Wang Guowei

Wang Guowei is both a performer on the Chinese two-string fiddle erhu and composer. He studied at the Shanghai Conservatory and was concertmaster and soloist with the Shanghai
Traditional Orchestra. He joined Music From China in 1996 as Artistic Director and has been hailed as a “master of the erhu” by music critics. Wang Guowei has appeared with such
artists as the Shanghai Quartet, Amelia Piano Trio, Continuum, Third Angle New Music Ensemble, Virginia Symphony, Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Ornette Coleman, Butch Morris, Yo-Yo Ma, and has performed at colleges, universities and cultural institutions across the U.S. and internationally.