Liu Gang

Liu Gang is a Chinese baritone and opera singer from Shandong, and the first doctoral graduate in Vocal Performance from the Central Conservatory of Music. He was a visiting scholar at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory and participated in the Asia-Pacific International Youth Program of Ticino Musica. He currently serves as an associate professor and master’s supervisor at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music and is also a doctoral supervisor at Krirk University. In addition, he holds teaching and advisory roles at several institutions, including Yan'an University and Shanxi Provincial Vocational and Technical College of Arts, and frequently serves as an adjudicator for international competitions such as the Chuncheon International Vocal Competition and the BRUSCANTINI International Vocal Competition.

His doctoral research focused on the operas of Gaetano Donizetti, culminating in a solo recital dedicated to Donizetti’s works and a doctoral dissertation on the composer. He has also studied German and Austrian art songs, particularly those of Gustav Mahler, presenting a recital of Mahler’s art songs. His academic work explores the integration of bel canto technique with Chinese vocal music and the application of technology in vocal performance and pedagogy, and he has published several research articles in major academic journals.

As a performer, he has appeared in leading roles in numerous operas and large-scale vocal works, including Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. His operatic roles include Figaro and the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Germont in La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore and Malatesta in Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti, Escamillo in Carmen by Georges Bizet, the title role in Gianni Schicchi and Marcello in La Bohèmeby Giacomo Puccini, the Stone Guest in Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner, and Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini.