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Wei He
BA, University of Texas at Austin
Artist Certificate, San Francisco Conservatory
Chinese American violinist Wei He has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States and the Far East. At age 16, he was chosen by Chinese government as one of ten young musicians to give solo recitals at various schools and festivals in Japan. As violinist of New China Trio, Mr. He has won top prizes from Yellow Spring Chamber Music Competition in Ohio and Carmel Chamber Music Competition in California. He has collaborated in chamber music with members of Juilliard Quartet, Guarneri Quartet, Francesco Trio, Peabody Trio and cellist, Nathaniel Rosen among others.
Committed to exploring musical connections between West and East, Mr. He co-founded Bridge Chamber Virtuosi, a San Francisco based chamber group juxtaposes Western classical music and contemporary Asian music to present a cross-cultural, synergetic concert experience. During the past season, the Bridge Chamber Virtuosi served as the inspiration for celebrated fusion composer Joan Huang’s new, innovative multi-media project, "Shanghai Trilogy". This special piece was commissioned by the Shanghai-San Francisco Sister City Committee as a gift from San Francisco to Shanghai. For their musical contribution, the BCV was presented a plaque of special recognition by Mayor Gavin Newsom on behalf of city of San Francisco for serving as cultural ambassadors at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
Passionate about teaching, Wei He joined the collegiate faculty at San Francisco Conservatory of Music after played in the first violin section of San Francisco Symphony for two seasons. His collegiate studio at SFCM now has students coming from 6 different countries, while his private studio attracts some of the most gifted youths from Bay Area. He has given many master classes at conservatories and festivals in the United States and China. In June 2009, through the prestigious Fulbright Senior Specialist Program sponsored by U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, he completed one-month residency at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China, where he gave master classes, workshops and performed works by minority American composers.
He is a faculty artist at Icicle Creek International Chamber Music Festival in Washington, and former Artistic Director of the Crowden School in Berkeley. His major teachers include Chen Wen Yuan, Eugene Gratovich and Camilla Wicks. Wei lives in Bay Area with his wife, cellist Ming Xue, and their dog, Ping.