Bassoonist Atao Liu enjoys an active freelance career; making guest appearances with the
American Symphony Orchestra, the Bach Festival of Bethlehem, The Northeastern
Pennsylvanian Philharmonic, the Syracuse Symphoria, The Washington Heights Chamber
Orchestra.
Internationally, Ms. Liu was invited to perform a major China-U.S. tour with the National
Center of the Performing Arts (NCPA) Orchestra of China 2017. She has performed several
concerts in China and toured six cities with NCPA orchestra in the United States: Chicago,
Philadelphia, New York, Ann Arbor, Chapel Hill, and San Francisco. Soon after this tour, she has
become a guest musician with the Beijing Symphony.
Her festival participation includes Bowdoin International Music Festival, Eastern Music
Festival, Interlochen Arts Camp, the Sequoia Chamber Music Workshop, and Hidden Valley
Music Seminar Master Class.
Currently, she is a faculty member at Tutti Music & Arts in Great Neck, New York. Many
of her bassoon students were successfully admitted to The Juilliard School Pre-college. Her
ABRSM music theory and piano students have achieved excellent scores in their exams.
Atao received a doctoral’s degree from Stony Brook University, a master’s degree from
The Juilliard School, and a bachelor’s degree from Manhattan School of Music.