Director of the Suzuki Violin Academy and Conductor of the Orchestra 
Selected 2003 Outstanding University
Faculty Member |
Dr. Kexi Liu , a
native of Beijing China, came to the United States in 1984. He received his
Master of Music Degree at East Carolina University in 1987 and earned his
Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
in 1993. He is the first person to receive a doctorate in violin performance in
the University of North Carolina system and is also the first from Mainland
China to receive such a degree. Since 1991, he has been on the music faculty at
Missouri Southern State University. He is currently an associate professor of
music at MSSU, director of Suzuki Violin Academy, and director of Southern
Symphony Orchestra. Before he came to America, he had been a first violin in
the China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra for ten years and had taught at
Beijing Broadcasting College for several years.
Liu is an active performer. He performs frequently solo recitals and chamber
music concerts in America, Asia, and Europe. He has also been concertmaster of
several orchestras in America. He is enthusiastic about introducing Chinese
music to American people. He performed the American premiere of the first
Chinese violin concerto, Liang and Zhu-The Butterfly Lovers, in 1992 and
conducted the American premiere of the string orchestra version of The
Reflection of the Moon on Erquan Spring.
Dr. Liu is a published author. His publications in music include two books
and an article on violin teaching published in the prestigious British journal, The Strad. |