Kang Xia is a professional cellist from a renowned musical background family. His father was Professor JingluXia from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he was a celebrated first-generation cello artist in the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Xia’s mother also was a piano professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Concert venues:

·       Carnegie Hall, soloist Stern Auditorium

·       Weill Recital Hall, chamber performances with Da Hong Seto

·       Alice Tully Hall

·       David Geffen Hall (Avery Fisher Hall)

·       Elbphilharmonie

·       Concertgebouw

·       Lucerne Festival in Switzerland

·       Aspen Music Festival

·       Spoleto Music Festival, Italy

Teaching experience:

·       Adjunct professor, Brooklyn College, NY

·       Kent Place School music instructor, NJ

·       Private teacher, NY and Shanghai,China

Education:

·       MA program at Brooklyn College of City University of New York 1990-92

·       MA program at the Music school of the University of South Carolina 1989-90

·       BA degree at Shanghai Conservatory of Music in Cello Performance 1979-83

Major teachers:

·       Jing Lu Xia

·       William Grubb

·       Robert Jesselson

·       Paul Katz; Daniel Phillips and Arnold Steinhardt master classes