Cao Dewei, born in Tianjin in 1963, is a famous erhu performer and director of the String Teaching and Research Section of the Chinese Music Department of the China Conservatory of Music.
In 1987, he won the first prize of the first "Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo Competition at home and abroad". Published papers "On Erhu's Kneading Techniques", "My Views on Erhu Bowing" - Talking about the playing technique of "Jiangheshui", "Two Principles of Erhu Playing Skills", "Six Theories on Erhu Teaching", "On the Pronunciation and Tone", "On the Scientific and Systematization of Erhu Teaching", "Don't Say I Prefer Erhu", "Multi-perspective Analysis of the Research Status of "The Great Wall", etc.
It has trained a large number of postgraduates, undergraduates and professional performance talents for major art colleges and performance groups across the country, as well as at home and abroad. He has successively visited the United States, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Sweden, Portugal, New Zealand, Japan, China Hong Kong, China Macau and other countries and regions. His performances have been well received by musicians and audiences from all over the world, and he has toured six countries including Vienna, Austria, Italy and Egypt. With the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra, he performed as the Jinghu soloist on the domestic tour, and received great acclaim.
Cao Dewei has successively learned bowed and stringed instruments such as Erhu, Gaohu, Banhu, Zhonghu, Erxian, Yehu and Jinghu under the tutelage of famous Huqin master Liu Mingyuan, educator An Ruli, and famous Peking Opera pianist Zhang Suying. His playing style is delicate and euphemistic, with beautiful timbre and skillful skills, coupled with a deep understanding of music and a rigorous "academic" style, he has achieved the perfect unity of rationality and passion.