Category: Guzheng, Guqin and Chinese Instrumental Ensemble

Xu is a National First Class Performer and a professor at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). She graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and joined the faculty upon graduation. She was a soloist of the China National Traditional Orchestra, and has been teaching at the Department of Chinese Music of HKAPA since 1995.

As a soloist, she has performed in the Golden Hall in Vienna, the Lincoln Center in New York and the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore. Orchestras and conductors she has performed with include the China National Traditional Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, The Macao Chinese Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, He Zhanhao, Chen Xieyang, Yan Huichang, Sato Kotaro, Pang Ka Pang and Lum Yan Sing. She was an adjunct lecturer at the Central Conservatory of Music, China Conservatory of Music and The University of Hong Kong. She has given talks in universities and conservatories and was the adjudicator of national competitions.