Mei Mei Wei was a winner of the Artists International Violin Competition in New York, where she was invited to play solo recital at Carnegie Hall. Her performance was highly praised by the “New York Concert Review.”
As an active recitalist and chamber musician, Mei Mei Wei has appeared throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, playing with many orchestras such as Phoenix Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Bay Chamber Music Festival with Vermeer Quartet, New York Chamber Players Orchestra, Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra of Washington DC, and Shanghai Baroque Chamber Orchestra. She has also performed recent solo and chamber concert tours in Germany, South Korea, Japan, Australia and other countries as well.
Mei Mei Wei held the positions of Associate Concertmaster of Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and First Violin Section of Phoenix Symphony.
Mei Mei Wei earned her bachelor’s degree at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, masters degree at the University of Southern California and a doctor of musical arts degree at Louisiana State University. She was on the faculty of Louisiana State University, The Colburn School of Music, the Idyllwild Summer Music Festival in California, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and the Music School of East China Normal University.
After returning to China in 2008, she was invited to teach at the Shanghai Conservatory and East China Normal University and was appointed the Music Director, Soloist, and Concertmaster of the Shanghai Baroque Chamber Orchestra. Over the last ten years, she has been successfully leading the orchestra plays at the most well-known concert halls in China where she has gained popularity among Chinese audiences. Under her leadership, the orchestra has become one of the best chamber orchestras in China. In recognition of her achievements, she was selected as a “Specially Recruited Expert”, under the prestigious “Thousand People Plan ” sponsored by the Chinese government.
In 2024, in recognition of the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, Dr. Wei was awarded the select and distinguished honor of being named an international cultural role model and Chinese Art Master by the Chinese government. Several stamps with her likeness were printed and used by the United Nations.
Every summer she teaches at the Manhattan International Music Festival in China, where she is the Artistic Director, a violin faculty member, and plays solo and chamber music with world-class artists such as Shmuel Ashkenasi, Alexander Shtarkman, Kevork Mardirossian, Dennis Parker, and many others. Dr. Wei is also Music Director/Concertmaster/ Soloist of both the Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra in Washington DC and the Shanghai Baroque Chamber Orchestra in China.