Cao Peng is one of the most distinguished conductors in China. He was born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu in 1925. In 1946, he entered the Arts Department of Shandong University. In 1950 he was principal conductor of both the Shanghai Film Studio Orchestra and the Beijing Film Studio Orchestra. In 1955, he went to Russia to study at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under the celebrated conductor Leo Ginsberg. Cao Peng was appointed resident conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra after his return in 1961. He is now artistic director and principal conductor of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, artistic director of the Marco Polo Symphony Orchestra, music advisor and resident conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and music director and principal conductor of the Shanghai Chamber Orchestra.

CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The) / A Ke: Violin Concerto	CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Zheng Concerto (The) / Eternal Regret of Lin'An	CHINA Chinese Songs and Dances, Vol. 1
CHINA Chinese Songs and Dances, Vol. 2	CHINA Chinese Songs and Dances, Vol. 3	EVERLASTING CHINESE FOLKSONGS
HE / DING / HUANG: Chinese Orchestral Works	HE: Buffalo Boy's Bamboo Flute	HUANG, Y.: Fair Flowers Under Full Moon / North Anhui Suite / Capriccio
LESCHETIZKY: Piano Concerto / Contes de Jeunesse Suite	LI, H.: Spring Festival Suite	LIU, D.: Mountain Forest / WANG, M.: Haixia Suite / HUO, C.: Bengbeng Suite
MA, K.: North Shaanxi Suite	MA, S.: Symphony No. 2 / Song of the Mountain Forest	Mu Guiying Taking Command
NIE: Village Girl Beyond the Great Wall	QU: Fantasia of the Red Guards on the Hong Lake	RITZEN: Chinese Requiem / Chinese Violin Rhapsody