Violinist
Ning Feng
1st Prize
2006 International Paganini Competition
1st Prize
2006 International Paganini Competition
Ning Feng
Violinist
“A wonderful player with a creamy, easy tone and an emotional honesty”
Ning Feng is renowned for his profound lyricism, musicality, and virtuosity. He enchants audiences worldwide with major orchestras and in prestigious recitals and chamber concerts.
In the 2025/26 seasons, he will tour with The Hallé in China and perform with several notable orchestras, including the BBC Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony. Recently, he has collaborated with top U.S. orchestras like the New York Philharmonic and frequently performs with esteemed European orchestras. He also tours extensively with the Hong Kong Philharmonic under Jaap van Zweden.
In China, Ning is highly esteemed, collaborating with major Chinese orchestras and international groups like the Budapest Festival Orchestra. He has shared the stage with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. As Artist-in-Residence, he worked with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in 2020-2021 and the NCPA in Beijing in 2023-2024, performing Mozart and Bach. This season, he will perform across China as a concerto soloist and in recitals.
Ning will perform at London’s Wigmore Hall on November 25 with Nelson Goerner and Edgar Moreau, December 25 for the Beares Chamber Festival, February 26 with Serena Wang, and June 27 with Xuefei Yang. He will also have trio recitals in France and Switzerland, solo recitals in Boston and Italy, and a duo tour in China with Xuefei Yang. Ning has participated in festivals like Kissinger Sommer, Schubertiade, and Schleswig-Holstein, collaborating with artists such as Daniel Müller-Schott and Igor Levit.
“Tone is simply ravishing, even when it soars into the stratosphere”
Ning records for Channel Classics and is recognized for his unique interpretation of Bach’s complete solo works for violin. His discography includes concerti by Elgar and Tchaikovsky, works by Bruch, Sarasate, Lalo, Ravel, the 24 Paganini Caprices, and Brahms Sonatas with Zee Zee. His upcoming release on October 25 features Brahms and Goldmark Violin Concertos with Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Antony Hermus.
Born in Chengdu, China, Ning Feng studied at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. He won First Prize at the 2005 Michael Hill International Violin Competition and the 2006 International Paganini Competition.
Ning Feng plays the 1710 Stradivari violin, the ‘Vieuxtemps Hauser,’ through an arrangement with Premiere Performances of Hong Kong. He uses strings from Thomastik-Infeld, Vienna. Residing in Berlin, he is a Violin Professor at Hanns Eisler Hochschule and the International Chair of Violin at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. In China, he is the Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Academy at Zhejiang Conservatory and Vice-Dean of the Violin Institute at Sichuan Conservatory.
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