2002

Soloist with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on Tan Dun's pipa concerto in four performances at Ordway Center in St. Paul with Tan Dun conducting. Sold-out performance at Walker Art Center entitled "Gao Hong and Friends Around the World" in which Gao Hong was joined by jazz legend James Newton, shakuhachi master Yoshio Kurahashi, sitarist Shubhendra Rao, tabla player Ty Burhoe, jazz bassist Anthony Cox, the multicultural group Speaking in Tongues, and Minnesota blues icons Donald and Faye Washington. Featured artist in the “Rainbow Concert” at Florida State University, School of Music; Performances with The Spirit of Nature in St. Paul, Winona, and Northfield, Minnesota, and at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Performance at Walker Art Center with Zeitgeist and Jin Hi Kim. Recorded CDs with early music ensemble Belladonna and with cast of "Gao Hong and Friends Around the World" concert.

2001

Performer/composer in Ragamala production of "Transposed Heads" at Southern Theater, Minneapolis. Live broadcasted solo performance on Minnesota Public Radio. Composed soundtrack and performed on six-episode series "Made in China" which aired on PBS stations nationwide. Solo performances at Minnesota Children's Museum, St. Paul; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Winona State University Residential College. Performance with early music ensemble Belladonna at Musical Instrument Museum, Vermilion, South Dakota. Solo performance at Yale University for Washington's Governor Gary Locke. Performance with Anthony Cox at The Festival Dancing in Your Head at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

2000

Performed at Festival of Perth Australia, with “The Peony Pavilion”. Soloist with Intersection Chamber Orchestra on Tan Dun's "Ghost Opera" pipa concerto (pipa with string orchestra). Performed with Fred Ho and the Monkey Orchestra at Mountain View Jazz Festival, Vermont. New Music Concert with Melody of China, San Francisco. Soloist and composer on world premiere theater production of "Song of the Pipa" with Theatre Mu. Collaborative performance at Music in the Parks Series with Belladonna. Residency in 30 public schools for Dubuque Arts Council, Dubuque, IA. Soloist on world premeire pipa concerto by Janika Vandervelde with Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco. Solo performance for Minnesota International Citizens Award Banquet and Grantmakers in the Arts Annual Conference, Minneapolis MN. Performance with The Spirit of Nature at Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, KY. Residency for Arts Are Basic, Lincoln, NE in 18 public schools and performance at Lentz Center for Asian Arts and Culture, Lincoln, NE. Performance of Tan Dun's “Pipa Concerto” with University of Iowa Symphony. Performance at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN with Speaking in Tongues and others.

1999

Performances with Lincoln Center production of “The Peony Pavilion” in Lincoln Center Festival, Festival d'Automne a Paris, Festival de Teatro d'Europa Milan; world premiere performance with Portland (Maine) Symphony of Nancy Van de Vate's “A Peacock Southeast Flew”; performance with Duluth-Superior Symphony; performance at University of Hong Kong; recorded CDs with Speaking in Tongues, The Spirit of Nature, and with flamenco guitarist Wayne Wesley Johnson.

1998

Soloist on premiere recording of pipa concerto “A Peacock Southeast Flew” by Nancy Van de Vate with Moravian Philharmonic in Czech Republic (Vienna Modern Masters label); performed West Coast premiere of Lou Harrison's “Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra” with the Seattle Creative Orchestra; performed world premiere with Minnesota Chorale; residency at Peabody Conservatory with Music From China (NYC); performed world premiere with Heidelberg Philharmonic and solo concert at CHIME (European Foundation for Chinese Music Research) International Conference, Heidelberg, Germany; performed at San Francisco Jazz Festival with Fred Ho and The Monkey Orchestra. performed at Smithsonian Institution solo and with Music from China.

1997

Performed U.S. Midwestern premiere of Zhou Long’s pipa concerto “Peking Drum” with Keith Clark conducting the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra; also a guest soloist with Kenwood Chamber Orchestra at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Northeast Orchestra (MN); and Bloomington Symphony (MN); Bay Youth Orchestra, Virginia Beach, VA; also performed with Fred Ho and The Monkey Orchestra at Next Wave Festival in Brooklyn, NY; with the Lincoln Symphony (NE) on Tan Dun's “Circle”; with Inoue Ensemble and Blended Cultures Orchestra; and solo concert at the Hebei International Music Festival and others.

1996 - 97

Featured in television documentaries filmed by both Henan and Hebei Provincial Television Networks in China, Luoyang Television in China, and by Asian Media Access in Minneapolis for their East Meets West television series.

1996

Joint tour with Lin Shicheng with performances in Beijing; Honolulu; Seattle; St. Paul, and Winona, Minnesota; Recorded CD Hunting Eagles Catching Swans with Lin Shicheng. Founded a professional Chinese music ensemble the Spirit of Nature.

1995

Solo performances at 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Sino-Japanese War, O’Shaugnessy Auditorium, St. Paul, and at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis. Solo performance at St Cloud State University, MN.

1994

U.S.Tour (solo) with performance in New York City; Pittsburgh; Cleveland; Denver; Minneapolis; St. Paul; Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Albany, Brentwood& Geneva, New York. Numerous performance in United States at universities, festivals, and in concert halls; including solo recitals, performances with ensembles comprised of both Chinese and Western instrumentation; performances with jazz musicians Fred Ho, Anthony Cox, Dean Granros and Dave King; and performances with the multi-ethnic Blended Cultures Ensemble.One of two on-stage musicians in Tokyo run of famous Japanese playwright Hideki Noda's “Kiru”.

1993-94

Solo performances in several Japanese cities, including Tokyo, Hiroshima, Yokohama,Hitachi, Osaka and others.

1992

Soloist with Chinese Performing Arts Delegation which toured Japan.

1990-92

Soloist with Beijing Song & Dance Troupe.

1986-90

Solo and ensemble performances and recordings with various Central Conservatory ensembles including those broadcast on radio and television.

1979-85

Solo and ensemble performances with Hebei Provincial School for the Arts touring troupes including those broadcast on radio and television.

1976-79

Pipa performer with Handan Song & Dance Troupe.