SHUTONG LI
Shutong Li currently serves as the conductor of the Bard Chinese Ensemble at the US-China Music Institute in New York. He is also the assistant conductor of the annual NY China Now Festival and Bard East/West Ensemble. From 2017-2019, he founded a chamber orchestra called “Musicians For Musicians” in New Mexico and organized and conducted 19 projects with 38 public concerts, which hosted over 50 young opera singers and instrumental soloists. At that time, he also served as chief conductor of the Symphony of Albuquerque and UNM Health Sciences Centers Orchestra. Shutong has also worked with groups such as the Dolce Suono Chorus, the NY Concert Chorale, the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, the State Opera Stara Zagora, The Orchestra Now, and the Dédalo Ensemble.