Xiang Gao (; born 1973 or 1974) is a Chinese violinist.
Gao has performed as a soloist for numerous world leaders, including two U.S. Presidents, three Chinese Presidents, and King
Juan Carlos I
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of Spain. He is also the director and violinist for
6-WIRE, the University of Delaware's ensemble in residence.
Biography
Gao was born in Beijing in 1973 or 1974.
His mother and father played the violin professionally, and when he was eight years old, he began playing the violin.
Gao’s skill led him to finish first in a national violin contest held in China later in his adolescence. In 1991, he moved to the United States.
There he attended the
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
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The school was founded in 1880 as the Ann Arbor School of Music ...
.
Gao is currently the UD Trustees Distinguished Professor of Music at the
University of Delaware
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, which he moved to in 2001.
Maggie Large of ''
The Telegraph
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Australia
* The Telegraph (Adelaide), ''The Telegraph'' (Adelaide), a newspaper in Adelaid ...
'' worte that Gao is "one of the first Chinese soloists to hit it big on the international scene".
Personal life
Gao is married to Renee Dong, a linguist. The couple has a daughter.
See also
*
Master Players Concert Series
References
External links
Official website
Chinese violinists
Living people
University of Delaware faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century violinists
University of Michigan alumni
Musicians from Fuzhou
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