Past SVF Faculty
Huang Chenxing
Chenxing Huang is Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She is also a member of the Chinese Musicians Association. An alumni of both the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Moscow State Conservatory, she was under the guidance of Prof. Shisheng Zheng and Eduard Grach.
In 1997, she graduated as the top student and was subsequently appointed as a faculty member. During that time, she attended several international masterclasses, music festivals and major performances in U.S., Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Her outstanding performance led her to further her education at the Moscow State Conservatory as a government-sponsored scholar.
Her extensive performances include collaborations with the Shanghai Opera House, Shanxi Symphony Orchestra, Nanchang Ensemble, Russia String Orchestra, playing at reputable venues like the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Rachmaninov Concert Hall, Enescu Concert Hall, Shanghai Concert Hall, Shanghai He Luting Concert hall and many others.
As a remarkable teacher and mentor, Huang Chenxing’s students have excelled in both national and international competitions. In 2001, 3 of her students won important prizes in the 7th National Violin Competition. In the international competition arena, her students excelled in the George Enescu International Violin Competition (Romania), Brahms International Violin Competition, Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition (Italy), and the Kazakhstan International Violin Competition. For her contributions in teaching, she was granted “National Excellent Teacher Award”, and is the youngest violin teacher who has ever received this honour. Besides that, she also earned the Shanghai Conservatory of Music President Award, Awards for Shanghai Talents, Tang’s Teacher Award for 7 times, “Sou Xing” Award for Exceptional Teaching, He Luting Foundation Award, National Excellent Teaching Award and many others.
Her achievements in education led to the publication of several of her dissertations. They include topics such as: Intensified Training of Violin Tonal Intonation, Intensified Training of Violin Finger Technique, Violin 4-Octave Scales System with Position Shifting Training. She also published a DVD sharing her knowledge on Violin Teaching and Rode 24 Caprices, etc.
Huang Chenxing was invited as a jury member to the 13th, 14th, 16th Romania International Violin Competition. She is also frequently invited to hold masterclasses in the U.S., Singapore, Romania, Germany, etc.