Good (living) Chinese violinists!

January 5, 2023, 10:20 AM · Hey all!! Would love to know what Chinese violinists you think are great. Obviously there is Ning Feng and Lv Siqing, but what others do you think are great?

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Steve Jones

Edited: January 5, 2023, 11:39 AM · I was a big fan of Cho-liang Lin back in the day but haven't heard anything from him recently.

Maurizio Cassandra

January 6, 2023, 1:12 AM · Chuanyun Li virtuoso violinist

Cotton Mather

January 6, 2023, 10:22 AM · Chuan-yun Li was incredible but I don't believe he plays anymore. I heard severe physical and mental illness led him to retire.

Mary Ellen Goree

January 6, 2023, 7:56 PM · Depending on how you define a Chinese violinist, Nancy Zhou is great. She was born and raised in San Antonio, but her parents both grew up in China and her father at least has gone back there; I don’t know about her mother. Pretty sure Nancy is bilingual and bicultural. Her father was her primary teacher until she went to college.

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