As a soloist, chamber musician, and composer formerly on the roster of Columbia Artists Management Inc. and currently on the roster of California Artists Management, Sean Gao has been the featured soloist for more than 100 symphony orchestras worldwide.
Sean Gao has been a devoted chamber musician with a wide range of chamber music repertoire and collaboration experience with almost every orchestral instrument and voice type. In the past 2-3 seasons, he has performed with, produced, and presented many of today’s leading chamber musicians and ensembles including pianists Wu Han and Anne-Marie McDermott; principal players of a dozen top orchestras in the world; leading faculty at major U.S. and Chinese music programs from Yale, to Peabody to Rice University; and string quartets like Guarneri, Juilliard, Emerson, Calidore and Orion.
In addition to his traditional classical performances, 30% of Sean’s career is filled with composing, arranging, producing, recording and performing as a multifaceted musician with a core focus on promoting new music. For example, 6-WIRE founded by him in 2010 performs worldwide on the roster of California Artists Management. 6-WIRE’s recent album entitled, “6th Sense”, features crossover showpieces and Mr. Gao’s own compositions are listed at www.6-WIRE.com. The recording received a very positive Gramophone review in November of 2018.