Sihao He

Born in Shanghai, Sihao He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University where he studied with Hans Jørgen Jensen and Julie Albers, and a Master’s Degree from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. He is currently finishing his D.M.A. at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, also under the tutelage of Jensen. He has appeared in numerous concerts both as a soloist with leading orchestras and in recitals. He has performed with many leading orchestras including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Münchener Kammer orchester, 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 U.S. at Music@Menlo and in Europe at the Rome Chamber Music Festival. His string Quartet, “Simply Quartet,” won first prize at the Haydn Invitational Chamber Music Competition in Shanghai and was awarded The Most Promising Young String Quartet at the Fourth Beijing International Chamber Music Competition.

In March 2020, Sihao was chosen to be a member of the prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s The Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two).