Maestro Xiao Lu Li shares his thoughts on his world renowned accomplishments as a symphonic conductor of international acclaim, insights on cross cultural relations and the impact of the arts on Chinese society.

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About Maestro Xiao-Lu Li 

Maestro Xiao-Lu Li’s reputation as a symphonic conductor and concert violinist of international acclaim has been affirmed from East to West, from the Shanghai Concert Hall to Carnegie Hall in New York City.  On July 2 of 1989, Allan Kozinn of the New York Times reviewed him as “a violinist with varied coloration and a capable and eloquent recitalist.”  The China News Service in Beijing said “Xiao-Lu Li’s art of conducting totally mesmerized the audience at the Shanghai Symphony’s concert (June 12, 1995).  A man of large physical stature, he has the foundation of a violinist, so he is familiar with the orchestra.  When he lifted his baton, he was in total control, just as a great jockey is in total control of his horse.  Although he was never a protégé of a famous maestro, his conducting technique and musicianship ensure that there is a major future ahead for him as a conductor of a major orchestra.” Music Critic Milton Moore of The Day in Connecticut said “the young conductor who is an athletic and vigorous figure on the podium showed a keen sense of dynamics and orchestra color.  The violin sections have seldom had better intonation and unity.  Li has let- or perhaps made- every soloist sound like a star. “

     Maestro Li has been a guest conductor with the China National Symphony in Beijing, the Shanghai Symphony, the New Polish Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, the Greensboro (NC) Symphony, the Lake Forest Symphony (Chicago), the Shreveport Symphony, the Mobile Symphony, the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Caracas and the Symphony Orchestra of Maricaibo, Venezuela among others.  He has also conducted as a candidate for a permanent conducting position with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Nashville Symphony and the New Jersey  Symphony Orchestra.           

    Since his arrival in the USA in 1983 to study at the Cleveland Institute of Music with a full scholarship, Mr. Li was on the full time faculty of North Carolina State University as professor of violin and director of the University Orchestra (1986-1992).  He was music director and conductor of the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra in Lafayette, Louisiana from 1992-2002.

    Maestro Li’s success as a builder of orchestras, including his talent for audience development and fund-raising along with his exceptional business acumen has been recognized all over the world, including CBS Sunday Morning, with Charles Osgood, and the ASOL Symphony magazine.  In 1988, he received a special Outstanding Artist award from the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and in 1997, Governor Murphy J. Foster honored Maestro Li the highest award for any artist- the Outstanding Professional Artist in the State of Louisiana, and Gov. Foster appointed him to the Louisiana Music Commission.  In 2003, Maestro Li was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal for his work with the China National Symphony Orchestra in Beijing where he was the Principal Conductor for the past year and a half.  He is currently Music Director/Principal Conductor of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra in addition to his position with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra. He and his violinist wife Yang Yang have two daughters, Jacqueline and Christina and reside in Lafayette, Louisiana. 

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