General Artistic Director & Conductor
Mr. Wanjun Qiao, so diligent and talented, sociable and popular, young and experienced among the Chinese overseas artists in performing art, in Boston, also in North America, has really won his remarkable merits and honors through his perseverance in the past 20 years. In fact, his career achievements and his personal integrity have earned him such high prestige and worthy fame for all his work – in China or the USA. He is president of Boston Chinese Performing Art Association (since 1998), and, now also President of North America Performing art Association. Mr. Qiao began his professional career in 1988, when he earned the famous Central Conservatory in Beijing with academic distinction, and majored in Orchestra Department, where he served as Chairman of the Students Council, head of the band of Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra, also, in 1988, a panel member of musicians at Beijing Music Hall. Strong-willed and aiming high, Qiao came to the US in 1993 – to pursue his further studies at Berkeley College of Music with full scholarship.
Ever since 1985, Mr. Qiao has exerted himself in his line. He worked in Beijing as director and conductor of the Classical Art Troupe and the Wind Instruments Troupe (1986-1987) respectively. When working in the Youth Symphony Orchestra, he paid a couple of visits to some foreign countries along with his troupe. In the States, he has composed, also published, quite a few musical pieces, e.g. “Oh!, Hong Kong”, a vocal one, composed in good time to celebrate HK’s return to China, was warmly praised, by his first audience in 1997, for his marvelous creativity with impressive effect. From October 1997, he began to serve in Boston Yellow River Art Troupe as its conductor. In the past eight years, Mr. Qiao, as General Supervisor in Art, and Chief Designer, has successfully organized various grand concerts in Boston, and New England area, such as “99 Bright Spring”, (with most famous artists from the CCTV’ 99 Spring Festival Programs), “Lu Siqing’s Solo Concert”, “Song and Dance Concert for the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the PCR”, “Yin Chengzong Solo Concert” and a series of other great musical activities, like the 6th international Chorus Festival in Beijing (2002) with two grand awards, Idaho International Chorus Festival (2004), Montreal International Chorus Festival (2005) as one of the best chorus troupes, the 4th World Choir Game in Xiamen, China with silver and bronze awards. So, Mr. Qiao has done his best with his admirable achievements, and he is confident to march toward still greater career goals, for art and cultural exchanges between the East and the West. |
Dir. Qiao Wanjun |