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廖國敏 Kuokman Lio

被《費城詢問報》評為「擁有令人吃驚的指揮才能」，廖國敏曾於巴黎舉行的史維特拉諾夫指揮大賽取得桂冠，並擔任費城管絃樂團音樂總監亞尼克‧聶澤-賽金的助理指揮，這也是該團歷史上首度由華人出任助理指揮，近期被委任為香港創樂團的音樂總監，他曾與世界各地許多知名管絃樂團合作，包括了費城管絃樂團、鹿特丹愛樂、法國廣播愛樂、首爾愛樂，以及丹麥國家交響樂團等。

近期的重要演出則包括了NHK交響樂團、底特律交響樂團、東京都交響樂團，於香港演出普契尼《波西米亞人》新製作，與費城管絃樂團於瓦爾山谷音樂節演出，與華沙小交響樂團於法國拉羅克當泰隆音樂節、南特與日本熱狂之日音樂節演出，以及中國國家主席習近平出席的香港管絃樂團慶祝音樂會。

即將到來的樂季中，也將首次與莫斯科愛樂以及京都交響樂團合作。廖國敏在歌劇指揮上也同樣受到歡迎，曾指揮許多歌劇作品，包括《愛情靈藥》、《丑角》、《杜蘭朵公主》、《遊唱詩人》、《弄臣》、《卡門》，並曾受指揮大師葛濟夫之邀，客席馬林斯基劇院，指揮林姆斯基-高沙可夫的作品《普斯科夫少女》。作為一位鋼琴演奏家，他曾以獨奏家之姿與許多樂團合作，包括薩爾茲堡室內樂團與沃斯堡交響樂團。廖國敏在香港表演藝術學院、茱莉亞音樂院、寇蒂斯音樂學院、新英格蘭學院獲得其學位，曾師事奧托－維爾納‧繆勒、休‧沃爾夫，並在大師班受教於賽門‧拉圖爵士、邁可‧提爾森·湯瑪斯、李汶、艾森巴哈、與艾倫‧吉爾伯特。

廖國敏也是澳門室內樂協會的創始成員與主席，香港與澳門均頒發證書及文化功績獎章，以表彰其對藝術的貢獻。

Paised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as ‘a startling conducting talent’, Lio Kuokman was the laureate at the Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in Paris. Lio has served as assistant conductor to music director Yannick Nézet-Seguin at the Philadelphia Orchestra, the first Chinese conductor to be appointed in this position in the history of the orchestra and recently appointed as the Music Director of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. Lio has worked with many leading orchestras around the world including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Radio France Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic and Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

Recent highlights include debut with the NHK Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, a new opera production of Puccini’s La bohème in Hong Kong, Vail festival with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Festival de la Roque d’Anthéron in France with Sinfonia Varsovia and return to Nantes and Japan La Folle Journée Festival, and a celebration concert conducting the Hong Kong Philharmonic with the presence of the President of China Xi Jinping. His coming season highlight include debut with the Moscow Philharmonic and subscription debut with the Kyoto Symphony. Equally sought after as an opera conductor, Lio has conducted in many opera productions including L’elisir d’amore, Pagliacci, Turandot, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Carmen and was invited by Maestro Valery Gergiev to be the guest conductor at the Mariinsky theatre conducting Rimsky-Kosarkov’s The Maid of Pskov. As a pianist, he has performed as soloist with many orchestras including the Salzburg Camerata and the Fort Worth Symphony. Lio received his degree from the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory. He has studied with Otto-Werner Mueller and Hugh Wolff and in master-classes coached by Sir Simon Rattle, Michael Tilson Thomas, James Levine, Christopher Eschenbach and Alan Gilbert. Lio is a founding member and President of the Macao Chamber Music Association. For his contributions to the development of arts and culture, Lio has received Certificate of Commendation and Medal of Cultural Merit from both governments of Hong Kong and Macao.