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Siqing Lu

His special guest appearances on all Chinese major arts and culture shows include China Central Television Chinese New Year Show (the most watched show in China, with more than one billion viewers), New Year  Concert, China Film Festival, Qingdao Beer Festival and " 20th Century Chinese Masterpieces " Festival. Mr. Lu performances are broadcast on television and radio stations throughout China, including one in 1994, attended by Mr. Jiang Ze-min, the President of China, at Beijing Concert Hall.

Siqing Lu records exclusively for Naxos International (Far East), and has made four recordings of the most famous Chinese violin work, Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto." His interpretation has been widely considered the best among more than 30 available recordings of this work. Mr. Lu 1997 release, Traumerei-Romantic Violin Favorites, with pianist Robert Koenig, was awarded CD of the month by All Music Magazine and China Times in Taiwan and was voted one the best 100 CDs of 1997 by Sound Symposium. He has made more than dozen CD and video recordings for several other labels in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Mr. Lu performances have been carried on China national television station-CCTV, New York? Sinovision and WQXR , Chicago WFMT, Germany WDR and more than 30 other TV and radio stations throughout China and other parts of the world.

Siqing Lu was born in 1969 in Qingdao, China and began violin study with his father at four. As an eight-year-old, he was accepted by the Central Conservatory of Music as a special student--the youngest student ever accepted at the famed institution--and studied with Prof. Zhenshan Wang. At 11, Lord Yehudi Menuhin chose Lu to study at his school in London. In 1984 he returned to China for advanced studies at the Conservatory in Beijing, and, five years later, he studied with Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang at the Juilliard School.

In addition to the Paganini First Prize, Siqing Lu has won numerous international competitions including those in Beijing, England, and the U.S. Mr. Lu holds the post of Director of the Violin Department at the Naxos International Music Center, Hong Kong, and Honorary Guest Soloist of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra and Kunming Symphony Orchestra, China. Mr. Lu makes his home in Edgewater, New Jersey.

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PRESS QUOTES

With a clear sound, dazzling and crystalline, Lu revealed himself as a great talent, a virtuoso without equal. Corriere Della Srera, Milano, Italy

In the Paganini, Lu confirmed his masterful facility: the gift of excellent phrasing; the capacity for warmth and authentic abandon; of marked contrasts¡K..giving his monogram to an interpretation. The Cincinnati Enquirer, U.S.A

In cascades of scales, bursts of staccato, multiple stops, harmonics, pizzicatti, Lu displayed his full command of the instrument. Lu has a fantastically smooth and controlled bow arm, ¡K and his tone is rich and lyrical. The Heritage Villager, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Siqing was a revelation¡K..master of all the intricacies of his art and at the same time an intuitive interpreter. Vevey Rivierz, Montreux-Vevey, Switzerland

The Chinese violinist Siqing Lu released well-deserved applause from the audience with his highly musical, subtly differentiated and phenomenally virtuosi rendition of the "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso" by Saint-Saens.Bund, Bern, Switzerland

Our own violinist Siqing Lu gave an extraordinary performance in his new CD, he astonished us with his powerful sound, his intonation, his security of phrasing, and his expressive charge¡K¡Kabove all with the capacity to filter through every note musical sensitivity of a personality bursting forth. China Audiophile, China

An exquisite sense of rhythm and structure. China Daily, Beijing, China

Siqing Lu -the pride of Qingdao. Qingdao Daily, Qingdao, China

The best performance of the "Butterfly Lovers" violin concerto ever in Taiwan. All Music Magazine, Taiwan

Lu's rendition brings Paganini to life again, which is indeed a miracle. All Music Magazine, Taiwan

"Traumerei-Romance Violin Favorites-Music to the heart¡K¡Ka brilliant rendition of romantic violin favorites, a beautiful CD. Audio technique, Hong Kong

Lu is an excellent violinist with strong character¡K.in the Mendelssohn concerto, he displayed a silky and shinny sound, a sensitive and delicate phrasing. Audio technique, Hong Kong

A world class rendition of the Mendelssohn concerto ¡K.a brilliant "Zigeunerweisen"¡K a beautifully played, virtuosi "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso". Hi Fi Review, Hong Kong

One of the three best recordings of the "Butterfly Lovers" concerto...beautiful and sensitive, excellent technique....most touching interpretation. Hi Fi Review, Hong Kong