WEI LIANG

TENOR

Wei Liang, tenor, was born in China in September 1995. He holds a Master’s degree from the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Turin and is currently pursuing a doctorate in music at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. For the 2023/2024 season, he was selected as a member of the Young Artists Program at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw and presently serves as a resident artist at the Opéra National de Paris.

Wei Liang has graced the stages of numerous international festivals and concert halls. In 2019, he was featured in Italy Meets China, a concert under the auspices of the Teresa Bellò Project. He appeared the following year in San Giacomo in Music in Brindisi, and in 2021 performed both at the Brindisi Music Festival and the In-Canto concert in Savigliano. The year 2022 marked a particularly prolific chapter in his career: he took part in Universo AIDA – Exoticism in Music at the University of Turin, joined the Amici di Renato Bruson concert presented by the Circolo Lirico Torinese, sang Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle in Brindisi, and was invited to the XXII edition of the Tea Time Concert in Avigliana. That same year, he also gave a series of three themed recitals—in Italian, German, and French—at Théâtre 20 in Montréal, Canada. In 2023, he was a guest artist at the Provence Music Festival, presenting a program devoted to the works of Giuseppe Verdi, and made his operatic debut as Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Angels Vocal Art Center in Los Angeles.

His artistic journey has also included numerous appearances in his native China, including concerts at the Gengsu Theatre and Nantong University.

Wei Liang is the recipient of multiple accolades: second prize at the China-Russia Cup International Competition (2016); third prize at the Nantong University Talent Competition (2016); second prize at the Jiangsu Province University Vocal Competition (2016); and first prize in the Lied category at the Hong Kong International Singing Competition (2017). He was a semifinalist in the prestigious Renato Bruson International Competition (2017) and was awarded the Palermo Opera Prize for the 2024–2025 season (Montréal, 2022). In 2023, he distinguished himself at the Ada Sari International Vocal Art Competition in Poland, receiving four honors: second prize, Best Singer Award, Polish National Opera Prize, and the Warsaw Lyric Association Award. That same year, he was awarded first prize at the International Tenor Competition held at Szczecin Castle Opera.