
Long Yu, conductor
GSO Honorary Music Director for Life , “[The] most powerful figure in China’s classical music scene”—The New York Times

Lin Daye, conductor
Music Director of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra

Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Dutch maestro, former Music Director of the New York and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestras

Lan Shui, conductor
Internationally-renowned Chinese conductor, Conductor Laureate of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Huang Yi, conductor
GSO Music Director

Sun Jaya, piano
A rising star among China’s pianists

Jacek Kaspszyk
Polish maestro, Music and Artistic Director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Zhang Guoyong, conductor
Music Director of the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra and Guiyang Symphony Orchestra

Wing-sie Yip, Conductor
Internationally renowned conductor and Music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, GSO’s first Music Director

Wang Jian, Cello
One of the most respected cellists in the world, he describes himself as “stubborn cello warrior”

The Ju Percussion Group
The troupe’s name is synonymous with percussion in Taiwan and beyond

Yang Yang, conductor
Music Director, China National Opera House;Artistic Director, Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra

Tan Dun, Conductor/Composer
Celebrated international composer, widely praised as China’s “supreme genius”

Ralph van Raat, Piano
Renowned pianist and musicologist, one of Holland’s most prominent champions of contemporary music

Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Swiss maestro who has served as Music Director and Chief Conductor in many world-class orchestras, Music Director of the Canton International Summer Music Academy (2005–2007)

Zhu Huiling, mezzo-soprano
Mezzo-soprano active on Europe’s opera stages and winner of multiple international vocal competitions

Yu Feng, conductor
Celebrated conductor and President of the Central Conservatory of Music

Olga Peretyatko, soprano
Russian soprano, one of the world’s most sought-after operatic artists

Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Celebrated Greek violinist and winner of top prizes at the Paganini and Sibelius Competitions

Kirill Gerstein, piano
American pianist of Russian descent, winner of the Gilmore Artist Award and ECHO Klassik Award

Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin
American violinist and avid chamber musician, Concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic