Qin Qian and her students:

Kelvin Wang, Evan Wang, Lucie Song, Mei Qing Ren, Suet Ping Chiu, Hon Wing Leung, Leo Yang, Daniel Yang.

Also with Special Guests: Keegan Tawa, Ru Jiang Huang, William Yang, Adam Song, Meng Quan Wang, Friends senior Care Center’s chorus and band.

Qin Qian is a professional erhu player and teacher in Philadelphia. As a child, she learned to play accordion and erhu from her father. When she was 16, She entered the Guangxi Art College, majoring in erhu performance. She has worked as an erhu performer and teacher as well as the music program editor, reporter, and program host for the Nanning radio station in Guangxi Province where she interviewed many famous musicians in China. She has authored two books: “My Dreams Soar With Music” , and “A Musical Journey in America”. She released her first CD in 2005, “A Romantic Musical Journey,” which featured her work on the erhu and monochord, and for which she received wide attention from music lovers in China. In 2005, she immigrated to the U.S., where she continued her efforts in promoting Chinese music. She has partnered with many Western musicians to perform on the erhu and other Chinese instruments in concerts featuring different musical styles, including classical, jazz, opera, and pop. The concerts have taken place in the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Australia. Qin Qian twice received the Outstanding Teacher Award at the Princeton International Chinese Music Competition, Princeton University where her students won top prizes. qinqianerhu.com