Xuefei will be participating in the 2014 London Guitar Festival.

Xuefei will be giving a recital at King's Place on October 22nd at 7.30pm, and a workshop on October 25th at 9.30am.

The recital will include world premieres of new works by Stephen Goss, and Philip Cashian.

More details available from the Kings Place website.

Tickets available now.

Xuefei gave the China premiere of Steven Goss' "The Albeniz Concerto" on July 6th at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing, with the China National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hu Yongyan.

During late September and early October, Xuefei is touring in Australia.  She will be playing a series of concerts with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, as well as a set of solo concerts.  Venues include several in and around Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, and Tasmania.  Full details on the schedule page.

Enjoy this selection of videos on You Tube featuring music from Xuefei's latest recording, Sojourn :

Bach's Prelude BWV846, &

Bach's Air on G String, from BWV1068, &

Gerald Garcia's arrangement of Plum Blossoms in the Snow.

Xuefei is performing a new composition for guitar by Chinese composer Chen Yi - the first piece commissioned for Xuefei from a Chinese composer.

Xuefei gave the world premiere at Wigmore Hall on November 3rd, and gave the Asian premiere of the piece later in November.   The USA premiere will happen at Xuefei's New York recital in December.

Chen Yi is the recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award.

The piece was commissioned for Xuefei by Wigmore Hall and Fondation Hoffman.

See Gramophone magazine's exclusive interview with Xuefei.

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Julian Bream, tenor Ian Bostridge, & Xuefei  at this years Gramophone Award ceremony in London., where Julian Bream was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Ian and Xuefei were invited to perform a selection from their recent recording of Britten's Songs from the Chinese, as a tribute to Julian Bream (Britten wrote this music for  Bream and tenor  Peter Pears).

You can watch the performance (on You Tube) here.  

More photos available here.

Enjoy Xuefei's live recitals in July  !

> Beijing, China - July 6
> Pyeong Chang, Korea - July 24
> Pyeong Chang, Korea - July 27
> Pyeong Chang, Korea - July 30 

More details on the schedule page

Enjoy the latest photos from Xuefei's life on the road here.

Xuefei spent November performing in the UK, and starting a USA tour at the end of the month with a concert in Houston, Texas.

Xuefei has received the great honour of being made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music - a title held by at most 300 people at any one time.  Xuefei received her award at a ceremony in London from HRH The Duchess of Gloucester. 

See more pictures here.  

Click here for a free download of Xuefei's version "Malaguena" from Albeniz's "Espana," as recorded by Xuefei on her Rodrigo CD  

You can also enjoy an impromptu video of Xuefei performing this piece with flamenco dancer, Raquel de Luna on Xuefei's You Tube channel.

Enjoy !