Liu Sola ( aka: Liu Suola) , Composer, Vocalist, Writer.
LiuSola is a world- renowned composer, a highly individualistic vocalist and a major award winning contemporary writer.
Her two new works include a chamber opera Fantasy of the Red Queen (2006), performed by Ensemble Modern/Germany together with Liu Sola & Friends Chinese ensemble. Liu Sola is the libretto and music composer, as well as the director and leading vocalist for the opera.
The chamber opera The Afterlife of Li Jiantong] (2009) is an important work she created libretto and music to dedicated to her mother, a Chinese political - historical writer. This piece was commissioned by Barbican centre London, Danish Royal Opera and Paul Hillier/Theatre of Voices, performed by the Theatre of Voices.
In the 80’s, after graduating from the Central Conservatory of Music with a degree in composition, she achieved early success with her best - selling & award-winning novella You Have no Choice. Her literature work received not only critical praise but also became cult reading for the young generation and has remained so up to today.
From 1988 to 2002, she lived first in London and then in New York, collaborating with many music masters and gave performances worldwide. Her music compositions including film, theatre sound tracks, orchestra, modern, early music ensembles, rock, jazz band and Chinese ensemble so on. Her early albums include Blues in the East, China Collage and Haunts so on. She is the founder of Liu Sola & Friends ensemble, which is made up of all top Chinese instrumental soloists. Over the years, Liu Sola & Friends ensemble has become a highlight group for many major festivals around the world.
Liu Sola (Liu Suola)’s writings have been translated into different languages and published in major publishing houses worldwide. Her most important novel is Small Tales of the Great Ji Family (2000) written in New York, This political-mythological novel has published in Chinese as Da Ji Jia de Xiao Gu Shi or Nv Zhen Tang, and has been translated into Italian and French, Published in Einaudi Publishers and Seuil publishers. Besides fictions, She has written many best selling essays on music, art and women issues in China, such as Liu Sola on the Move, The lipstick talk so on.
Liu was an international board member of the House of World Cultures (HKW. Germany) from 2002-2006; and she was co-curator for UCHRI / SECT: Designing China in 2009.
