Chenge Liu

Born in Beijing, China, Chenge Liu is a composer whose music explores the depths of human emotion through vivid timbres, intricate textures, and innovative notation. Beginning her musical journey at a young age, Chenge decided to pursue a career as a composer after her journey in law school.

Studying at Berklee College of Music with the Berklee world-tour scholarship, Chenge focused on composition while pursuing a film scoring double major and double minors in conducting and psychology. During the past two years, her music has been performed by esteemed ensembles such as the Mivos Quartet, Hypercube Ensemble, Divergent Trio, Sound Icon, Iktus Percussion and many more. Her recent performances includes The Third Kind of Suicide (2024) for String Quartet, Invincible Été (2024) for Saxophones, Electric Guitar, Piano and Percussion, Speak to Me (2024) for Soprano, Viola and Piano, and Moments (2024) for String Quartet. Her major teachers includes Dr. Gabriele Vanoni and Dr. Marti Epstein.

In addition to concert music, Chenge’s creative interests span other art forms such as theater, film and dance. Chenge has been actively composing original film music and has worked with theater directors, independent film directors, and Student directors at Beijing Film Academy.

Alongside composing, Chenge enjoys playing the Cello, acting, writing and dancing. As a cellist, she holds a part-time position as a studio cellist for the Berklee Scoring Session Project. Her recent theater performance includes Rhinoceros in Love (恋爱的犀牛) at MIT Wuming Theater Club, where she played the heroine MingMing.

Besides her musical education at Berklee College of Music, Chenge holds bachelor’s degrees in Law and German from Beijing Normal University.