Aoqi Deng received his undergraduate and graduate education in Tonmeister programmes at the Communication University of China and McGill University, respectively. During his undergraduate studies, he won first prize in the Chinese Student Recording Competition for two consecutive years. In 2024, he was awarded a bronze medal in the AES Student Recording Competition in Madrid. Aoqi focuses on music recording, particularly in the field of classical music. He has worked as an assistant recording engineer at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in China and, since 2023, has served as a concert recording engineer at McGill University’s music production department. He also teaches recording and mixing, and has led workshops as an instructor at the Tsinghua University High School Summer Music Camp.
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