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A renowned double bass artist, Yuan Xiong Lu has won numerous national and international competitions, including first prize in the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) National Solo Competition and the 16th annual Corpus Christi International Young Artists Competition. A long-time member of the San Antonio Symphony, Lu is a frequent recitalist, clinician and chamber music artist throughout the U.S. and China. He has presented masterclasses at many of the world’s most prestigious universities and conservatories, including Northwestern University, the Shanghai Conservatory, the University of North Texas, University of Hartford, Beijing Central Conservatory, the University of Texas at Austin, the Shenyang Conservatory and the Sichuan Conservatory. Professor Lu has also given recitals and masterclasses as a guest artist for the International Society of Bassists Conventions in New York, Interlochen, Houston, and Oklahoma City. Additionally, he has served as a jury member for a number of international double bass competitions, and as director of the 5th Texas Double Bass Symposium in San Antonio. Prior to joining TCU, Professor Lu served on the faculties of Baylor University and University of the Incarnate Word. Most recently he was appointed as a Guest Professor for the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
A pioneer of Chinese artists, Lu holds the distinction of being the first Chinese double bass recitalist to perform in China in 1984. Subsequently, he has performed as a soloist with various orchestras on major television and radio programs in China, including a live, televised debut with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in 1996. He has also performed with the Grand Teton summer festival orchestra, and served as principal bassist with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chinese Virtuoso Orchestra. A graduate of Shanghai Conservatory and the University of Texas at Austin, Lu is a native of Shanghai, China, and became a U.S. citizen in 1998.
Throughout his career, he has worked and been associated with many of the world’s leading artists including Zdenek Macal, Josef Gingold, Sergiu Comissiona, Larry Rachleff and prominent bassists such as David Neubert, Stuart Sankey, David Walter, Jeff Bradetich, Paul Ellison, Ed Barker, Eugene Levinson, Francois Rabbath, Homer Mensch, and Gary Karr. Critics have acclaimed him as “a leading double bass virtuoso, a unique world-class performer.”
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