Xin Lu

Soloist, Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing

Gennaro Gagliano (1765) & Larsen Sovereign for Cello

Xin Lu

Larsen Strings for Cello

About Xin Lu

Xin Lu is considered one of the most outstanding Chinese cellists of his generation. He was born in 1980 and began to play the cello at the age of five. His teachers include Guan-Quan Hu (Academy of JiLin) and Ming-Qing Yu (Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing).

“The Larsen Sovereign cello strings makes more possibilities on my cello! Bright, Clarity and extremely powerful sound!”

Xin Lu

Larsen Cello Sovereign

After winning First Prize at the 5th China National Cello Competition in 2004, he moved to Europe to continue his studies with Radu Aldulescu at the Menuhin Academy, Switzerland, and the great British cellist Raphael Wallfisch at the Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland.

As a soloist, he has performed with many leading orchestras, such as the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra Switzerland, the China National Symphony Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra China, Ningbo Symphony Orchestra China, Qingdao Symphony Orchestra China, Camerata Lysy Switzerland, etc. Conductors include Muhai Tang, Yu Feng, Alexander Rahbari, Xincao Li, Hahm Shinik, Matthias Foremny, Guoyong Zhang, Howard Griffiths, Daye Lin, and many others.

In 2023, Xin Lu was awarded Outstanding Cellist by the Federation of Literature and Art of China. Currently, Xin Lu is Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.