Xu Guo

Xu Guo was born on 28 August 1995. Xu is currently studying with Mr. Dang Thai Son and Ms. HaeSun Paik at the New England Conservatory of Music, where she previously studied with Mr. Meng-Chieh Liu. She is a graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing under Ms. Hua Chang and she also received the Bachelor and Master of Music Degree at the New England Conservatory. She has won many international competitions, among her recent awards are the First Prize of The V Thailand International Piano Competition, with two special prizes “Best Romance Prize” and “Audience Prize”; The First Prize of the 6th Karlovac International Piano Competition, along with the Audience Award; The First Place at the King’sPeak International Music Competition; The Fourth Prize of the 3rd KAWAI Asia Piano competition; First prize of NEC Honors Piano Competitions, etc. She is also a recipient of “The Lackey-Eliot Named Scholarship”, “Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society Nominee”, “Tan Family Grant”, and “Helen West Organ Scholarship”. She has given concerts in the USA, China, Thailand and many European countries, including performances at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Jordan Hall in Boston, Prince Mahidol Hall in Bangkok, and Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, etc. She has appeared both as a soloist and with orchestras, including the Thailand Philharmonic and the Karlovac Chamber Orchestra. Her performance was broadcasted in the National Radio NPO Radio 4 in Netherland.