Ning Feng

Violinist Ning Feng has flourishing careers in both the West and his native China. He is also an important educator, active in both spheres. Ning Feng (Feng Ning in the Chinese naming system) was born in Chengdu, China, in 1982. His father loved the violin but had never had the chance to study the instrument. Feng took up the violin as a toddler, but a teacher told him that he had no chance to succeed because his little finger was unusually short. After some months, his family decided to ignore the advice and enrolled him for studies with Hu Weimin at the Sichuan Conservatory...