Xiaofeng Zhang Email:xfzhus@yahoo.com Phone:707-480-8835 Fax:707-762-5456

Xiaofeng Zhang
(Erhu, Gaohu, Zhonghu)

Raised in a musical family, Zhang started music lesson with her father at an early age of ten. Two years later, She studied from well known Erhuist Li Xin. Her professional training began in 1978 with erhu master Liu Zhen Gua. At 17, she was accepted into the Central Conservatory of Junior Division in Beijing. Two years later, she was accepted into the Conservatory College Program without the strict audition. She studies under the nationally acclaimed Professor Lan Yu Song.

EDUCATION

B.A. of Music---Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China (1984)

EXPERIENCE

---Member of the National Tradition Orchestra of China. (1984-1997)
---Co-founder of the Jumping Buddha Ensemble. (1997)
---Music director of the Jumping Buddha Ensemble. (1997-present)
---Member of the Young Audiences. (1998-1999)
---Board member of the Door Dog Music Productions. ((1998-present)
---Faculty member of the “Chinese Music Program” at Laney College,
Oakland, CA. (2001-present)
---Co-founded the Beijing Chamber Orchestra. (2001)
---Panel of Judges in the “First Chinese Musical Instrument Competition of North
America” San Francisco, CA (2002)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

---Toured with the National Tradition Orchestra of China throughout the years to places
including: Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States as well as
throughout China.
---Feature artist in the program “Xiaofeng Zhang’s Erhu Solo Performances” by the
Beijing Radio Broadcast Station. (1985)
---Erhu solo, Beijing Music Hall on “Celebration of Liu Tian Hua’s 100th Birthday”
(1995)
--- Published Jumping Buddha Ensemble CD (1998)
---Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony, War Memorial Opera House, San
Francisco, CA (2001)
---The Asiatist Karavnae Festival, Norway (2002)
---Erhu Solo Concert at the Clarion Music Center, San Francisco, CA (2002)
---The Jumping Buddha Ensemble, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA (2003)
---The Beijing Chamber Orchestra presents “Lunar New Year Celebration”, Santa Rosa
Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA (2003)
---The Jumping Buddha Ensemble at the Copia, Napa, CA (2003)

---The Jumping Buddha Ensemble with Marc Huestis presents “WAR IS OVER” at
the Castro Theater, San Francisco, CA (2003)
---Member of the San Francisco World Music Festival---Premiered the Erhu
Concerto “Rifia” and “Marasil” by Marcel Khalife, a well known Lebanese composer,
With the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra (2003)
---The Beijing Chamber Orchestra in “World Music Concert”, Petaluma, CA (2003)
---In the 5th San Francisco World Music Festival, performed Beijing Opera Music with
the Kronos Quartet (2004)
---Second invitation to the Asiatisk Karavane Fastival, Norway. (2004)
---Erhu solo in the “Butterfly Lovers Concerto. Premiered the “Phoenix Concerto” by
Thomas Goss, with the Cotati Philharmonic. (2005)
---The Beijing Chamber Orchestra presents “Asian Impressions”, Santa Rosa, CA. (2005)
---“Golestan” CD release Concert , Norway (2005)

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