Born in January 1936 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. In 1956, he was promoted directly from the affiliated middle school of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music to the undergraduate Conducting Department, studying under Professor Yang Jiaren. After graduating with distinction in 1961, he devoted himself to orchestral conducting. He is the former Principal Conductor of the National Ballet of China, a member of the 4th and 5th Council of the Chinese Musicians’ Association, a standing member of the 5th Committee of the Ministry of Education’s Arts Education Committee, the first Chairman of the China Symphony Orchestra Alliance, Vice Chairman of the Symphony Lovers Society of the Chinese Musicians’ Association, standing director of the Conductors’ Society of the Chinese Musicians’ Association, member of the Expert Committee of the Chinese National Orchestra Society, Artistic Advisor of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Senior Advisor of the Wind Instrument Society of the Chinese Musicians’ Association, director of the Music Criticism Society of the Chinese Musicians’ Association, and specially invited director of the Chinese Film Music Society. He is a first-class conductor, recipient of the China Golden Record Award, and enjoys the special government allowance issued by the State Council.
Renowned conductor
Music Director & Principal Conductor of the Southern California Symphony Orchestra (USA).
Music Director & Principal Conductor of the Huanghe Symphony Orchestra.
Dean of the School of Music, Henan Mechanical and Electrical Vocational College.
Permanent Artistic Advisor of the China National Opera & Dance Drama Theatre.
Visiting Professor of Music, Jiangxi Normal University.
Visiting Professor of the Music Department, Central South University of Forestry and Technology.
Visiting Professor, Hebei Vocational Art College.
As a professional musician, his conducting has spanned major cities and states in the United States and Canada — Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and Vancouver — as well as European and Asian countries including Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Singapore and Indonesia. His performances in the Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall and the Vienna State Opera earned him an outstanding reputation. An invitation to perform at the Crystal Cathedral in Los Angeles drew an audience of as many as 5,000, establishing him as an internationally acclaimed and active conductor of today. He has conducted and recorded music for numerous films and television programs. He has successfully conducted the operas Aida (Verdi), Carmen (Bizet), La Traviata (Verdi) and the Chinese opera The White-Haired Girl, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (Ode to Joy), and the choral symphonies Yellow River Cantata, The Long March Suite and Di Zi Gui. He has served as conductor of the China Film Orchestra and the China National Symphony Chorus, Music Director of the Hunan Symphony Orchestra and the Henan Symphony Orchestra, and Resident Conductor of the Hebei Symphony Orchestra.
A young conductor, Zhu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Conducting from the China Conservatory of Music and a Master’s degree from the New York Film Academy (USA). She studied under the renowned conductor Professor Yang Youqing, and attended the Affiliated High School of the China Conservatory of Music majoring in orchestral conducting. She was admitted to the Conducting Department of the China Conservatory of Music with the highest scores in both professional and academic examinations. She has conducted excerpts from operas including The Barber of Seville and Nabucco, receiving high praise from experts. She has collaborated with the China Conservatory of Music Youth Philharmonic on numerous performances to enthusiastic response. In 2019, she collaborated with the Beijing Forestry University Symphony Orchestra, successfully holding a personal conducting concert. She has served as conductor of the China University of Petroleum Student Choir and guest conductor of the Beijing Forestry University Symphony Orchestra.
