Wang YouDi

The first Doctor of Guqin Performance in China. She graduated in 2010 from the Traditional Music Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, majoring in guqin under the tutelage of renowned guqin performer, Professor Zhao Jiazhen. Wang currently teaches guqin at the Xi’an Conservatory of Music and is also a Master’s supervisor of Guqin at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 2009, she became the only Gold Award winner in the Youth Professional category at the Second National Guqin Competition—the highest honor in the field of guqin. In 2012, Wang obtained her Master of Music degree from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, studying with prominent Hong Kong guqin artist Dr. Tse Chun-yan, becoming the first guqin master’s graduate in Hong Kong. In 2021, she received the Wenhua Award for Outstanding Instructor, which is the top accolade in guqin pedagogy. In 2022, she performed the guqin soundtrack for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala program A Tapestry of a Legendary Land. In the same year, Wang earned her doctorate in guqin performance from the Central Conservatory of Music under Professor Zhao Jiazhen’s guidance, becoming China’s first Doctor of Guqin Performance. Wang was also the project initiator and person in charge of ‘The Greater Bay Area Guqin Art Week’, a programme funded by the China National Arts Fund and the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Wang’s guqin technique is grand yet delicate, full of artistic nuance and demonstrates strong professionalism and expressive power. She excels in interpreting large-scale traditional works and as one of the few guqin performers with extensive orchestral collaboration experience, she also commands modern large-scale guqin concertos with mastery.