CHEN Xieyang －
Music Director & Principal Conductor Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

Chen Xieyang had his musical training at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where he studied conducting with Prof. HUANG Xiaotong.

　　In 1965, he became Resident Conductor of Shanghai Ballet Orchestra and led its tour to North Korea, Japan, Canada and France in the 1970s. In the 1980s he presided over the production of the Song Cycle of Chinese Revolutions . In the last 20 years, he has earned great honors on his tour to North America, Europe, Russia, and Southeast Asia. In 1998, 1999, and 2000 he led the Central Chinese Traditional Music Orchestra on tours to many cities in Austria, Germany, Denmark, France and the United States. The concerts at Grosser-Saal, Wien and Lincoln Center, New York were he conducted received great reviews.

　　Chen has recorded scores of Chinese and western orchestral works including the complete symphonies by Beethoven and works of DING Shande. The recording of Violin Concerto The Butterfly Lovers was awarded “Gold Record” Prize by the China Records Co. in 1987. Since then his name has appeared many times in Who's Who in the World of Music by Cambridge Biographic Center.

　　A first rank conductor of China,CHEN Xieyang holds the position of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra's Music Director. He is vice chairman of the Shanghai Musicians Association, member of China Musicians Association's Standing Committee, and chairman of Shanghai Symphonic Music Lovers Society.