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Song Fei, born in 1969, is a female Erhu player and is called "Queen of Chinese folk music". She can play 13 kinds of instruments including Erhu, lute and koto. She's now assuming the position of deputy secretary of Chinese Nationality Society of the string music; Professional Committee's deputy chairman of Chinese Fiddle; Director of Chinese Musicians Association; Erhu tutor of Chinese Conservatory of Music. When she was 7 years old, she began to learn Erhu from her father Song Guosheng, who is a professor at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music. In 1981 she entered the affiliated middle school of Tianjin Conservatory of Music and in 1987 she became a student of the China Conservatory of Music. She learned Erhu and Koto at that school and became an Erhu soloist with the China National Orchestra. In 2000 she earned her masters degrees in Erhu and Koto playing. Song Fei won a lot of music competitions when she was a middle school student. She received a lot of awards in national and international competitions. As a representative of Chinese musicians, she has traveled around the world and has also received the honor of performing Chinese folk music at Carnegie Hall and Golden Concert Hall. In the 1990s, Song Fei joined in the female Philharmonic led by Zheng Xiaoying, who is a famous female conductor and they performed at many universities in China. She has put a lot of effort into promoting Chinese folk music. At the same time they also performed in Europe and the performance