LI Biao, a young tenor, Vocal & Language Preparation/Diction lecturer at the School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He has received a dual master’s degree from Milan Conservatory (Conservatorio di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi"di Milan), Italy, and Music College of Capital Normal University. LI is the Young Artist contracting with Tiroler Festspiele of Austria, Auditorio de Tenerife of Spain, and Opéra National de Lyon of France (being the only Asian artist contracting with it under the Young Artist Program in the last ten years). He resided in Europe for 8 years, and worked with many famous conductors and directors, including Gustav Kuhn, Giampaolo Bisanti, Andriy Yurkevyvch, and Mario Pontiggia. He also collaborated with many well-known orchestras, such as the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Italy, the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milano, Italy, and the Orchestra at Tyrolean Festspiele Erl, Austria. While residing in Europe, as a leggiero tenor, LI performed more than 20 operas written by Rossini, Mozart, Donizetti, and other famous composers, including Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), L’italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Così Fan Tutte (Women Are Like That), and Don Pasquale, among which La Cenerentola (Cinderella) has been performed for more than 30 times in multiple opera houses in Europe. In addition, he held several solo concerts and performed in many religious concerts.

Since 2020, he has shifted the focus to China and tried the role of the lyric tenor. Worked with Li Wei, a famous opera director in China, LI performed Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet), and Puccini’s La Bohème at Hangzhou Neo-Classical Music Festival, which have been broadcasted on CCTV Music Channel and earned high praise in the industry. LI won the third place in the 33rd “Pietro Boni” International Singing Competition, and second place in the 8th “Magda Olivero” International Singing Competition in Italy. He was one of the top ten tenors in the “Prix Shimizu” International Competition for Tenors of the World held by the National Theatre in Prague. He was the judge of the 23rd “Pietro Argento” International Vocal Music Competition (Shanghai Division) and SMC International Music Competition in Singapore.