劉雲平
一個充滿好奇心的物理博士，一位永遠不滿足於現況的吉他手，總是想著如何把指尖所有的觸弦，經過各種物理變化，成為新奇卻又自然的聲響。從物理的理論計算跳到吉他指板，高中開始接觸吉他一路走來，歷經佛朗明哥、藍調、搖滾、放克、爵士等多元風格的洗禮，雲平所表現出的音樂風格多元且豐富。
在爵士樂方面，曾參與「台北青年爵士大樂團TYJO」、「MajaM麻將樂團」於各大Jazz Bar、Live House、爵士音樂節演出；而佛朗明哥方面，雲平也是台灣少數有佛朗明哥現場伴奏能力之吉他手，也曾與「迷火佛拉門戈」、「賽米亞佛朗明哥」、「 Beta佛拉明哥」、「小野狂花樂舞合作社 La Gitanita」、「沃 佛朗明哥 W.O Flamenco」合作擔任伴奏吉他手，於各大展演空間、劇場、藝穗節演出。
於2012年在指標性指彈大賽「烏托邦吉他大賽」奪得冠軍之後，雲平持續累績指彈吉他的作品，並且在2016年發行了首張個人演奏專輯「指板上的旅程」，此張專輯更入圍了《第七屆金音創作獎》《最佳樂手》獎項。
除了本身的創作作品之外，雲平也在推廣吉他彈奏上不遺餘力，著有風靡各校社團、教室的「流行吉他彈唱教材」，並且至各校比賽擔任評審以及講座等等。教材分為「初級班」、「中級班」、「樂風篇」三本，適合不同階段學習的吉他手。另外，為了促進老師間的交流，自2019年主辦「GET吉他教學論壇」，針對現代各種教學現況做討論與社群學習的平台。
另外，雲平也與許多創作歌手、藝人、舞台劇、佛朗明哥、電影配樂、電視劇配樂等合作演出。如：哈林（庾澄慶）、孫盛希、張克帆、四葉草、許富凱、邵大倫、王欣晨 Amanda、林綾、吳蓓雅PiA、閃靈Freddy、溫嵐、萬芳、黃連煜、黃瑋傑等等。
在經歷各種風格、現場演出、歌曲製作之後，亦開始擔綱製作人的角色，從編曲、錄音、混音為技術核心，讓歌曲從製作到完成有了全新的面貌。擔任歌手林綾、黄于庭、游騰霖、烏克麗麗演奏家Annier的專輯製作人。
劉雲平
Yun-Ping Liu, Ph.D., a man full of curiosity and passion, is an experienced guitar player who cares deeply about making great music with his fingertips. As an experienced guitar player, Yun-Ping plays in many different kinds of styles, such as Flamenco, Blues, Rock, Funk, Jazz, Latin and Fingerstyle.
In the jazz field, Yun-Ping was part of the “Taipei Youth Jazz Orchestra (TYJO)” and “MajaM Jazz Band”, and playing in all kinds of jazz bar, livehouses and music festivals. In the flamenco field, Yun-Ping is the ones who can play live flamenco with singers and dancers, which is not common in Taiwan. He has collaborated with many flamenco groups such as Semilla, Beta, La Gitanita, W.O Flamenco and playing in tablao, theaters and all kinds of art festivals.
Since winning first prize at the “Guitar Utopia Fingerstyle Competition” in 2012, Yun-Ping has continued to compose many pieces for fingerstyle guitar. In 2016, Yun-Ping released his first album, “The Journey on the Fingerboard,” which was shortlisted in the “Best Musicians” category at the Golden Indie Music Awards (GIMA).
Yun-Ping is also the author of the guitar book series “Fundamental of Pop Guitar,” which is the most well-known guitar/music textbook in Taiwan. There are three volumes — Elementary, Intermediate and Music Styles — three different levels appropriate for different needs. Also, from 2019, Yun-Ping held a forum called “Guitar Education Talks, GET”, which is for sharing ideas and thoughts for teachers.
Lastly, Yun-Ping has participated in diverse types of musical productions, including musical theater performances and TV/movie film score production, and has served as an instrumentalist for several well-known bands and singers such as Harlem Yu, Shi Shi,Jonathan Chang, Joyce Chu, Henry Hsu, Amanda, PiA, ChthoniC, Wen-Lan (Landy), Wan-Fang , Ayugo Huang and Huang Wei-Jie.
For going through all these live, recording, session, solo as a player, Yun-Ping started to take a different position as a music producer. Form songwriting, arrangement, recoding, mixing, hoping to bring new taste and energy to people’s ears. He had been the producer of Singer Lin-lin, Yu-tin, Yu Teng-Lin and ukulele artist Annier Lee.
