Qianci Liu earned her master’s degree in cello performance from the Manhattan School of Music under Prof. Marion Feldman, and her bachelor’s degree from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under Prof. Jiuhe Chen. With more than fifteen years of experience in the performing arts as a performer, instructor, composer, recording artist, and concert producer, she currently serves as the Executive Director of the Paulus Hook Music Foundation, the New York Big Apple Music Festival, and the New York International Symphony Orchestra.
Qianci has performed as a cellist with the Shanghai Opera House Orchestra and served as principal cellist for the Broadway musical The Lion King (Shanghai Tour, 2005). She appeared as a soloist at the Shanghai Bund Lights Show Walking on the Bund and has been featured in numerous recording projects, including the Global Music Award–winning album On and Between composed by Zhen Chen, and the soundtrack Wait for Me for China Central Television. Her commercial album credits include A Cellist in Shaoxing Road, Xian Qin, Little Reunion, and Pray for the World. As a composer, her recent work includes the musical animation Lily, to Mom and Candy for cello and jazz band.
On October 15, 2023, Qianci made her Carnegie Hall Zankel Hall debut in the concert Wandering Melody with the New York International Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Elias Miller.
