Musicians

Conductor

Hui (Daisy) You

Hui (Daisy) You is a distinguished Zheng (Guzheng, Chinese Zither) soloist and an acclaimed Chinese music educator. Since 2004, she has been on the faculty of the Department of Music at Stanford University. She lectures Guzheng courses of all levels and directs the Stanford Guzheng Ensemble, which she founded in 2004. She currently co-chairs the United States International Music Competition and serves on the Board of Directors of the Chinese Music Teacher’s Association in Northern California. She studied with Baoquan He, Wenyan Sun, Zheng Cao, Ying Guo, Boling Ding, Yanjia Zhou, and Yuzhai Zhao. In 1987, You graduated summa cum laude with a BA degree in Zheng from the Shanghai Conservatory.

You joined the Shanghai Opera as a Zheng soloist after commencement and also won many prestigious awards, including first place in the Shanghai Spring Music Festival in 1986, Awards of Excellence in both the Chinese Instruments Contest held in Beijing in 1989 and the Zheng contest sponsored by Chinese Central TV Station (CCTV) in the same year. She released several popular solo albums featuring traditional and modern pieces.  Since her immigration to the U. S. in 1991, You has appeared as a soloist in the Ohlone Symphonic Pops Orchestra, New Music Works, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, and San Francisco World Music Festival.

Musicians

Bingyi Wang
Guzheng

Anqi Ji
Guzheng

Mingming Li
Guzheng

Zifei Xu
Guzheng

Yujia (Bessie) Zhang
Guzheng

Hannah Qiu
Guzheng

Ashley Nies
Guzheng

Jin Xie
Guzheng

Grace Wong
Guzheng

Luna Yang
Guzheng

Kejun Xu
Erhu, Gaohu

Carina Cai
Erhu

Betty Bingruo Liu
Erhu

Ying Jiang
Erhu

Di Wu
Erhu

Megan Liu
Erhu

Hexuan Li
Erhu

Cora Liu
Pipa

Xiang Li
Pipa

Pearle Lun
Pipa

Sarah Lu-Liang
Pipa

Mo Wu
Pipa

Ziqi Liu 刘子琪
Pipa, Zhongruan

Dali Cheng
President
Dizi

Nathan Yeung 楊紫熙
Dizi, Dongxiao

David (Fu-Ziwei) Smith
Dizi

May Zhang
Dizi

Kexin Huang
Dizi

Whitney Wang
Dizi

Ulysse Manceron
Percussion

Michelle Pan
Percussion

Mingyu Wang
Guzheng

Siyu Chen
Guzheng

Summer Qin
Guzheng

Nikki Liu
Guzheng

Christina Yin
Guzheng

Maggie Liu
Guzheng

Weiwei Zhang
Guzheng

Christopher Yuan
Erhu

Brandon Lum
Erhu

Iona Xia
Zhongruan

Mel Marley
Dizi

Jian Wang
Dizi

Ethan Bell
Cello

Brenda Chen
Percussion

Ye He
Percussion

 

Alumni

Andrew Lee (Pipa/Ruan/Liuqin)
Anika Naidu (Erhu/Zhonghu/Gaohu)
Annika Mulaney (Dizi)
David Chao (Yangqin)
Davy Lu (Erhu/Zhonghu/Gaohu)
Derek Ma (Erhu)
Doris Huanghao Mai (Guzheng, Zhongruan)
Fang Yi Lin (Yangqin)
Ge Fang (Erhu, Gaohu)
Gigi Yulin Zhang (Pipa)
Haitong Mao (Zhongruan)
Hubert (Guzheng)
Hui Jin (Erhu)
Jia Wen Li (Pipa)
Jingyi Tang (Pipa/Ruan/Liuqin)
Joe Troderman (Daruan)
Ke Kelsey Guo (Dizi)
Linfeng Yang (Cello)
Linyi Li (Erhu/Zhonghu/Gaohu)
Mengtian Zhang (Yangqin/Guzheng)
Micheal Mingci Lu (Yangqin/Guzheng)
Nathan Cheung (Liuqin)
Qian Zhao (Dizi)
Ruishan Liu (Erhu)
Ryan Eberhardt (Erhu/Zhonghu/Gaohu)
Shalom Yang (Erhu)
Shuxin Meng (Pipa/Ruan/Liuqin)
Sizi Chen (Pipa, Guzheng)
Suofei Feng (Pipa/Ruan/Liuqin)
Sydney Li (Erhu/Zhonghu/Gaohu)
Tim Junting Hsieh (Dizi)
Tingting Feng (Pipa/Ruan/Liuqin)
Vickie Wang (Erhu)
Wei Li (Yangqin)
Xiaolin Hu (Guzheng)
Yifan Wang (Erhu/Zhonghu/Gaohu)
Yiwen Xu (Dizi)
Ye Wang (Guzheng)
Yu He (Pipa/Ruan/Liuqin)
Yuan Zhang (Pipa/Ruan/Liuqin)