Young ruan performer Xue Miao began her musical education studying piano at the age of four years old. A great admirer of Chinese traditional culture, she has specialized in ruan performance since the age of nine, studying with Zhang Xinhua and Xu Yang, a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music. Xue has won the first prize in major competitions such as the Wenhua Prize, the Youth National Instrumental Music Competition, the fourth International Chinese instrumental Music Competition in Hong Kong, and the Singapore International Huale Competition, among others.

Xue has held eight individual solo concerts and published five CD and DVD albums. She is currently the youngest ruan performer in cooperation with professional orchestras in China, including the Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra, the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and more.

Xue Miao will be performing a piece by Beethoven originally written for the mandolin, which has been especially adapted to be performed on the traditional Chinese ruan for the 2020 China Now Music Festival. Her elegant performance will be featured in the Dec 13 program ‘Beethoven Made in China.’