He has won top prizes in major singing contests both at home and abroad, especially between 1996 and 1997 when he won three first prizes in the 41st International Singing Competition of Toulouse, Domingo World Opera Competition and Queen Sonja International Music Competition. His remarkable performance won applaud from world music circles and he started his cooperation with opera great Placido Domingo since then.
He has been touring around the world to perform with opera great Placido Domingo, José Carreras and Ruth Ann Swenson successfully. His perfect singing won him a high status in the international opera circle.
Liao Changyong has acted leading roles in numerous opera classics, including The Barber of Seville, Rigoletto, Don Carlo, Carmen, Faust, Camille, Trovatore and A Masked Ball. And he has won medals, awards and honors awarded by China, Shanghai, USA, Belgium, etc. He has been devoted to the creation and performing of Chinese original operas and art songs in recent years. He joined the 2016 G20 Summit as an outstanding talent of China.
He is now a deputy of the National People’s Congress, a member of the Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress, vice chairman of Chinese Musician Association, vice chairman of the Shanghai Musician Association, a member of the leading group of Shanghai Literary Federation and vice chairman of Chengdu Literary Federation.
