Qin Jitao

Guan and Suona virtuoso of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Qin joined the HKCO in 2006. He is currently Honorary Director of the Suona Society of Shaanxi, Honorary Artistic Advisor to the Contemporary Youth Chinese Orchestra of Futian District, Shenzhen City, and teaches at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Graduate of the Xi’an Conservatory of Music with professions in suona and guan, Qin is the first virtuoso of Soprano Guan of the HKCO. Over the years, he has devoted himself to the study of technical specifications of guan in the orchestra and has continuously expanded his diverse playing styles.

He gave a successful crossover rendition of Summer Time at the Chinese Music with All That Jazz’ concert in 2014. It was followed by another collaboration with Ted Lo, the “godfather of jazz” in Hong Kong, with Arbutus Lane at the concert ‘Romancing the Jazz - Ted Lo & HKCO’ in 2017. In the same year, Qin was invited to perform at the Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the HKSAR in Shenzhen. Before these, he had performed at the 2013 ‘HKCO4U-Guan Duo in Concert’ and the 2008 ‘Rising Stars of HKCO’ concerts as a suona and guan soloist. Qin has performed in numerous concerts all over the world.