- Süddeutsche Zeitung

 

- Budapest Daily

 

- Kronen Zeitung

 

- La Repubblica

 

Born in Nanking, China, Li Biao began his musical studies at five years old. In 1982 he entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing to study percussion. In 1988, he was selected by the Chinese government as the first percussionist to study in Moscow at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Learning from V. Sniegerew, Li Biao graduated with a master degree of first honor. After winning the DAAD scholarship, Li continued his music education at the Munich Conservatory of Music in Germany and graduated with a Master Diploma. He ever attained rewards in many international prestigious competitions during his pupillage, such as the first Debrecen Percussion Competition, he became the first Chinese, who won the international percussion competition.

 

As a talented soloist, Li is competent in performing an extensive range of musical work. Li Biao gave a great number of solo recitals during various music festivals, cooperated with renowned orchestras and chamber ensembles including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphoniker, the Verona Opera, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the MengPei Column’s Opera, the Franz List Chamber Orchestra, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra, the China National Symphony Orchestra, the China Philharmonic Orchestra, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and many others around the world, working with leading conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Christoph Eschenbach, Lawrence Foster, Jonathan Nott, just to name a few. Li has performed his percussion pieces in more than 70 countries.

 

In 2008, Li Biao and his percussion group were invited to perform at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and 2009. Li Biao led his percussion group to hold a series of concerts in 12 cities in China. From April to May 2009, Li Biao delivered 22 concerts on a trans-era tour of eight European countries.

 

 

Li Biao Percussion Group was founded in 2005 by Li, one of the few solo percussionists reputable in the international music scene and the first Chinese percussion professor teaching at the prestigious Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin since 2006. He boasts an extensive repertoire as a soloist and has collaborated with renowned orchestras, including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Bamberger Symphoniker. Together with five talented German and Danish ambassadors of percussion music, Li masters diverse musical styles, bridging classics and contemporary, East and West. Over the last decade, their captivating performances have brought them to seven countries in South America, multiple appearances in China including a recording for the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and to world-class concert halls like the Elbphilharmonie in 2018.

 

Alex Gloggler
Li Biao
Lukas Bohm
Philipp Jungk
Ronni Wenzell
Rudi Bauer

 

Program:
Rudi Bauer: Seven Seas
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in D Major
Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood
George Hamilton Green: Ragtime Suite
Minoru Miki: Marimba Spirituals

- Intermission -

J.S.Bach: Italian Concerto. BMV 971 1.mov.Allegro
W.REIFENDER: Crossover for Snare Drum Solo
Philipp Jungk: Taklamakan
PIAZZOLLA Pieces
Escualo
La Muerte del Angel
Libertango
Rusell Peck: Lift off

The programme is subjected to change