Hecheng Liu
Email:oldliu_2000@yahoo.com
Phone:707-695-9621
| Hecheng Liu |
HECHENG LIU---Pipa (short neck Chinese lute) and Guqin
Hecheng Liu was admitted as a gifted student into the Central Conservatory of Junior Division in Beijing at age 11, to study under the direction of the famous pipa professor, Li Guang Hua. In 1980, he was accepted into the Conservatory College Program in Beijing without going through the vigorous audition process. At the Conservatory, Liu studied under Professor Chen Zen Min, a nationally acclaimed pipa virtuoso. He also studied guqin under Professor Li Xiang Ting, a nationally acclaimed guqin teacher. Liu is an outstanding pipa virtuoso of remarkable talent. The critics proclaimed “Liu’s music gracefully combines strength and emotion which touch the listeners’ heart and soul”.
EDUCATION
B.A. of Music---Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China (1984)
EXPERINECE
---Feature Pipa soloist with the National Traditional Orchestra of China (1984-2000)
---Member of the Guqin Research Institute, Beijing, China (1984-2000)
---Assist professor of pipa and guqin with the Conservatory College in Beijing
(1984-2000)
---Teaching group and private lessons in San Francisco, Fremont, and Saratoga
(2000-present)
---Faculty member with the “Chinese Music Program” at Laney College,
Oakland, CA
(2000-present)
---Member of the Jumping Buddha Ensemble (2000-present)
---Co-founded and leader of the Beijing Chamber Orchestra (2000-present)
---Panel of Judges for the “First Chinese Musical Instrument Competition
of North
America”, San Francisco, CA (Sept. 2002)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
---Toured with the National Traditional Orchestra of China throughout the years
which
Included: United States, France, Germany (1999), Sweden, Greece, Denmark (1999),
Austria (1998), Yugoslavia, Spain (1998), former Soviet Union, Japan, Korea,
Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
---Inaugural musician in the Beijing Radio Broadcasting Station which broadcast
all over
China, and later hosted the program “Liu Hecheng Pipa Performing Art”
by the Beijing
RadioBroadcasting Station. (1985)
---Liu Hechang Solo Concert, Beijing, China (June, 1996)
---Melody of the Friendship between China and Korea for President Kim Dae Jung.
(Nov. 1998)
---National Traditional Orchestra of China Gala Concert at the Chicago Symphony
Center, Chicago (August, 2000)
---Hecheng Liu Solo Concert, San Francisco, CA (February, 2001)
---World Music Masters in Concert, Berkeley, CA (March, 2001)
---Solo with “Melody of China” Concert, San Francisco, CA (March,
2001)
---Goldman Environmental Prize, San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, San
Francisco, CA (April, 2001)
---Joy to Music, Notre Dame Theatre, San Francisco, CA (June, 2001)
---The Jumping Buddha Ensemble Concert—Featuring Pipa Virtuoso of the
National
Traditional Orchestra of China, San Francisco, CA (June, 2001)
---A Peek at Beijing Opera, San Jose, CA (October, 2001)
---Jean Macduff Vaux Composer in Residence, Bun-Ching Lam Center, Oakland, CA
(April, 2002)
---Chinese Cultural Center “2002 Students Presentation”, Sunnyvale,
CA (June, 2002)
---San Francisco Guzheng Society Annual Concert, San Francisco, CA (October,
2002)
---The Jumping Buddha Ensemble at the Copia, Napa, CA (February, 2003)
---The Beijing Chamber Orchestra presents “Lunar New Year Celebration”,
Santa Rosa
Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA (February, 2003)
---The Jumping Buddha Ensemble, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA (June, 2003)
---The Jumping Buddha Ensemble with Marc Huestis presents “WAR IS OVER”
at the
Castro Theater, San Francisco, CA (July, 2003)
---San Francisco World Music Festival, San Francisco, CA (September, 2003)
---The Beijing Chamber Orchestra in “World Music Concert”, Petaluma,
CA
(October, 2003)
---The Beijing Chamber Orchestra presents “Asian Impressions”, Santa
Rosa, CA
(February, 2005)