Cellist Sihao He first came into international prominence in 2008 as a 14-year-old cellist winning first prize at the International Antonio Janigro Cello Competition in Croatia. Later that same year, he won the National Cello Competition in his native China. He is also the Grand Prize winner of the prestigious 3rd Gaspar Cassadó International Cello Competition in Japan, third prize winner in Munich’s ARD International Music Competition, and a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition and Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. As a soloist, he has performed with many leading orchestras including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Münchener Kammerorchester, Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Orquestra the Sinfônica de Piracicaba in Brazil, and the Xiamen Philharmonic in China. As a chamber musician, he appeared at the Shanghai New Music Week, the Shanghai Electronic Music Week, in the US at the Music@Menlo festival, and in Europe at the Rome festival. He has performed with Joseph Silverstein, Pinchas Zuckerman, Donald Weilerstein, and the Calidore Quartet. He is a former member of Simply Quartet, an award-winning ensemble based in Vienna. Born in Shanghai, He holds a bachelor’s degree from Mercer University where he studied with Hans Jørgen Jensen and Julie Albers, and a master’s degree from Northwestern University. He is currently attending Northwestern University for his D.M.A. degree under the tutelage of Hans Jørgen Jensen.