Shutong Li, from Inner Mongolia, China, recently graduated from the Bard graduate conducting program. Although originally trained as an industrial engineer, he came to the US in 2013 to pursue his music dream. In 2017, he founded an orchestra under the name “Musicians For Musicians” and has organized and conducted 19 concert projects with 34 concerts, which also hosted over 40 young opera artists and instrumental soloists. Shutong believes the world of music is an organic ecosystem, and musicians especially need to support each other. This Spring, Shutong is very honored to be the assistant conductor at Bard US-China Music Institute.