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Li-Wei Qin

 
 

秦立巍

 
 

 

 
 

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Li-Wei Qin  秦立巍 pinyin Qin Liwei pinyin Qin Liwei

   

1976

Li-Wei Qin  秦立巍  was born on February 16, in a family of musicians, in Shanghai  China.

 

He began learning to play the cello with his father, a former cellist with the Shanghai

 

Orchestra. His mother was a pianist concert.

   

1989

He moved to live in Australia, with his family.
   

1995

Thanks to scholarships, he joined :

 

   -  the Manchester Conservatory RNCM ( Royal Northern College of Music)

 

and  studied with Ralph Kirshbaum.

 

  -   the London School of Music and Drama

 

and  studied with David Takeno.

   

1993

Young Performer of the Year Australian Broadcasting Corporation's

1997

the First Prize in the Adam International Cello Competition

 

the Gold Medal in the Royal Overseas League Competitione

1998

the Silver Medal at the 11th Tchaikovsky International Competition

2001

First Prize in the International New York's Walter W.Naumburg competition

   

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He played with the greatest symphony orchestrases :

 

  - of London -  Berlin - Melbourne - Shanghai - Sydney ...

   
 

He played with the greatest philarmonic orchestrases : :

 

  -  China  -  Hong Kong  -  Londron  -  Los Angeles ...

   
 

He played with the chambers orchestras :

 

  -  in Australia -  Manchester  -  Munich  - The Netherlands ( The Kremerata Baltika )  -  Zurich.

   
 

He performed alongside some of the world's greatest conductors  : selection

 

The Americain  Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) -

 

The Briton Sir Andrew Dawis (1944-2024)  -  The Italian Gianandrea Noseda -

 

The RussianVladimir Ashkenazy - The Czech Jiri Belohlavek (1946 -2017) .;;;..

 

 

 

To rediscover rarely performed works,he founded the Dragon quartet :

 

with the violinists / Ning Feng - Wang Xiaomao

 

with the Violist / Zheng Wen Xiao - with the Cellist Li Wei-Qin.

   
 

He lives and works at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory -  National University of Singapore.

   
  Daniele Sicard
   

   
 

Li-Wei Qin                                                                                     https://www.liweiqin.com

   

   
 

Discography selection

   

2005

Elgar - Cello concerto - ABC classics

2009

Alone - Works for cello - Li Weiqi - Cello Classics

2010

Beethoven - Sonatas for Cello - Li Wei-Qin - Albert Tiu - Decca Classics

2012

Dvořák : Cello concerto  - live - Decca Classics

2012

Rachmaninov - Works for cello and piano - Li Wei-Qin - Albert Tiu  - Decca Music

2013

Moor & Brahms: - Double concerto - Li Wei-Qin & Sebastien Comberti  - Violin Qian Zhou

2014

Ross Harris : Symphony n°4Cello concerto - Naxos

2014

DUO - Li Wei-Qi -  Ning Feng - Decca Classics

2014

Elgar & Walton - Cello concerto - Li Wei-Qin Decca Classics / ABC Classics

2017

Wenchen Qin - Violin and Cello - Mengla Huang  -  Li Wei-Qin

2017

The Dragon quartet Works of Borodin - Weinberg - Shostakovich

2019

Russian Cello Concertos - Li Wei-Qin - Naxos Record

 

 
   

 
 

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