor
Liberman教授、Leon
Gregorian教授Gustav
Meier教授、Larry
Rachleff教授。2014年,他将作为客席指挥出访波兰西里西亚爱乐乐团,德国图宁根交响乐团,
巴西克劳迪奥,桑托罗国家剧院交响乐团。