Nie Jiapeng
Jiapeng Nie, from the Xinghai Conservatory of Music and the School of Music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), is the director of the Shenzhen Cello Association and the vice president of the Shenzhen Young Musicians Association. He is the first recipient of the “Schoenfeld Distinguished Young Chinese String Performer Award” and has received the China National Arts Fund Young Talent Project.
At the age of 16, Nie was exceptionally admitted with a full scholarship to the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at the National University of Singapore, where he studied with the renowned cellist Qin Liwei. At 20, he won a full scholarship to continue his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg in Germany, where he trained under the world-renowned cello master Arto Noras. At 26, thanks to his collaboration with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and an impeccable performance evaluation, he achieved the highest performance degree in Germany: the Konzertexamen.
Recognized as one of the most active and influential cellists in China, his career has led him to important international musical stages, gaining acclaim both at home and abroad.
In recent years, he has performed hundreds of concerts. Renowned orchestras both in China and internationally have invited Nie Jiapeng as a cello soloist. These orchestras include, but are not limited to:
• China National Symphony Orchestra
• China Philharmonic Orchestra
• China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra
• Philadelphia Orchestra (USA)
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales (UK)
• Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
• Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
• China National Ethnic Orchestra
• Qingdao Symphony Orchestra
• Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra
• Wuxi Symphony Orchestra
• Sichuan Symphony Orchestra
• Chengdu Symphony Orchestra
• Sichuan Philharmonic Orchestra
• Changsha Symphony Orchestra
• Xi’an Symphony Orchestra
• Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra
• Guiyang Symphony Orchestra
• Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra
• Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra
• Macau Chinese Orchestra
• Liaoning Symphony Orchestra
• Jiangsu Symphony Orchestra
• Suzhou Symphony Orchestra
• Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra
• Ningbo Symphony Orchestra
• Hebei Symphony Orchestra
• Shenyang Symphony Orchestra
• Harbin Symphony Orchestra
• Lanzhou Symphony Orchestra
• Kunming Nie Er Symphony Orchestra
• Inner Mongolia Symphony Orchestra
• Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
• Taiwan Evergreen Symphony Orchestra
• American Brevard Philharmonic Orchestra
• Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (Germany)
• Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (Germany)
• Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra (Spain)
• Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (Slovenia)
• National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Ukraine)
• Symphony S.O.N.G (South Korea)
Additionally, he has been invited to perform concertos and solo recitals at some of the most prestigious music festivals in Europe, including the Ljubljana Music Festival, Carniarmonie Festival, Emilia Romagna Festival, Ravello Festival, and Erfestival.