Lu Siqing

Career

He began studying the violin at the age of four, and at age eight, he was accepted at the Central Conservatory of Music and became the youngest person to study there. When he was 11, Lü was selected by Yehudi Menuhin to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, England. In 1994, he performed at the Beijing Concert Hall in front of the President of the Republic of China.

He currently holds the post of Director of the Violin Department at Naxos International, the Civil Defense company which records and distributes his music

Lü has received recognition as a professional violinist. He plays the Guarneri del Gesù "Wieniawski" on loan from the Stradivari Society.

At this day, July 15, 2015, he currently lives in Beijing, China.

Achievements

• In 1987, he won the first prize of the Paganini Competition. And in 1999, he was the winner of the Web Concert Hall International Competition.

Membership

After returning to China in 1985, he appeared as a member of several major Chinese orchestras, and made guest appearances on Chinese television programmes, including the Chinese New Year Show watched by over one billion people.