





In 2007, Peijong Hsieh became the Production Manager for the Divine Performing Arts world tour, which covered almost 30 cities around the globe. She also served as a piano accompanist for various soloists in the production. Beginning in 2004 Ms. Hsieh has assisted in the production of the Chinese New Year Spectacular hosted by New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV), and later became the Production Manager for the 2006 North American tour. Ms. Hsieh is no stranger to the stage. In her native Taiwan she started taking lessons in piano, viola, and ballet at the age of six. Coming to the U.S. as a teenager to pursue her music study, Ms. Hsieh received her bachelor's and master's degrees in piano performance respectively at Boston University and Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. In recognition of her outstanding contribution to the 2007 tour Ms. Hsieh received a Proclamation from New York Senator Thomas Duane honoring her.
In 2007, Ying Han began working with Divine Performing Arts where she was solely responsible for the projection operation for almost 100 shows in 8 countries on stages including Radio City Music Hall in New York, and Kodak theatre in Los Angeles, home of the Academy Awards. Since 2002 Ms. Han has worked for New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) in the production department as a Video Editor and Graphic Designer. In 2004 she transitioned to the background design team, creating digital backgrounds for NTDTV's Chinese New Year Spectacular. The following year Ms. Han assumed the additional task of Projection Engineer, a responsibility that has her cue and control images displayed on the backdrop of the stage.
One of China's most celebrated tenors of recent decades, Guimin Guan was among the first artists named "First-Class Performer" by China's Ministry of Culture and has been honored by China's Foreign Ministry as an "Outstanding Professional and Contributor." Mr. Guan is a graduate of China's Central Conservatory of Music and rose to stardom in the late 1970s through recording film soundtracks as a soloist with the China Film Orchestra. His voice is known for its brightness, great agility, and boundless energy in the high register. By integrating bel canto technique with Chinese vocal methods, Mr. Guan has mastered a wide range of styles and performs them with great ease and clarity of diction. Many of the songs premiered and popularized by him in the 1980s and 1990s have maintained a firm place in 20th century China's musical tradition. Since relocating to the United States Mr. Guan has served as the Artistic Director of the China-U.S. Artists' Association.
For over three decades, Rutang Chen was a cellist for China's Central Philharmonic Society Orchestra, the predecessor of the China National Symphony Orchestra. In the Society, Mr. Chen developed into a sensitive artist, conductor, and capable music administrator. He was also given the official designation "National First-Class Performer" for his mastery of the cello. As the Society's manager from 1983 to 1990, Mr. Chen organized hundreds of educational concerts to promote public interest in symphonic music. He was the key figure in bringing about the momentous "Spring of Orchestral Music in Beijing" in 1986; these concerts saw the participation of over 800 musicians, including 11 top Chinese conductors. Broadcast throughout China, the event was a grand success and has become a landmark in the musical history of Beijing. Mr. Chen has conducted the Central Philharmonic Society Orchestra, the Central Philharmonic Society Chorus, the Inner Mongolia Broadcast Performing Arts Troupe Orchestra, and the orchestra of the Shenzhen School of the Arts. In 2004 he served as Artistic Director for NTDTV's Chinese New Year performance. Currently, he conducts both the Divine Land Marching Band and the Divine Performing Arts Orchestra.
Erhuist Xiaochun Qi is a graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 1991, she received the Performer's Award at the 14th "Spring of Shanghai" International Erhu Competition. Ms. Qi's 2003 performance of music from "The Joy Luck Club" with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra was ethusiastically received. Recently, her busy performing schedule has taken her to many major cities, including Geneva (Switzerland), Boston, New York, Toronto, and Houston.
Chia-Chi Lin has been a first violinist in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for fifteen years. At the age of three-and-a-half she started playing the violin and has since won many awards. After graduating from high school in Taiwan, she moved to the United States to pursue further education in music at a number of institutions, including Rice University and the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Ms. Lin also received a full two-year scholarship to participate in Colorado's Aspen Festival. After completing her studies, Ms. Lin became the Principal Second Violinist of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. In 1992, she joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.





