Li wei qin biography of barack
Li-wei Qin, a year-old cellist who was born in Shanghai, grew up in Australia and now lives in London, was the winner of the Naumburg..
Liwei Qin
Born in Shanghai in 1976, Liwei Qin moved to Australia in 1989 where he studied with Nelson Cooke at Melbourne University.
In 1995 he received a scholarship to study with Ralph Kirshbaum at the RNCM in Manchester, U.K. During his studies Mr. Qin won numerous prizes including the Australian Broadcasting Corporations 1993 Young Performer of the Year, the First Prize in the Adam International Cello Competition in 1997, a Special Distinction in the Rostropovich International Cello Competition, and the Gold Medal in the Royal Overseas League Competition.
Vladimir Ashkenazy was Principal Conductor from to , followed by David Robertson as Chief Conductor from to Australian-born.
Described by Paul Cutts in The Strad as the most gifted young cellist I have heard, Liwei Qin won the Silver Medal in the 1998 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow. Mr. Qin is currently a scholar-in-residence at the RNCM.
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Qin has performed extensively throughout Asia, Australia and Europe. As a concerto soloist he has performed with the Melbourne, Sydney, Tasmanian, N