Xiaomu Fang
Cello
Ms. Xiaomu Fang has been the Co-Principal Cellist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra since 2008.
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About Xiaomu Fang
Ms. Xiaomu Fang has been the Co-Principal Cellist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra since 2008. Over the years, she has performed over two thousand concerts.
Xiaomu has enjoyed collaborating with some of the world’s leading conductors, including Tarmo Peltokoski, Daniele Gatti, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Manfred Honeck, Edo de Waart, Jaap van Zweden, Christophe Eschenbach, Vasily Petrenko, Paavo Jarvi, Lorin Maazel, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Leonard Slatkin, Charles Dutoit, and David Zinman.
She has also worked with top soloists, including Maxim Vengerov, Daniel Lozakovich, Mikhail Pletnev, Emanuel Ax, Evgeny Kissin, Rudolf Buchbinder, Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang, James Ehnes, Joshua Bell, Ray Chen, Gil Shaham, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Leila Josefowicz, Midori, Jonas Kaufmann, Sumi Jo, Renee Fleming, and Vincent Dubois.
Xiaomu Fang has toured with different orchestras in many countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Brussels, Croatia, the United States, Canada, Australia, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, and Macao.
She has been presented as a soloist with many orchestras, including the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under the Baton of maestro Jaap van Zweden, the China Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, working with maestro Sergiu Comissiona, Jacek Kaspszyk, and Carl St. Clair. She has been invited to give solo recitals repeatedly at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York.
Xiaomu Fang graduated from The Juilliard School on full scholarship, studying with the cello master Harvey Shapiro. In recognition of her extraordinary talent and contributions to the classical music world, the New York State Assembly awarded her the “Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Culture Award,” making her the first Asian musician to receive this prestigious honor.
She is also very passionate about teaching and promoting music to the community.
She has given master classes in Hong Kong, the US, and China. She has been invited to be a cello jury member in numerous competitions, including the Schoenfeld International String Competition, the Tokyo International Music Festival and Competition, the Hong Kong International Violin and Chamber Music Competition, the International European Music Competition, the Concours International de Musique de Versailles France Compétition, the Premia International Competition, the Hong Kong International Music Festival Competition, the Taiwan International Music Competition, the Belt and Road International Talent Show Competition, the Hong Kong Music Talent Award Competition, the International Youth Music Competition, as well as the Hong Kong International Music & Arts Festival Competition.
Xiaomu Fang has been appointed the Artist Teacher of the Department of Music at Hong Kong Baptist University since 2011. Her students have won many awards in competitions in Hong Kong and internationally. Her students have been accepted to The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, and professional music schools in both the UK and Germany.
Xiaomu Fang plays a fine c. 1870 Luigi Fabris cello kindly loaned to her by the Stretton Society through the HK Phil String Instruments Circle. She performs with Larsen Sovereign for cello.
“I was absolutely astonished by the new Sovereign strings! As soon as Dr Thomas Zwieg changed the Sovereign C string for me, it immediately opened up the sound of the whole cello, with amazing depth, warmth, and exceptionally strong projection!
Then, as he changed the strings one by one, the sound simply blossomed to its fullest potential. They responded immediately to both the subtlest and the most intense expressions!”
Xiaomu Fang
Please visit hkphil.org to find out more about the artist including forthcoming events.
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