Kevin Liu is an operatic tenor based in Vancouver, B.C., specializing in beginner piano and voice instruction, as well as music theory, history, and aural skills such as rhythm, sight-singing, and solfege. He has served as a piano accompanist at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and for Nebula Performances’ vocal masterclasses, where he will also be stage manager for their upcoming production of La Tragédie de Carmen in August. Starting in September, he will become the inaugural director of the Nebula Chamber Choir.
Kevin holds a Master of Music in Opera Performance and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of British Columbia, as well as the ARCT in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music. This fall, he begins his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at UBC.
He recently returned from a month-long tour of China, performing the role of Chong in the opera Thunderstorm. His stage credits with UBC Opera include Lippo Fiorentino in Street Scene, Spärlich in The Merry Wives of Windsor, and the Gamekeeper in Rusalka (Czech Republic), among others.
In addition to operatic roles, Kevin has been featured as a soloist in concerts such as the Chinese Art Song Recital with Nebula Performances, Voices in Bloom with Opera Kelowna, and Fantasy to Fortuna with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra and Vancouver Bach Choir.