CACBC’s musicians perform ancient melodies and modern compositions on the Erhu, Pipa, Zeng, and other exotic Chinese musical instruments.

Our performing company is made up of well-known Chinese-American professional musicians and music educators who emigrated from China.

CACBC’s numerous concerts and cultural program performances include the University of Chicago Folk Festival, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago Field Museum, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Concerts, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concerts. Their school performances have been heard by more than a million American children.    

Kerry Leung began his musical instrument studies at the age of twelve in China. Concentrating on the bamboo flute, he made his first solo performance with the folk orchestra at the age of 15 in Guangzhou, China. He has been actively involved with performing music and the promotion of Chinese music to the west since 1981. Kerry’s musical instrument talents include: bamboo flute, pipa, erhu, ruan, and liuqin.

Peng Chang Yuan has played the Yangqin professionally for over twenty years. He immigrated to the U. S. in 1995. His instrument, the Yangqin, is also called the Chinese dulcimer. Its beautiful sounds are surprisingly familiar to the American audience. Mr. Yuan performs not only with Chinese music groups, but also as a soloist.

Qiu Min Ji is a well-known Chinese musician and a professional educator. Her concert presentations on the Erhu, or Chinese violin, have won her many honors and awards including the National Endowment for the Arts Award, Illinois Arts Council Apprenticeship Award, and the Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award.

Gao Hong was a well-known professional Pipa player in China, before she immigrated to the United States. She has given numerous concert tours in China, Japan and throughout the U.S. Her musicianship has brought her many honors including the International Art Cup Award in Beijing, the Jenome Foundation Travel and Study Award, the Mcknight Fellowship for Performing Musicians, and the Minnesota Artist Assistance Fellowship.

Zhang Guo Wang is a Chinese wind instrument specialist. He plays a variety of traditional wind instruments. He is a master of the Dizi, or Bamboo flute, the oldest instrument in China, dating back over 8000 years. He also plays the Pipe flute, the mouth flute, raft flute, clay flute, and the Bawu. Mr. Wang played professionally with the prestigious Central China Music Ensemble before he immigrated to the U. S.

Our performers are available for booking as ensembles or as soloists for cultural festivals, corporate events, lecture demonstrations, and workshops for schools and universities.