Currently a Professor of violin at Royal Academy of Music, XUE Wei (pronounced shway way) has been described by Gramophone as “One of the outstanding violinist of our time”. He was a prizewinner at the 1981 Chinese National Violin Competition, the 1982 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition and the 1983 Japan International Violin Competition. XUE Wei moved to the UK in 1985 with the sponsorship of the then Lord Mayor of London, Midland Bank and Kleinwort Benson to study at the Guildhall School of Music with Yfrah Neaman.

 

In 1986 XUE won the Tchaikovsky Silver Medal in Moscow and a fortnight later returned to London to win the First Prize and all other available prizes including the Sonata and Orchestra and Audience Prize at the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition. He appears regularly with most of the major British orchestras and has also performed in most European countries. Although no longer a resident of China, XUE Wei maintains ties with his home country and tours regularly in the Far East and North America.