About Liu Qian

Magician

Introduction

Name: Liu Qian

English name: LOUIS LIU

International name: LU CHEN

Gender: Male

Married: No

Date of Birth: June 25, 1976

Place of Birth: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Constellation: Cancer

Height: 173cm

Weight: 65kg

Blood type: O

Education: University

Occupation: Magician

Interests: Magic, movies, music

Education: Graduated from the Japanese Department of Soochow University

Motto:

You have to taste the bitterness and bitterness of life.

Behind the wind and rain, there is sunshine.

If you have ideals in your heart, you will have power.

The dawn of victory is just ahead.

When you encounter difficulties, stand tall.

Be open-minded and don’t panic.

There are obstacles ahead, so don’t worry.

Open your mind and it will be smooth.

Liu Qian performed at the Hunan TV Lantern Festival Gala on the 15th day of the first lunar month in 2009

Liu Qian is a magic performer who has won numerous international awards. His performances have been performed all over the world, and he has been invited to perform as a guest performer at international magic conventions many times. His avant-garde style and amazing creativity have been praised by his peers at home and abroad. He is the most famous Taiwanese magician among his peers around the world.

Extraordinary international outlook and constant self-enrichment are his unique features. In order to enrich the professional field and structure, he also dabbles in music, stage art, theater, industrial design, television, advertising, photography, etc. art-related knowledge. It is known as the "Magic Living Dictionary" in the industry.

The only Taiwanese magician who has been invited to perform in Las Vegas and the Magic Castle in Hollywood, he is the highest person in the magic world. He is currently active in Taiwan, Japan, Europe and the United States, and has been invited to international magician conventions around the world as a guest performer and lecturer on special lectures.

Liu Qian is the first magician in Taiwan who has won the most international awards, including the World Magic Seminar Asia magic competition championship and one of the highest honors in the magic world. The "Neil Foster - Bill Baird Award for Excellent Manipulation" issued by the American Academy of Magic, etc. In addition, Liu Qian was voted the Best Foreign Magician of the Year in December 2003 by all members of the Japan Professional Magic Association.

In 2005, his books "Ah! Lost to Magic" and "Ah! Lost to Magic Part 2" ranked on the bestseller list of major bookstores such as Jinshitang, Bloglai, and Eslite for six consecutive years, setting a record New sales record for magic instructional books.

First introduction to magic

When Liu Qian was 7 years old, his aunt took him out shopping. When they were wandering aimlessly in a department store, Liu Qian was suddenly attracted by Something attracted me and I refused to move any further. It turned out to be the shopping guide girl at the counter performing a magic trick.

At that time, Liu Qian saw the shopping guide take out a coin and put it into a small box, then wrapped the small box with a handkerchief, and then smiled at him. Something magical happened and he was trapped in the box. The coins can actually pass through boxes and handkerchiefs and reach the hands of the shopping guide! Liu Qian couldn't figure out what was going on. In order to understand the secret of the magic coin punching technique, Liu Qian tried his best to find the answer and became interested in magic.

Once, Liu Qian performed a magical coin-piercing box trick in front of his teachers and classmates at school. When the performance ended and thunderous applause erupted in the classroom, Liu Qian suddenly felt that the magic secret was not important, but the performance effect was important.

After that, Liu Qian fell in love with this performance that could entertain everyone, and he was immersed in the world of magic.

Winning the Magic Award

While his peers were still playing hide-and-seek games, Liu Qian was already lingering in front of the magic toy counters in major stores, learning his favorite magic. When Liu Qian was 12 years old, because he reported to the magic counter every day and bought a lot of magic props, he made friends with Tang Wenlong, who was in charge of the magic props counter. Tang Wenlong's counter is always crowded with curious little boys like Liu Qian.

In 1987, Tang Wenlong told Liu Qian about the children's magic competition and encouraged Liu Qian to participate in that competition. At that time, more than 200 children signed up for the competition. Tang Wenlong accompanied Liu Qian to arrange the program and come up with magic ideas. Finally, Liu Qian won his first magic competition trophy in front of the international magic master David Copperfield.

Performance Style

Liu Qian’s performance style combines ultra-modern and classical techniques and is presented in an extremely delicate way. In 1998, he was awarded the No. 1 Award for his unique creativity. He won the Best Creative Award at the "FORMOSAMAGICCONVENTION" World Magic Competition and the Special Award from the American Society of Magicians, becoming the first magician in Taiwan to win an international award. As a result, it began to enter the international stage.

In 2000, he won the championship and special award in the stage magic department at the "InternationMagicConventionInNaniwa" International Magic Competition in Osaka. In the same year, he won the Bronze Lion Award in the Wuqiao International Arts Festival Magic Competition, the highest honor in the world of acrobatics, and was the only Chinese to win the award. Achievements in the magic world do not satisfy Liu Qian. He began to be active in various commercial situations, especially high-quality product launches, or filming TV commercials and MTV. With his unique insights and professional design, he created many unique works.

In 2001, he began to host and plan the regular TV program "MAGICSTAR" on STARTV in mainland China. His unique creativity and extremely friendly performance style have attracted widespread attention in mainland China. echo. As of 2003, the program's ratings remained the highest among the stations. Therefore, it was invited to perform as a special guest at the Shanghai Film Festival in 2002. In May 2003, he won the grand prize -GRANDPRIX from The World Magic Seminar-Asia, and was invited to perform in Las Vegas, Sweden and Italy in 2004.

Award record:

In 1988, he was awarded the Taiwan Children’s Magic Competition Champion by David Copperfield

In 1998, he was awarded the "Formosa International Magic Convention" World Magic Convention Best Creative Award

In 1998, he received a special award and recruitment certificate from the Japanese branch of the American Society of Magicians "SAM JAPAN"

In 2000, Osaka "International Magic Convention" In Naniwa" International Magic Competition Champion.

2000 Japan Close Magic Association JCMA Special Award

2001 World Magic Seminar "World Magic Seminar Asia" International Magic Competition Silver Medal

2001 China Wuqiao International Arts Festival Bronze Lion Award

2001 Shanghai International Magic Art Festival Silver Medal Award

2003 Japan Magic Association World Magic Competition FISM Examination Excellence Award

2003 World Magic Seminar "World Magic Seminar Asia" GRAND PRIX Award

2003 World Magic Seminar Best Technique of the Year Award Audience Choice Award

2005 American CHAVEZ Magic Academy Presented with the Neil Foster Award - Outstanding Technique in 2005

2005 Audience Choice Award for Best Performer at the American "Abbott`s Magic Get-together" Magic Convention

2008 Japan Close Magic Association's Best Close Magician of the Year [THE BEST CLOSE-UP MAGICIAN OF THE YEAR] Award

International Performance Experience

Magic Conference Guest

Asia International Magic Symposium – Nagoya, Japan

World Association of Magicians (IBM) Annual Conference – Miami, USA

World Magic Symposium – Las Vegas, USA

World Association of Magicians UK Chapter Convention – Eastbourne, UK

Abano World Magic Convention – Venice, Italy

Thailand International Magic Convention – Bangkok, Thailand

Naniwa International Magic Festival – Toba, Japan

Korea International Magic Festival, - Seoul, South Korea

Wu Chiao International Magic Festival – Hebei, China

Abbott International Magic Season – Michigan, USA

ICM International Magic Convention – Toba, Japan

American Society of Magicians Japan Chapter (SAM JAPAN) Annual Convention – Saitama, Japan

Central United International Magic Convention – Toba, Japan

BIMF Busan International Magic Festival – Busan, South Korea

China Magic Golden Chrysanthemum Award – Nanjing, China

Japanese Professional Magicians Association Annual Meeting – Tokyo, Japan

Kamakura Magic Association Annual Performance – Kamakura, Japan

Singapore Magic Association – Singapore

Commercial Performances

Magic Castle – Hollywood, USA

Prince Hotel – Zapri, Japan

Grand Plaza Hotel – Nagoya, Japan

Shanghai Film Festival – Shanghai, China

North District Town Hall – Hong Kong

Sai Wan Ho Civic Center – Hong Kong

Happy Valley International Magic Festival – Shenzhen, China

National Theater – Nagoya, Japan

Nagoya Kanko Hotel – Nagoya, Japan

Olympia Opera House – Miami, USA

Raffles Hotel – Singapore

博Pinguan Theater – Ginza, Japan

Marriott Hotel – Guam, USA

TV Programs

Oriental TV – China

Hunan Satellite TV – China

CCTV - China

Anhui TV - China - "Sunday I'm the Biggest"

Phoenix TV - China

SBS - South Korea

TV TOKYO - Japan

NHK - Japan

CCTV 2009 Spring Festival Gala - China

Star TV-China-"Magic "The Star Shines High"

Works

"Ah! lose to

magic! 》 (Taiwan version), KBA International Co., Ltd., first edition on January 26, 2005, ISBN 9867323181. The Simplified Chinese version (mainland version) of the book is titled "Magical Temptation", first published by Beijing Publishing House on January 1, 2006, ISBN 7200063339.

"Ah! Lost to magic! Part 2》, first published by KBA International Co., Ltd. on August 10, 2005, ISBN 9867323629. Simplified Chinese version (Mainland version) title "Magic Temptation 2"

"Liu Qian's Magic Visa", first published by KBA International Co., Ltd. on September 13, 2006, ISBN 9867088875

"Magics that men must learn: 30 magic tricks that will turn you from an otaku into a gay man", first published by KBA International Co., Ltd. on July 2, 2008, ISBN 9789861851983

Experience

Liu Qian is Taiwan's first magician who has won the most international awards, including the World Magic Seminar Asia magic competition championship, and the "Year of the Year" award from the American Academy of Magic, one of the highest honors in the magic world. Neil Foster-Bill Baird Award for Excellent Manipulation and so on. Liu Qian once co-produced the Chinese Satellite TV magic show "Magic Star Highlights" and personally served as the host of the show, making him a household name. In addition, in December 2003, Liu Qian was voted "Magician of the Year" by all members of the Japan Professional Magic Association.

Since mid-2007, Liu Qian has been regularly serving as one of the judges of the magic competition unit "Magic" in China Television Company's variety show "Variety Show Big Brother", and as a judge of the magic performance unit "Magic". Liu Qian Magic Show> host, became famous in "Liu Qian Magic Show" with his fixed line "Witness the miraculous moment".

In 2009, he performed close-up magic "Magic Hand Magic" at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which included three close-up magic (close-up magic) "rubber band", "coin into the glass" and "ring into the egg" parts.

He never formally became an apprentice and relied on self-taught practice

Few people know that this world-famous magician never officially became an apprentice to learn magic, and he has always been "not doing his job properly": When he was in middle school, he loved playing with computers. When he went to college, he majored in Japanese. After graduation, he fell in love with singing. However, after more than ten years of wandering around, Liu Qian finally became a professional magician and starred in Star TV's "Magic Star Highlights". program host.

Liu Qian said: "I really just explored and practiced by myself because I liked it. In fact, my hands are very clumsy. Sometimes in order to practice a movement well, I have to repeat it thousands of times." Liu Qian said that he is highly myopic, so he always wears those "Harry Potter" glasses when performing. "Once I take them off, I become Liu Qian, an ordinary young man with a longing." People who stay away from magic.”

Liu Qian performed magic at CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala in 2009 and amazed everyone with his performance.