BISO Co-Founders

BISO Founder and President

Entrepreneur, Educator & Concert Producer, Director

For over twenty years of business in network and cloud computation, Harry Zhu had found and invested in three companies and had served as the President of China for a leading Nasdaq-listed cloud data storage company. In recent years, Harry has devoted himself to college consultation and education, especially the music and performing art education, concerts, as well as helping students in music competitions around the world. He has helped many outstanding students got accepted into top music schools or Ivy League Universities in the United States. 

Harry is the Founder and President of WeStar Academy of Music, the Founder of Boston International Music Competition. He graduated from Beijing University and Harvard University.

BISO Co-Founder, Artistic Director

Opera Soprano, Music Teacher at Boston Symphony Orchestra

Native of Kyiv, Ukraine, Olga Lisovska holds degrees from Middlebury College, École Normale de Musique d'A. Cortot in Paris, France and L'Institut des Sciences Politiques in Paris, France.  A critically acclaimed classical soprano, Olga's career involves both singing on prestigious concert stages, including Carnegie Hall, and producing events and performances. Olga produced award-winning opera productions at Commonwealth Lyric Theater, a Boston-based opera company, and Talents of the World's Annual Music Festival at Carnegie Hall. As a performer, Ms. Lisovska’s concerts have been featured on Ukrainian, Italian and American TV, including on the Today Show.  

Ms. Lisovska is a sought-after voice teacher and diction coach. As diction coach she works with Tanglewood Festival Chorus at Boston Symphony, Odyssey Opera, and New England Conservatory. Ms. Lisovska has been giving performance lectures about Ukrainian music and song literature to audiences ranging from children to students in universities, to adults and seniors.  

Olga is a founder of a nonprofit organization, Music, Arts and Fashion Productions.  Being a passionate connector, Olga serves as Managing Partner at Sky International Center, the largest international social, cultural, and business network of 25,000 members in New England. Olga’s life purpose is to inspire positive change through connections for life, coaching and art performances. 

  BISO Co-Founder, Conductor

Principal Conductor at Boston International Symphony Orchestra

In 2023, Mr. Soto became Principal Conductor of the United Nations Festival Orchestra for Hope. He is also the Principal Conductor of the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra. 

In addition to his regular posts, Mr. Soto has collaborated with Boston Symphony Orchestra, as assistant or cover conductor for the BSO on several occasions, including for performances with Andris Nelsons, John Williams, David Robertson, Giancarlo Guerrero, Thomas Wilkins, and Stefan Asbury, among others. 

Born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Mr. Soto began his musical studies in Venezuela at the Vicente Emilio Sojo State Conservatory, later studying violin at the Latin American Academy of Violin under Rhio Sanchez, Francisco Diaz and José Francisco Del Castillo. A founding member of the Simón Bolívar National Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, he has also performed with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. 

Mr. Soto graduated with a Master of Music degree in conducting from the New England Conservatory. His conducting teachers and mentors include Harold Farberman, Jorma Panula, Stephen Tucker, Jani Telaranta, and Charles Peltz. On violin, he has studied with Sophie Vilker, Janne Malmivaara, Peter Sulski, and Timothy Schwarz.