Liang Zhang was born in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China in 1979. He started practicing piano at the age of 5 and attended theMusicElementary SchoolandMusicMiddle Schoolattached to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

 

 

Apart from conducting, Zhang Liang also performed often as a pianist. He accompanied Peter Lukas Graf, the master Swiss flutist and one of three masters of the world, and also played in a number of chamber music concerts.

 

He performed many times with soloists from a number of countries and regions, including Germany, Austria, France, Mexico, Spain, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, andTaiwan. In the most recent few years, he released a number of albums with outstanding musicians from China.

 

The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) is one of the leading orchestras in China today.

 

 

Founded in 1950 as a radio orchestra and renamed Shanghai Film Orchestra in 1956, it was given its present name in 2004 and presented its first concert subscription under the baton of chief conductor Zuohuang Chen. He was followed by Muhai Tang in 2009. Since the 2016/17 season, Yi Zhang has been Chief Conductor of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.