Education
Born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Lü studied piano at an early age. In 1988, he was accepted in conducting course held by maestro Gennady Rozhdestvensky in Accademia Musicale Chigiana and graduated as the only recipient of Diploma di Honore.
吕丽萍, 呂麗萍
Born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Lü studied piano at an early age. In 1988, he was accepted in conducting course held by maestro Gennady Rozhdestvensky in Accademia Musicale Chigiana and graduated as the only recipient of Diploma di Honore.
Initiated by Taiwanese conductor Chen Chiu-sen, he later turned to conducting and went on to Indiana University and Vienna Hochschule für Musik. Lü's career soared after he was called in on short notice to replace the ailing Sergiu Celibidache for his scheduled concert tour with Munich Philharmonic in Taiwan. As an opera conductor, Lü was appointed principal conductor of Komische Oper Berlin in 1995.
By the time he left the opera house in 1998, he had conducted in hundreds of performances of more than 30 operas, which also helped establishing his reputation as one of the leading opera conductors of his generation. Starting 1996, Lü was invited to work with English National Opera, in London, Norway Royal Opera, GöteborgsOperan, in Gothenburg, Opera Australia, in Sydney, La Monnaie, in Brussels, Stuttgart Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Hamburgische Staatsoper. Among other orchestras, he has conducted the Orchestre National de France, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Lü had headed Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonia between 1998 and 2004 as music director and was bestowed 'Peter Cornelius Plakette' by the Cultural Minister of Rheinland for his outstanding contribution in local culture in May 2004. Lü has led the Niedersächsische Staatsoper Hannover as music director from 2001 to 2006. The performance of the opera house was elevated to higher level soon after his arrival and he along with the opera house were named 'Conductor of the Year' and 'Best Opera House of the Year'.
Lü will take over Music Director of National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan in 2010.