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Chinese-Australian cellist (born 1976)

The native form of this personal name is Qin Liwei. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Qin.

Musical artist

Li-Wei Qin (Chinese: 秦立巍; pinyin: Qín Lìwēi; born 16 February 1976) is a Chinese-Australiancellist.^[1][2] He won the Silver Medal at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998, and First Prize at the 2001 International Naumburg Competition in New York.^[3]

Early life and education

Born in Shanghai, Qin and his family moved to Melbourne when he was thirteen years of age.^[4] He began learning the cello with his father, Qin Qing, a former principal cellist of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and later studied with Nelson Cooke.^[5] Following a year of commerce studies at the University of Melbourne, he accepted scholarships to study with Ralph Kirshbaum at the Royal North