Lang Ning Liu is dedicated to reviving modern and classical repertoire, whose performances are noted for coupling breathtaking technical mastery with profound and eloquent musicality. Her uncommon artistic range and the compelling immediacy of her interpretations invite listeners to distinctively original concert experiences. Anthony Tommasini of New York Times hailed her as "a sensitive, extremely compelling artist", and praised her "elegant pianism, warmth and artistic maturity". Musical America has remarked of her "miraculous strength and confident breadth".

This season Lang Ning Liu’s international highlights will take her to three continents around the world, including a return visit to the Liao Ning Philharmonic and a debut performance with the Gijon International Festival orchestra in Spain, as well as recitals and chamber performances in New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, and Beijing. During the past few seasons Lang Ning Liu has enjoyed successful performances all around the world. In 2008, she made her debut recital in the Gijon International Music Festival by playing the inaugural concert that was attended by some of Northern Spain’s dignitaries. Lang Ning Liu has recently returned from a concert tour of several major cities in China with the Liao Ning Philharmonic. In 2004, Ms. Liu’s New York premiere of the Emerson Concerto by Charles Ives with The Juilliard Orchestra and Anne Manson brought the cheering audience to its feet. She has also performed as a guest soloist with numerous orchestras including the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra, Shreveport Symphony, Southern Missouri Symphony, Liao Ning Philharmonic, Cathedral Bluffs Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, University of Toronto Wind Ensemble, and the Asian Youth Orchestra. Ms. Liu has premiered and recorded commissioned works by several Canadian composers, including the works of Vincent Ho, Clifford Crawley.

A native of China, Lang Ning Liu began her piano studies at the age of 6, though largely self-taught except for some guidance by her mother. She made her debut in a local auditorium when she was 8. At the age of 11, Lang Ning Liu entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing with the highest mark. During her studies there, Lang Ning Liu made her orchestral debut in 1992 with the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, and was the first and second laureate in the China-France Mi Do International Piano Competition and the Xing Hai National Piano Competition respectively. Lang Ning Liu entered the Glenn Gould School in Toronto on full scholarship at the age of 17 where she began her undergraduate studies as a student of Marietta Orlov. Recently, she completed her studies in Master of Music in Piano Performance at The Juilliard School in New York under the tutelage of Julian Martin, and studied chamber music with Jerome Lowenthal and Seymour Lipkin.

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