Xu Hui

Acting Principal Erhu of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Xu joined the HKCO in 2006 and took her current position in 2020. She is also a director of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society, Sino-US Chinese Musicians Association, YMCA Hong Kong, Federation of HK Jiangsu Community Organisations. Xu is also the director and ‘Hong Kong and Macau Cultural Exchange Ambassador’ of the Wusih Residents (HK) Association.

She holds a double postgraduate degree in erhu and banhu from the Central Conservatory of Music, where she trained under Professors Zhao Hanyang and Li Heng. Xu has given solo recitals in Nanjing, Beijing, Hong Kong and the United States. Her discography includes the solo albums Hui Sheng Hui Se and Moonlight Flower. Orchestras she has performed with include the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, Shandong Chinese Orchestra, Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra and the HKCO. She has also performed with renowned conductors and composers such as Tang Muhai, Yan Huichang, Wang Fujian, Pang Ka Pang, Liu Wenjin, He Zhanhao and Li Ying in world premieres of a Chinese rendition of Mahler’s The Song of the Earth, the erhu concerto The Everlasting Regret, and the banhu concerto Royal Love. Other premiere performances include Cloud．Wind, Wanquan River, and Fantasy for ensemble. She has gone on tour to mainland China, Asia, Europe and America with the HKCO.