Qin Jitao

Qin Jitao

Suona and Guan virtuoso of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Qin joined the HKCO in 2006. Qin is also 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.

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.