Dan Qiao, Violin

Dan Qiao has enjoyed a vibrant career as a concert violinist and chamber musician performing in concerts around the world, including in China, Germany, France, Poland, and the USA. Ms. Qiao has performed as a solo and chamber musician at such prestigious festivals as Beijing Modern Music Festival, Baroque Summer Festival, Mostly Modern music festival (Saratoga Springs, NY), Euro Music Festival (Halle, Germany), Rencontres Musicales Internationales des Graves (Bordeaux, France), and the Jubilee International Music Course (Opole, Poland), Lunigiana International Music Festival (Italy), Brevard Music Festival (NC, USA). She played chamber music recital with legendary violinist Maxim Vengerov at Rencontres Musicales Internationales des Graves in 2019. She also played in Carnegie hall in 2021. She has a long repertoire list including more than 30 baroque, classical, romantic, and contemporary concerti.

Dan has received many honors and awards for her work as a solo and chamber musician, including 1st place and top scholarship in the Three Arts Scholarship Competition, and a multi-time winner of the CCM concerto competition, a multi-time winner of a Doug Davis Endowment Performance Award. She won the Quebec International Music Competition, "Bonn and Salzburg" Grand Prize Virtuoso. She won the concerto competition in Italy “LIMF” and the special prize. She also won the American Music /Contemporary Music Competition in many other international competitions. She was the first place winner in the 2022 Music International Grand Prix For Adult String and Third place winner for the ensemble. She played in Merkin Hall, Lincoln Center in May 2022.

Dan is also a new music promoter. She values passionate performances, collaborations, and making modern music more approachable for today’s audiences. She did many world premieres in NYC. She is an experienced teacher for 13 years. Her private students have been admitted by a lot of famous music colleges in China and the USA.

Starting violin at age 4, She was the first-place winner in the graduate entrance exam in the orchestra department at Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 2015 she moved to the USA to pursue another Master's and Doctor degree. Now, She is a DMA candidate at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.