Xu Weiling

Xu Weiling

Xu Weiling, violinist, performer and educator. Born in Shanghai, China, enlightened by his father Xu Qipeng, he was admitted to the Central Conservatory of music and studied under Lin Yaoji. In 1979, he was selected to perform in the Oscar winning documentary from Mao Zedong to Mozart. In 1980, Xu Weiling went to the United States for further study. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in music from Juilliard and Manhattan Conservatory of music, and was personally passed down by Deere and Bronstein. He also won the mannerger Violin Competition Award, Waldo Mayo Award for artistic genius and International Artist Award. The first Chinese mainland musician to hold a concert at the Carnegie concert hall and the Avery Fischer Concert Hall of Lincoln Center. He was the first deputy head of the Hong Kong Orchestra. In 2000, he was invited to serve as violin professor of the Central Conservatory of music and judge of major international competitions.

Character experience

One of the most influential violinists and educators in contemporary China. Born in Shanghai on January 1, 1960, he received strict music education and training under the guidance of his father Xu Qipeng. Later, he studied with famous music educators Li Muzhen and Professor Lin Yaoji. During her study in Beijing Central Conservatory of music, she was highly appreciated by the visiting music masters Isaac Stern, Yehudi menuin and Ozawa Zhenger. As one of the most promising young Chinese talent performers, she appeared in the famous Oscar winning documentary film from Mao Zedong to Mozart supervised by stern. Twenty years later, in November 1999, Stern was invited to perform in the second Beijing International Music Festival. At the Closing Concert, Xu Weiling, who was praised by the masters as "an outstanding young performer with many talents", performed with the masters. This historic Memorial Concert caused a sensation in the music industry and became an important part of the documentary film from Mao Zedong to Mozart: a sequel twenty years later

After resigning as the chief and first deputy head of the Hong Kong Orchestra for nearly 10 years, he was invited to return to his alma mater, the Central Conservatory of music, as a violin professor in 2000.

In 1980, Xu Weiling went to the United States to study in the famous Julia and Manhattan Conservatory of music, and obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in music. She has successively studied with the famous music educator Dorothy Deere and Rafael Brownstein. After winning the first prize in the mannerger violin competition, Xu Weiling has won many other awards for his outstanding skills, including the Waldo Mayo Award for artistic talent and the International Artist Award.

In 1984, Xu Weiling made a successful debut in the concert hall of Carnegie Hall in New York, and was praised as "a musician of extraordinary attainments" by the New York Times. Xu Weiling is the first Chinese mainland musician to hold a concert at the Carnegie concert hall and Efri Fischer Concert Hall of Lincoln Center.

In addition to his frequent solo concerts, Xu Weiling has worked with many world-famous symphony orchestras, including the New York City Symphony Orchestra, the New York Chamber Orchestra, the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Duluth Symphony Orchestra, the London Chamber Orchestra, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra and the Slovak Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra Symphony Orchestra, Swedish nockpin National Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, German Hannover Symphony Orchestra, former West German National Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra and Berlin Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, as well as the former central Orchestra, Hong Kong Orchestra and Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

In 1993, veratsu gave a solo concert at the Champs Elysees theatre in Paris for the prestigious grand performance of the honor conference. During the 1997-1998 music season, Xu Weiling cooperated with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Cohen gold Violin Concerto, which was praised as "a world-class performance" by the Hong Kong media. In October 1998, Xu Weiling was invited to cooperate with Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra to hold a tour in Germany and China, which won wide praise. At the opening ceremony of the second Beijing International Music Festival in 1999 and the concert the following day, Xu Weiling, together with the Hong Kong Orchestra and conductor eddton, performed grazunov's Violin Concerto. On December 11, 2003, Xu Weiling held a solo concert at the concert hall of the Hong Kong City Hall, which was highly praised by all circles. At the 8th Beijing International Music Festival in 2005, Xu Weiling and pianist Chen SA held a solo concert together. On January 27, 2005, Xu Weiling played Beethoven's Violin Concerto in Shanghai Oriental Art Center in cooperation with world famous composer and conductor Christopher pandeletsky, and achieved great success. In October 2007, at the world women's economic forum held in duville, Normandy, France, attended by politicians from all over the world, Xu Weiling, as a special guest, opened the forum with her performance. She was the only musician who won this award at the annual forum. On October 11, 2008, Xu Weiling performed as a solo at the "concert in memory of Bernstein" of the 11th Beijing International Music Festival. Her excellent interpretation of Bernstein's "Serenade" won high praise from audiences and critics including Jamie Bernstein.

From 1993 to 2000, Xu Weiling was invited to be the chief deputy head and the first chief of the Hong Kong Orchestra. In November 2000, he was invited back to China and employed as a violin professor of the Central Conservatory of music. At the same time, it frequently appears in major international competitions as a judge.

In August 2005, Xu Weiling was invited to serve as the judge of the International Violin Competition in Sion, Switzerland. In June 2007, she was invited to judge the International Violin Competition in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

In May 2009, she was invited to be the judge of the Queen Elizabeth violin Grand Prix (former Isay International Violin Competition), one of the top international music competitions held once every four years in Brussels, Belgium.

Professor Xu Weiling was invited to judge the international violin competition, including the 2010 Argentina international violin competition, the 2011 sarasati international violin competition, New Zealand Michael.Hill International Violin Competition, 2011 Nagoya International Violin Competition, 2011 vinyavsky international violin competition, 2012 menuine International Violin Competition and Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition Violin Competition and so on.

Character evaluation

In addition to her busy and rich performances, Xu Weiling has also recorded many records. The violin concerto of Cohen gold and Goldmark, which was recorded and released by Naxos records company and played by her solo, has won the praise of international music critics and people in the recording industry. It is one of the records released by Naxos records company with the most enthusiastic response and high evaluation since its establishment. The magazine "music lovers" of the United States published n special article comments, saying that Xu Weiling's "excellent performance can be called a high reputation, and it is an excellent recording work worthy of recommendation.". BBC music magazine praised Xu Weiling's performance as "full of strength, personality, vitality and emotion". The famous Australian magazine "sound" praised her as "an outstanding violinist in both performance technique and musical expression". Strad, the world's leading string art magazine, commented on Xu Weiling's performance as "warm and calm".

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