Wang Hongtao, born in Gaotang, Shandong in October 1960, is a national first-class performer, a famous flute player and xunxiao player. Member of China National Orchestra Society, director of Shandong Provincial National Orchestra Society, member of Shandong Musicians Association, senior examiner of Chinese National Orchestra Society Instrumental Music Examination, judge of Shandong Provincial Education Commission Art Education Committee Provincial Student Art Examination Expert Evaluation Committee, currently Shandong Song and Dance Theater Ethnic Group The orchestra's chief flute and head of wind music.

In 1985, Wang Hongtao obtained a bachelor's degree with honors, and later joined the Chinese Orchestra of Shandong Song and Dance Theater as a flute and xunxiao player. His flute and bau are also very good. A solid theoretical foundation and a large number of stage performance practices have further optimized his performance art. Wang Hongtao has been the soloist and lead performer for flute and xunxiao for a long time in the performance. The solo repertoire includes "Orchid in Spring", "Yihe Joyful Song", "Longing", "Partridge Flying", "Three Five Seven", "Autumn Lake" Moonlit Night", "Water Township Boat Song", "Flying Bumblebee", "Skylark" and other works.

In 1990, Wang Hongtao won the first prize in the instrumental music professional group in the Young Actor Competition of the Shandong Provincial Art Performance Academy.

Since 1984, Wang Hongtao's demonstration performance cassettes (in cooperation with others) recorded for professional flute courses such as "Selected Dizi Etude", as well as his own creation and adaptation of instrumental works, have been officially published by the People's Music Publishing House.

Wang Hongtao was invited by CCTV's "Tian Gong Kai Wu" column to record a series of programs on the production and performance of Chinese ancient musical instruments, and made a systematic and detailed exposition of the origin, production process and performance technology of Xun. Widespread attention and praise from academia.

Wang Hongtao's art teaching is also quite successful, and many of the students he teaches have been admitted to national and provincial higher music schools.

Since 1997, Wang Hongtao has visited Australia with the Shandong Provincial Cultural Delegation and performed with the famous Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Australia; he has been invited to visit and perform in Japan and Singapore; The "Golden Hall" in Vienna, Austria, the holy place of music, performed the "Qilu Music Rhyme" large-scale national concert and served as the lead player.