Gao Hong  
Chinese Pipa Soloist and Composer

1986-1990, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, P.R. China
                 Graduated with Honors, Student of Pipa Master Lin Shicheng
1979-1985, Hebei Provincial School of the Arts, Hebei, P.R. China, Graduated with Honor

 

Awards and Honors

 

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2012

Arts Tour Minnesota Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board

Folk and Traditional Arts Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board

2011

-USArtists International grant form the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation -

- Arts Learning Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board

2010

- Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board

- Student-Faculty Fellows Program from ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation

- Subito award from the American Composers Forum

2009

-Global Connections grant from the Meet The Composer Inc. in New York.

-USArtists International grant form the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation -

2008

- McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians

- MetLife Creative Connections Grant from the Meet The Composer Inc. in New York.

- Emerging Composer Commission from the Jerome Foundation.

- Subito award from the American Composers Forum

- Awarded Guest Professor Tilte at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

2007

- The St Paul Listens from the American Composers Forum

- Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant

- Chinese Heritage Foundation Grant.

- Cultural Community Partnership Grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board

- Winner of 2007 Essentially Choral reading program by American Composers Forum and VocalEssence

- MetLife Creative Connections Grant from the Meet The Composer Inc. in New York.

2006

- Creative Connections award from the Meet The Composer Inc. in New York.

- Encore award from the American Composers Forum

2005

- Creative Connections (formerly The Meet The Composer Fund) from Meet The Composer Inc. in New York.

- Emerging Composer Commission from the Jerome Foundation.

- Subito award from the American Composers Forum

2004

- Bush Artist Fellowship for Traditional and Folk Arts
- Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board

2003

- Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant

2002

- Commission from Walker Art Center for new works for "Gao Hong and Friends Around the World" concert.
- Emerging Composer Commission from the Jerome Foundation.

2001

- McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians
- Commission from Ragamala Music and Dance Theater for Transposed Heads.

2000

-  LIN (Leadership Initiatives in Neighborhoods) Grant from The St. Paul Companies
- Commission from Twin Cities Public Television to compose and perform on the soundtrack of six-episode series Made In China.
- Commission from Theater Mu to compose music for play Song of the Pipa, based on Gao Hong's own life story and the life of Bai Juyi.

1998


- Received funding from the American Composers Forum's Performance Incentive Fund
- Included in Peoples' Publishing's Dictionary of Chinese Musicians

1997


- McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians
- Artist Assistance Fellowship from Minnesota State Arts Board
- Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant
- Asian-Pacific Award from Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans
- Composers Commissioning Program Award from American Composers Forum

1996


- Received funding through Walker Art Center Community Partnership Fund for performances with Western orchestras and educational workshops administered by International Friendship Through the Performing Arts
- Received funding from the American Composers Forum's Performance Incentive Fund
- Included in The Dictionary of Contemporary Music Notables
- Featured in the book Famous People From Henan Province

1989


- Awarded International Art Cup (Beijing)


1984


- First Prize in Hebei Professional Young Music Performers Competition