Shen Xidi Shen Xidi

Prof.Shen Xidi is a renowned concert artist and professor of Viola in China. She teaches at the Shanghai Conservatory while holding positions as the Vice Executive Chief of Violin /Viola Teaching and Research Office. Shen is a leading figure of the Shanghai Conservaru, and the representative of the Chinese Musician Association and the Shanghai Musician Association .

She is also a member of the International Viola Society. Shen is one of the leading professional viola professors in China , And is among the first generation of musicians trained after the Cultural Revolution in China. She is a member of the first Chinese Female Quartet.

Shen was born in Chongqing, November 1939. She graduated as a violin performance major from the attached middle school of Shanghai Conservatory in 1957; later she received her Bachelor’s degree in Violin from Shanghai Conservatury . In 1985, she studied viola performance and pedagogy in the Australian Yatarcimaniya Conservatory as a visiting scholar.

With forty years of performing and teaching experience, Shen has helped an incredible number of viola performers and teachers. Her students hold principle viola positions in major orchestras both in China and abroad, many of her students are also concert artists and prize—winners of major competitions. She has received the following titles of merit :Shanghai Municipal Award for Pedagogy ; Award of He Luding Fund ; Outstanding Teachers Award; Dean’s list Award and Outstanding Member of CPC (presented mainly by the Shanghai Conservatory). She also received a special subsidy from the State Council.