Guangzhou · Liu Yutong’s ‘Breeze on Groove’ Solo Concert

Liu Yutong’s music blends Chinese-style R&B with jazz, funk, and soul, creating a breeze-like sensation that effortlessly engulfs you in a comfortable and relaxed musical atmosphere. His reinterpretation of the classic Chinese song ‘Waiting for the Wind’ combines Eastern and Western elements, offering a fresh take on a familiar melody. Liu Yutong is a renowned singer, songwriter, and music producer who graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. He is the first Chinese male singer to perform on the stage of Berklee in the United States and was the runner-up on Hunan TV’s ‘The Voice of China’. His original song ‘Waiting for the Wind’ won the Top Ten Golden Songs award at CCTV’s ‘China’s Best Songs’. He has been highly recommended by prominent figures such as Faye Wong, Na Ying, Liu Huan, Sun Nan, Wang Leehom, Yao Chen, Shu Qi, and more. His album ‘Alternate Lover’ was released in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, winning multiple awards, including the ‘Best Newcomer of the Year’ at the Hong Kong新城Mandarin Music Awards.

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Liu Yutong has performed at world-renowned venues such as the Apollo Theater in New York, the House of Blues in Hollywood, the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the Beijing National Library Concert Hall, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, and the Cotai Arena in Macau. He has also appeared on major television programs on NBC in the United States, CCTV, Hunan TV, Dragon TV, Zhejiang TV, Jiangsu TV, and Beijing TV. As a music producer, he has created and produced songs and albums for many well-known artists, with notable works including Sun Nan’s ‘Exhilarating’, ‘Brothers’, and ‘Your Kindness to Me’, Na Ying and Yao Chen’s ‘Lone Sail’, Liu Yuning’s ‘Fruit’, Zheng Yunlong’s ‘Sink’, Yang Peian’s ‘Men’s Hearts’, and ‘Sending off a Friend’ by Chen Chusheng, and Bai Xiaobai’s ‘Innate’.

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He has been involved in the music creation and production for TV dramas such as ‘Holiday Warm Sunshine’, ‘Real Men’, and ‘Secret Investigation’, and films like ‘Calling Love from the Center of the World’ and ‘Fatigued City’. Liu Yutong has performed at the opening ceremonies of the Beijing International Film Festival and the Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Festival. He has been titled a UN World Youth Ambassador, served as the spokesperson for Gionee mobile phones, and has been recognized as a ‘Caring for Left-Behind Children’ celebrity public welfare ambassador for three consecutive years. As an outstanding young musician from mainland China, Liu Yutong has combined his rich musical experiences from both China and abroad to create his unique musical style and path, as well as a unique singing method known as ‘singing in a speaking manner’.

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Liu Yutong has collaborated with many well-known domestic and international musicians, including John Legend, Stevie Wonder, Mike Posner, Bob Ludwig, Liu Huan, Sun Nan, Na Ying, Zhang Yadong, Vincent Fang, and Kim Pei-da. He has received unanimous recognition and praise from industry insiders. Lineup: Vocal: Liu Yutong. Drums: Nie Xin. Guitars: Sun Chen. Keys/Rapper: José. Keys/key bass: Deng Peitong. About the musicians. Guitarist: Sun Chen. Since childhood, he has studied jazz drums and guitar. During school, he served as the lead guitarist and drummer of several bands and participated in various performances on and off campus. He studied in Taiwan as an exchange student. Currently, he is the guitarist of the Golden Jazz Ensemble and the Youth Big Band. He also participated in large-scale music events such as the Hengqin Jazz Music Festival, the Qin’ao New Year Concert, and the launching ceremony of the Hengqin Music Plaza.

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Keyboard/Rapper: José. José, a post-00s multi-style keyboardist/rapper. He started learning to play the piano at the age of four. In 2020, he adapted Portuguese folk pop songs into piano pieces and recorded two solo concerts for TDM Macau (local news radio channel). He is now active in performances at various venues and stages in Macau, China, and is engaged in jazz trios/instrumental music/bands/piano solos and pop music.

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Drummer: Nie Xin. Chinese young jazz drummer and educator. Endorsement artist for Chinese Han Banner drumsticks, Gentleman drums, and Turkish handmade cymbals Masterwork. Founder and leader of the Golden Jazz Big Band. Initiator and artistic director of Zhuhai [Hengqin Jazz Music Week]. Holder of a bachelor’s degree in Chinese percussion at Guangzhou Xinghai Conservatory of Music and a master’s degree in jazz percussion at the University of Texas at Arlington. He has studied jazz drumming under Izumi Koga, Ed Soph, and Mike Drake. He has been invited to participate in the Taihu Jazz Music Festival at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Changchun Jazz Music Festival, Guangzhou Jazz Music Festival, Greeley Jazz Music Festival in the United States, Dallas Jazz Music Festival, and Dubrovnik Jazz Festival in Croatia. He and his band have toured in Italy and performed live on Italian National Radio (RAI). He has participated in the Greater Bay Area concert on CCTV-1 twice. In 2017, he formed and participated in the key cultural project of Golden Jazz – [Cross Music], the creation and recording of Chinese opera fused with jazz. He led the [Cross Music] orchestra on tours to Texas, Cincinnati and other places in the United States. This project was awarded the honor of the 2018 ‘Belt and Road’ – ‘Key Investment Project in Culture and Trade’ by the Ministry of Culture.

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In the same year, he founded Zhuhai’s first jazz big band – Golden Jazz Orchestra (GJO). So far, many important large-scale performances have been held. The performance footprints cover major music festivals and theaters across the country. They have been invited to participate in the ‘Concert for the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and the Netherlands’ and the 2022 ‘The Most Beautiful Night’ Bilibili New Year’s Eve Concert. Nie Xin’s playing styles cover rock, pop, folk, classical, electronic and jazz. Since 2008, he has participated in a large number of albums, concerts, music festivals, concerts, musicals and TV music reality shows of different styles. In terms of jazz, Nie Xin has performed or recorded with the world’s top musicians, such as Bobby Shew, Antonio Hart, Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Fareed Haque, Stefan Karlsson, Richard Sussman, Mike Pope, Alessio Menconi, Gabrielle Goodman, Drew Zaremba, Tatiana ‘LadyMay’ Mayfield, Sergio Pamies, Olivier Hutman, etc. Keyboard: Deng Peitong. She began to learn piano and guzheng since childhood. At the age of 13, she began to receive systematic learning of jazz piano and composition at Golden Jazz, an authoritative jazz education institution in China. She obtained the Golden Note Genius Full Scholarship and studied under Stefan Karlsson, a Grammy-nominated jazz educator. In the Golden Jazz Orchestra, she has been constantly growing under the guidance of many experts and teachers such as Nie Xin. Since 2006, Deng Peitong has won many awards in major competitions with excellent results, including the first prize in the preliminary round of the advanced group of Chinese works in the 4th Macau-Asia Piano Open Competition, the special grand prize of the champion in the national finals of the Chinese works group in the 5th Germany Irmler International Piano Open Competition, and the ‘Best Emerging Pianist’ in the first ‘Hengqin Cup’ Jazz Competition in 2019. She has also been invited to participate in performances or receive awards in ‘Love Without Borders Charity International Concert’, Guangzhou Asian Para Games, Beijing Water Cube ‘Portraits of China’ awards ceremony in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Qinhuangdao, Xiamen and other places. She has also been invited to perform on major professional stages such as Moscow Art Center, the 13th Beijing Nine Gates Jazz Music Festival, ‘Music Brings Light’, Lang Lang’s ‘Looking for You Who Love Music’ THE ONE Global Public Welfare Piano Ceremony, Zhuhai Hengqin Music Week, Qinhuangdao Piano Music Week, Xiamen Music Festival and so on.

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In September 2019, Liu Yutong was invited to perform on the same stage with Lang Lang at Lang Lang’s meet-and-greet event of ‘Lang Lang Returns, Chongfeng Glory Re-launched’. In August 2019, he won the title of ‘Emerging Pianist’ in the individual group of the first ‘Hengqin Cup’ Jazz Competition. In 2022, he won the gold medal in the ‘2022 PAS First Jazz Piano Exhibition Competition’. In 2023, he won the first prize in the adult jazz instrumental group in the finals of the Gramophone International Music Competition in China. Opening time: Friday, December 27. Performance start time: 20:00. The specific performance duration is subject to the site.

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