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Xiao Jun Guitar Quartet@East Shore

Aug 19 22:00 pm - 1:00 am
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2/F, 2 Qianhai Nanyanlu (just to the west of the post office on Di'anmenwai Dajie) Xicheng District

A young and promising jazz guitarist/composer of


China, Jun Xiao was born in Dali,Yunnan Province in


1990. He showed great interests in playing guitar and


started to learn rock guitar by himself at the age of 9.


Jun was then admitted into Shanghai Conservatory of


Music when he was 19, majoring in jazz guitar


studying from Professor Jiwen Liao.


• During his undergraduate, Jun participated some


concerts as a member of Shanghai Conservatory Big


Band such as Shanghai Jazz Festival, Gene Aitken’s


Concerts and Eric Richards’s Concerts. Also, He played


in many concerts cooperating with the Shanghai


Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra,


China Philharmonic Orchestra, and Shanghai Theatre


Academy, which involved accompanying world famous


broadway singers Michael Ball and Miss Saigon-Lea


Salonga. At the same time, his bands played regularly in


clubs such as the Shanghai 288 Club and the Yuncai


Club.


• In 2013, Jun became the spokesperson of American


guitar brand “Corbin” after graduating, and was involved


in recording work of Qin Dong’s Album “Not Mine”, which


was awarded the best jazz album of 2014 of China. In


summer of 2013, Jun’s Trio “Three Pacers” was invited to


Yunnan for a tour.


www.junxiaomusic.com

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