Lio Kuokman, JP

Currently serving as Resident Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) and Programme Director of the Macao International Music Festival. He was the second prize winner of the third Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in Paris with Audience Prize and Orchestra Prize, and he has served as the first Chinese Assistant Conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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Lio has successfully collaborated with many leading orchestras across the globe. Recently he was invited as the first Chinese conductor to conduct a subscription concert with the Vienna Symphony, and he also received an invitation by the French government to lead the first Saudi Arabia performance tour with Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. He completed ten performances in Taiwan with NTSO, appeared at Music in PyeongChang Festival, and conducted the Season Finale concert with the HK Phil.