Xia Jing

Xia Jing is a guzheng (Chinese zither) scholar-musician and intercultural art promoter. She was awarded the Golden Bell Award (most prestigious award of Chinese music), the Master-Apprentice Artist Award by the Southwest Folklife Alliance, the Master of Chinese Traditional Musical Instrument by the California State Senate, and the 2022 Top 10 Outstanding Chinese American Youth Award and 2017 30 Selected Leaders for Future by the All American Chinese Youth Federation. She was selected to be featured in the 2016 Cultural and Artistic Achievement Stamp and Postcard Series released by China Post. As a performing artist, Ms. Xia has been invited to perform concerts with the “Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra” along with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, China National Traditional Orchestra, Huaxia Chinese Orchestra, Chandler Symphony Orchestra, Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra. She has traveled on concert tours to Switzerland, New Zealand, Spain, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Burma, Bangladesh, and the USA. Her artistic activities have been featured by media outlets including the NZ RNC UK Chinese Journal, NZ Herald, All American Chinese Youth Federation, Tucson Life Style Magazine, and Arizona Public Media. Ms. Xia started her guzheng studies when she was 4. Since then, she has delved into the world of guzheng music and studies with famous Chinese guzheng masters. She holds a Master of Music and Bachelor of Arts degree from the China Conservatory of Music. She is a PhD candidate in Applied Intercultural Arts Research with an emphasis in applied ethnomusicology and health promotion at the University of Arizona. She was selected to present her research at the Association of Chinese Music Research (ACMR) meeting and the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) conference.