The following is a list of Chinese musicians: *

Xu Wei (musician) Xu Wei (Simplified Chinese: 许巍, pinyin:Xǔ Wēi; born 21 July 1968) is a Chinese rock musician. He was born and raised in the Pangliu village, near Xi'an. Xu Wei began learning to play the guitar at the age of sixteen, when he started high ...

, male singer, rock musician * Huo Zun, male singer, artist, composer *

Eason Chan Eason Chan Yick-shun ( zh, s=陈奕迅, t=陳奕迅, first=t, p=Chén Yìxùn; born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is one of the most popular and influential singers in both Cantopop and Mandopop. Besides holding the record ...

, a male singer from Hong Kong *

Wang Leehom Wang Leehom ( zh, c=王力宏, poj=Ông Le̍k-hông; born May 17, 1976), sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. His music is known for fusing hip-hop and R&B, with traditional ...

, male singer * Chan Wing-wah, composer *

Chen Jiafeng Chen Jiafeng (born April 13, 1987) () is a Chinese violinist. He was the first prize winner in the 2003 International Competition for Young Violinists K. Lipinski and H. Wieniawski, the second prize winner of the 2008 International Yehudi Menuh ...

, violinist * Christopher Loh, singer * Gao Hong,

pipa The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets rangi ...

player and composer *

Ch'eng Mao-yün Cheng Maoyun (; 25 August 1900 – 31 July 1957) was a Chinese composer and a professor at National Central University and Hangzhou Societal University (). He composed the National Anthem of the Republic of China. Early life and education H ...

, violinist and composer *

Jacky Cheung Jacky Cheung Hok-yau (born 10 July 1961) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential artists in the Greater China region, Cheung is widely regarded as a Heavenly King of Cantopop music and an icon of Hong Kong popular culture. He ...

, Cantopop singer *

Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (born Cheung Fat-chung; 12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential cultural icons in the Sinophone, Sinophone world, Cheung was known for his debonair demeanor, flamb ...

, singer *

Chou Wen-chung Chou Wen-chung (; July 28, 1923 – October 25, 2019) was a Chinese American composer of contemporary classical music. He emigrated in 1946 to the United States and received his music training at the New England Conservatory and Columbia Univ ...

, Chinese-born U.S. composer (b. 1923) *

Cui Jian Cui Jian or Choi Geon ( zh, c=崔健; ; born 2 August 1961) is a Chinese singer-songwriter and musician. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godfather of Chinese Rock", Cui is often deemed the most influential rock musician in China. ...

, a rock musician *

Dou Wei Dou Wei (born October 14, 1969) is a Chinese musician, singer-songwriter, composer and music producer. He is a representative figure in Chinese rock music. Alongside rock singers He Yong and Zhang Chu, they were collectively known as the "Pro ...

, a rock musician * Du Mingxin, composer *

Fou Ts'ong Fou Ts'ong (; 10 March 1934 – 28 December 2020) was a Chinese and British pianist who was the first pianist of his national origin to achieve international recognition. He came to prominence after winning third prize and the Polish Radio Prize ...

, pianist * Shengying Gu, pianist *

Anna Guo Anna Guo () is a Chinese-born Canadian traditional musician who plays the ''yangqin''. Career She taught at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. From 1985 to 1996, she was head of the Shanghai Women's Silk String Quintet. In 1996 she emigrated to ...

, yang-qin player * Guo Yue, dizi player * He Yong, rock musician *

Ayi Jihu Ayi Jihu (; born 1984) is a Chinese singer of Yi ethnicity, signed to British company Shlepp Records. Early life Ayi Jihu grew up in Leibo County in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan. Dance was one of her early hobbies. Her pare ...

, singer * Jin, Chinese American rapper *

Aaron Kwok Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actor, known as one of Hong Kong's "Four Heavenly Kings". Active since the 1980s, he has released over 30 studio albums in Cantonese and Mandarin, mostly in the danc ...

, Cantopop singer *

Leon Lai Leon Lai Ming Silver Bauhinia Star, SBS Bronze Bauhinia Star, BBS Medal of Honour (Hong Kong), MH ( zh, 黎明; born 11 December 1966), is a Hong Kong actor, singer, film director, and businessman. He is one of the "Cantopop#1990s: Four Heav ...

, Cantopop singer *

George Lam George Lam Tsz Cheung (born 12 October 1947), also known professionally by his surname Lam, is a Hong Kong-based veteran Cantopop singer, singer-songwriter, music producer and actor, with a career that spanning more than four decades. Self-produci ...

, Cantopop singer, singer–songwriter, music producer, and actor *

Larissa Lam Larissa Lam is an American singer, songwriter, talk show host, music executive, filmmaker, and producer from Diamond Bar, California. She won the 2015 Hollywood Music in Media Award in the Best Dance Song category for her song "I Feel Alive". Sh ...

, Singer, Songwriter *

Sunny Lam Sunny Lam (born 1 June 1986; ) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and YouTuber. Lam is known for rewriting lyrics to the tune of existing well-known songs as satirical political commentary during the 2014 Hong Kong protests and the 2019–20 H ...

, singer–songwriter *

Terence Lam Terence Lam Ka-him (; born 3 September 1991) is a Hong Kong composer, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Lam had a musical interest since a young age, which he started to learn playing the piano when he was four or five years old. He atte ...

, singer–songwriter *

William Tete Luo William Tete Luo (, born March 9, 2007) is a piano prodigy. Born in China, he started his piano studies when he was four and a half years old. Soon, after two months' practise, he was invited to perform Christmas songs on Christmas Eve in a churc ...

, a pianist from Beijing *

Lan Shui Lan Shui (, born 1957) is an American conductor. He was the Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2019. He has retired as Music Director on 26 January 2019, and was given the title of Conductor Laureate by chairman of th ...

, conductor *

Lang Lang Lang Lang (; born 14 June 1982) is a Chinese pianist who has performed with major orchestras around the world and appeared at many leading concert halls. Active since the 1990s, he was the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Phi ...

, pianist *

Andy Lau Andy Lau Tak-wah ( zh, order=t,j, t=劉德華, j=Lau4 Dak1 Waa4; born Lau Fook-wing; 27 September 1961), is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He was named the "Fourth Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB in the 1 ...

, Cantopop singer *

Gigi Leung Gigi Leung Wing-kei (; born 25 March 1976) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. Early life She was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Sai Ying Pun on 25 March 1976 and was given the name Leung Pik-chi () for superstitious reasons; as a child, Leung suf ...

, Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress *

Herman Li Herman Li (; born 3 October 1976) is a Hong Kong-born British musician. He is one of the lead guitarists, producers and songwriters for the power metal band DragonForce. Li has played with the band based in England since it was formed in 1999 ...

, guitarist of

DragonForce DragonForce are a British power metal band from London, formed in 1999. They are known for their long and fast guitar solos, fantasy-themed lyrics and retro video game-influenced sound. The band themselves refer to their music as "extreme po ...

Li Yundi Yundi Li ( zh, s=李云迪, t=李雲迪, p=Lǐ Yúndí; born 7 October 1982), also known simply as Yundi (stylized as YUNDI), is a Chinese classical concert pianist. Yundi is considered one of the greatest contemporary interpreters of Chopin and ...

, pianist *

Liu Fang Liu Fang 1974) is a Chinese Canadians, Chinese–Canadian musician who is one of the most prominent ''pipa'' players in the world. Described in the media as the "empress of pipa" (''L'actualité''), "divine mediator" (World), "the greates ...

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Liu Qi-Chao Liu Qichao (; born in Shandong) is a Chinese-born American musician. He graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He now lives in Los Angeles. Instruments Liu performs on an array of traditional Chinese instruments, including wind inst ...

, jazz musician *

Liu Sola Liu Sola ( zh, s=刘索拉, p=Liú Suǒlā; born 1955 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese composer, vocalist, music producer, and author. Biography After graduating from the Central Conservatory of Music with a degree in composition, she published ...

, singer, composer *

Liu Tianhua Liu Tianhua (; 1895–1932) was a Chinese musician and composer best known for his innovative work for the ''erhu''. Liu's students, such as Jiang Fengzhi and Chen Zhenduo, continued to contribute to the development of the ''erhu''. He was the ...

, composer * Yang Liu, classical violinist *

Liu Yifei Liu Yifei (; born August 25, 1987) is a Chinese-born American actress. She has appeared multiple times on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list and was named one of the New Four Dan actresses of China by Tencent Entertainment in 2009. She is k ...

, singer *

Only Won Baldwin Chiu (born May 17, 1974), professionally known as Only Won, is an American rapper, actor, producer and stunt performer. As a hip hop artist, he writes/performs rap, beatboxing, and singing. He is also a member of the Screen Actors Gu ...

, Chinese American rapper *

Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is a French-born American Cello, cellist. Born to Chinese people, Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy there and began to study the cello with his father at age four. At the age of seven, ...

, cellist *

Karen Mok Karen Joy Morris (; born 2 June 1970), better known as Karen Mok, is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is considered one of the leading East Asian pop singers and actresses with a career spanning three decades. Mok is the first female Hong Kong ...

, Hong Kong–based actress and singer-songwriter *

Qu Xiaosong Qu Xiao-Song ( 瞿小松; surname Qu, b. Guiyang, Guizhou province, southwest China, September 6, 1952) is a Chinese composer of contemporary classical music. He is a 1983 graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he studie ...

, composer *

Chino Rodriguez James Mui, known professionally as Chino Rodriguez (February 2, 1954 — November 5, 2022), was an American musician and impresario who specialized in Latin music (genre), Latin music, Salsa music, salsa and Latin jazz. Biography Rodriguez was ...

, salsa musician, composer, and producer *

Sa Dingding Sa Dingding (, born Zhou Peng () on 27 December 1983) is a Chinese folk singer and songwriter. She is of mixed Han Chinese and Mongol ancestry, and sings in languages including Mandarin Chinese, English, Standard Tibetan, as well as an imaginary ...

, folk singer–songwriter *

Shen Sinyan Sinyan Shen (; born November 12, 1949 - died November 7, 2016) was a Singaporean physicist and classical composer. Life Born in Singapore to the parents of Shanghai background, Sinyan Shen studied music at a very early age and mastered the vertic ...

, music director and

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Shenyang Shenyang,; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly known as Fengtian formerly known by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a sub-provincial city in China and the list of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Liaonin ...

, bass-baritone *

Bright Sheng Bright Sheng (; born December 6, 1955) is a Chinese-born American composer, pianist and conductor. Sheng has earned many honors for his music and compositions, including a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001; he also was a two-time Pulitzer Prize final ...

, composer * Lane Shi Otayonii, vocalist and sound designer *

Stefanie Sun Stefanie Sun Yanzi (; born Sng Ee Tze; 23 July 1978) is a Singaporean singer and songwriter. Known for her Ballad, ballads and girl next door image, Sun made her debut with the album ''Yan Zi (album), Yan Zi'' in 2000. Featuring the single "Cl ...

, Chinese Singaporean singer * Sun Yingdi, pianist *

Tan Dun Tan Dun (, ; born 18 August 1957) is a Chinese-born American composer and conductor. A leading figure of contemporary classical music, he draws from a variety of Western and Chinese influences, a pairing which has shaped much of his life and mu ...

, composer *

Melvyn Tan Melvyn Tan Ban Eng (; born 13 October 1956) is a Singapore-born British classical pianist, noted for his study of historical performance practice. From a young age, he went to England to study, first at the Yehudi Menuhin School when he was twe ...

, pianist (fortepiano) *

Muhai Tang Muhai Tang (; born 1949 in Shanghai) is a Chinese conductor. He is the youngest son of celebrated Chinese film director Tang Xiaodan and brother of painter and poet Tang Muli. Tang initially learned music with his parents, and later studied ...

, conductor *

Teresa Teng Teng Li-Chun ( zh, t=鄧麗君, s=, p=Dèng Lìjūn; 29 January 1953 – 8 May 1995), commonly known as Teresa Teng, was a Taiwanese singer, television personality, musician, and philanthropist. Referred to by some as the "Honorific nicknames i ...

, singer * The8 (Xu Minghao), member of Seventeen *

Tian Zhen Tian Zhen (born 2 May 1966) is a Chinese rock singer from Beijing. Early life On May 2, 1966, Tian Zhen was born in Beijing to Dai Li and Tian Zhenhua. Both of her parents were members of the army — her father as a soldier, and her mother a ...

Twelve Girls Band 12 Girls Band (, sometimes abbreviated to 女樂 or 女乐) are an all-female Chinese musical group that initially consisted of twelve members before the addition of a thirteenth. Twelve Girls Band use traditional Chinese instruments to play both ...

* Wang Jian, cellist * Wang Yuja, pianist *

Wen Junhui Wen Junhui (; born 10June 1996), also known by his stage name Jun (), is a Chinese singer, dancer, and actor based in South Korea and China. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen and its perfor ...

, member of Seventeen * Wing Yee, guitarist and singer–songwriter *

Faye Wong Faye Wong ( zh, 王菲; pinyin: ''Wáng Fēi''; born 8 August 1969) is a Chinese singer-songwriter and actress. Early in her career, she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong (). Born in Beijing, she moved to British Hong Kong at the age o ...

, singer *

Di Xiao Di Xiao () is a classical piano soloist originally from China, named in the top 10 up and coming Chinese pianists by International Piano Magazine in 2009.Nancy Pellegrini: ”On The Rise", "International Piano Magazine", No 62, March/April 2009 ...

, Classical Pianist * Wu Fei, composer,

guzheng The zheng (), or guzheng (), is a Chinese List of Chinese musical instruments#Plucked, plucked zither. The modern guzheng commonly has 21, 25, or 26 strings, is long, and is tuned in a Major scale, major pentatonic scale. It has a large, reson ...

performer, vocalist *

Xian Xinghai Xian Xinghai or Sinn Sing Hoi (; 13 June 1905 – 30 October 1945) was a Chinese composer. He was among the first composers in his country to draw on western classical music and has influenced many later Chinese musicians. Xian composed in all t ...

, composer * Xin Huguang, composer *

Rainie Yang Rainie Yang Cheng Lin (Chinese: 楊丞琳; born 4 June 1984) is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host. Yang began her career in 2000 as a member of girl group 4 in Love (group), 4 in Love. After the group disbanded in 2002, she began ...

, Taiwanese singer and actress *

Yang Xuefei Xuefei Yang (; born March 15, 1977) is a Chinese classical guitarist acclaimed as one of the world's finest classical guitarists. Classic FM named her one of the 100 Top Classical Musicians of Our Time, and BBC Music Magazine ranks her among the ...

, guitarist * Youxin Yang, songwriter *

Ye Xiaogang Ye Xiaogang ( zh, s=叶小纲, t=葉小綱, p=Yè Xiǎogāng; born September 23, 1955) is a Chinese composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Ye was born in Shanghai in 1955. He studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing fr ...

, composer * Lai Ying Tong, a songwriter from Hong Kong *

Kris Wu Wu Yi Fan ( zh, s=吴亦凡, ; born November 6, 1990), known professionally as Kris Wu, is a Chinese Canadian former rapper and convicted serial rapist. He is a former member of South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo and its subgroup Exo-M under SM En ...

, ex-

Exo Exo (; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean-Chinese boy band based in Seoul formed by SM Entertainment in 2011 and debuted in 2012. The group consists of nine members: Xiumin, Suho, Lay Zhang, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen (singer), Chen, Chanyeol, ...

member *

Lu Han Lu Han (; born April 20, 1990), also known mononymously as Luhan, is a Chinese singer, actor, and dancer. He was a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo and its sub-group Exo-M, before leaving the group in October 2014. That year, ...

, ex-

member *

Huang Zitao Huang Zitao ( zh, s=黄子韬, p=Huáng Zǐtāo; born May 2, 1993), also known by his stage name Tao, is a Chinese rapper. He is a former member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo and its Chinese sub-unit, Exo-M. After leaving Exo, he ma ...

, ex-

member *

Li Wenhan Li Wenhan (; born ) is a Chinese singer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of UNIQ, a Chinese-South Korean boy group formed by Yuehua Entertainment in 2014. In 2019, he participated in the Chinese survival program, '' Youth With You ...

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/ Unine member, soloist *

Lay Zhang Zhang Yixing (born Zhang Jiashuai ; ), known professionally as Lay Zhang or simply Lay, is a Chinese singer and actor. After participating in the Chinese talent show ''Star Academy'' in 2005, he became a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy ...

, Exo member * Lai Guanlin, ex-

Wanna One Wanna One () was a South Korean boy band formed by CJ E&M through the second season of '' Produce 101''. The group was composed of eleven members: Kang Daniel, Park Ji-hoon, Lee Dae-hwi, Kim Jae-hwan, Ong Seong-wu, Park Woo-jin, Lai Kuan-li ...

member *

Xiaojun Xiao Dejun (; ; born August 8, 1999), known mononymously as Xiaojun, is a Chinese singer and actor based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group NCT and its sub-unit WayV. Career 2015–2018: Pre-debut In 2015, Xiaojun pa ...

, NCT member *

Song Yaxuan Song Yaxuan (born March 4,2004) is a Chinese singer, actor, and producer. He is a member of TNT (Chinese boy group), TNT. Early life and education Song Yaxuan was born on March 4, 2004, in Binzhou, Binzhou City, Shandong, China. He grew up w ...

, Teens in Times member *

Song Yuqi Song Yuqi (, ; born September 23, 1999), known mononymously as Yuqi, is a Chinese singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group I-dle, which debuted as (G)I-dle under Cube Entertainment in May 20 ...

(G)I-dle I-dle (; stylized in all lowercase), formerly known as (G)I-dle (), is a South Korean girl group formed by Cube Entertainment in 2018. The group consists of five members: Miyeon, Minnie (singer), Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi, and Shuhua. Originally a se ...

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