Li Delun, the councilor of China Symphony Orchestra, the vice president of China Musician Association, pre-art guide of Central Philharmonic orchestra. He was born in 1917 in Beijing. As a young boy he began studying the piano and the violin. During his enrollment at Fu Jen Catholic University, he established a symphony orchestra with teachers and students to perform many shows. In 1940, he entered Guo Li Shanghai Music Special Training School. He learned how to play the cello from Lshevtzov and R.Duckson. He also learned music theory from W.Frankel.

In 1942, he set up "Chinese Youth Symphony Orchestra" with his friends and participated lots of performances. After graduating in 1943, he went to Yan'an to conduct and teach at the Central Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1949, he became the conductor of Central Opera.

In 1953, as the postgraduate of famous conductor professor N,Anosov, Li Delun studied conducting in Moscow Conservatory of Music. He came back to China in 1957, being the conductor of Central Philharmonic Orchestra.

Except the performances in Beijing, he also led Central Philharmonic Orchestra to Japan, North Korea, Hong Kong and Macro. As the guest conductor, he went to more than 20 countries to conduct, such as Leningrad, Finland, Czech, and Cuba. Since 1959, he has conducted many grand orchestras. In 1987, he conducted 800 performers in Beijing Spring of Symphony Concert, which was the outstanding one.

After 1985, Li Delun traveled to Spain Germany, Portugal, Canada and United States to perform.
He conducted scores of symphony works composed by He Lvting, Ma Sicong, Wu Zuqiang, and Chen Peixun etc. Furthermore, he cooperated with world famous performers, like Oistrakh, Menuhin, Stem, Yo Yo Ma, Nikolayeva, and Stackman, and dozens of Chinese musicians.

Li Delun had been the judge of International Menuhin Violin Competition in Paris in 1985, and the judge of Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow in 1986.

In recent years, Li Delun devoted himself to developing symphonies. He exercised and performed in more than 20 cities, such as, Beijing, Tianjin, and Guangzhou. He promoted the foundations of local music troupes. Furthermore, he made lots of speeches about symphony in universities, and factories.

In 1980, Li Delun got the honorary title by Ministry of Culture of People's Republic of China. Afterwards, he received the Liszt memorial prize in 1986. On October 19th 2001, Li Delun died at the age of 84.