Qu Jianqing
Qu Jianqing is a distinguished yangqin (Chinese zither) soloist with the Shanghai National Orchestra, which she joined in 1978, at the age of thirteen. She was chosen Shanghai Young Artist of 1980 and two years later won the National Instrumental Solo Competition. A pupil of the most distinguised Chinese teachers, she has toured widely abroad and in 1990 gave the first performance of the Yellow River Concerto in its version for yangqin in Singapore.
