Liao Changyong (Chinese: ???; born October 25, 1968), sometimes referred in Western media as C.
Y.
Liao or Changyong Liao, is a Chinese operatic baritone and academic.
He won first prize in three different international competitions in 1996 and 1997: the Operalia, The World Opera Competition; the French International Toulouse Singing Competition; and the Queen Sonja International Music Competition.
While his performance career has mainly been in China, he has appeared as a guest artist with opera companies and orchestras internationally.
He is the head of the voice department at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.