Hai Xu
Oboe
National Level 2 Performer/Deputy Director of the General Business Department of Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra
A contracted artist to Buffet Crampon (France). He graduated from the Conservatory of Music of Minzu University of China under the tutelage of Professor Park Changtian. In 2012, he graduated from Zurich Conservatory of Music (Switzerland) with a Master's degree (Diploma in musical instrument performance), studying under the internationally renowned oboe master Simon Fuchs and Professor Martin Frutige. During this period, he served as the principal oboe of the Zurich Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra and the Swiss Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2012, he has been the principal oboe of the Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra and has traveled with the orchestra to the countries such as Germany, the United States, Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Egypt. He performed as a soloist in the 2013 Algiers International Music Festival; in 2016, he performed as an oboe soloist in the Zhejiang Cultural Hall's "Xinsong Project" special performance and collaborated with the Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra on the concerto. Won the first prize of the Western Instrument Solo performance in the 9th Music and Dance Festival Competition of Zhejiang Province; the first prize of the Western Instrument Woodwind Ensemble in the "9th Music and Dance Festival" Competition of Zhejiang Province; the 2015 "Xinsong Project" Zhejiang Province Young Performer First Prize for Western Instrument Solo in the Competition; Outstanding Individual at the G20 Hangzhou Summit; Outstanding Contribution Award at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou; First Prize in the Chamber Music Group of the 2021 Alba International Music Festival (Italy) .