Huixin Hu

Huixin Hu is a violinist from China currently on the Doctor of Performing Arts Programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

She commenced her undergraduate studies at RCS with a scholarship awarded by the RCS Trust. Under the tutelage of Professor Andrea Gajic, she graduated with First-Class Honours in 2020 and continued her studies at RCS pursuing a Master of Music (Performance) which she completed in 2022. In 2019, she was selected to perform the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the RCS Symphony Orchestra and the Bach Double Violin Concerto in Skibo Castle with the Skibo Strings.

In 2021, she was chosen as orchestra leader for the concert entitled Vital Signs of the Planet in conjunction with COP 26 which was held in Glasgow, at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. She also received the honour of leading the RCS Symphony Orchestra for the Conservatoire’s first live public performance since the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown performing Beethoven Symphony No. 5 conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

As a soloist, achievements in conservatoire competitions include winning the RCS Hilda Bailey Prize for Violin including Walcer Prize (2018), Bessie Spence Prize for Violin and second prize in the Fothergill Prize for Strings (both in 2019), and a commendation in the RCS Strings Prize (2020). Her consistent performance saw her repeating her success with the Bessie Spence Prize for Violin again in 2021.

As a chamber musician, Huixin won the Mabel Glover Strings Quartet Prize (2023) alongside her string quartet.