Celebrate Music with Sifei Wen, Concert Cellist and Model

"In essence, Sifei Wen’s Unique Cello Techniques can be attributed to her Fusion of Violin and Cello Playing Methods, her Carefully Crafted Expressive Control, and her Ability to Extend The Traditional Cello Voice into a Highly Personal and Vocally Inspired Instrument, making her a Standout Figure in Modern Cello Performance"

Praised for her "flawless technique, expressive musicality, and a wide spectrum of tonal nuances", American cellist SIFEI WEN is a versatile musician whose artistry is recognized by many awards and international audiences. She is experienced as a recitalist, orchestra soloist, and chamber musician, who performed on the internationally televised program, the Hour of Power; on the broadcast of the most prominent classical radio station, K. Mozart in the US; at the Forbes Annual Gala in Bulgaria; along with major appearances in the Festival de San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, with the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, with the University of Southern California Thornton Symphony, and with the Sofia Soloists in Bulgaria Hall. Sifei's mature phrasing, virtuosic playing, and beautiful tone have led music authorities to regard her as "one of the most talented and promising cellists."

Miss Wen’s performances have gained her top prize in the area of competitions: USC Thornton School of Music Strings Concerto Competition, 25th Kingsville International Young Performers Competition for Bowed Instruments ( including the Rosemary Scales Violoncello Prize, the Senior Munguia Bach Prize for outstanding performance of an unaccompanied movement by J. S. Bach, the Senior Solo Contest for Bowed Instrument, the Senior Concerto Contest for Bowed Instrument, performance at the Festival de San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and the Final Concerto Competition ), the 51th Young Musicians Foundation Debut Concerto Competition               ( Senior ), the National Debut Concerto Competition, the Torrance Symphony Young Artists Concerto Competition ( Senior ), the National American String Teachers Association Solo Competition ( Junior ), the Music Teachers' Association of California sponsored VOCE Solo State Competition ( Senior and Intermediate Strings ), the 4th National Violoncello Competition in China, the Concerto Competitions of the Peninsula Symphony, the Culver City-Marina del Rey, Westchester Symphony (Intermediate), the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra (Senior), and the Pacific Symphony Chinese-American League Showcase Competition. Sifei Wen also participated at the Nineteenth Biannual Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists at USC Thornton School of Music, June 3 - 9, 2007 as a scholarship student and recitalist. In the area of scholarships awarded, she has received the Rotary Club Memorial Music Scholarship, the Gregor Piatigorsky Memorial Cello Scholarship, the Los Angeles Violoncello Society Scholarship, and a USC Thornton School of Music Scholarship, just to name a few.

A native from Shanghai, China, Sifei started her cello education at age of 8 with Professional MeiJuan Lui in Shanghai Conservatory. After moving to the USA at age of 13, Sifei continued her study with the cello professor from USC Thornton School of Music, Eleonore Schoenfeld, who is also the chairman of the USC Strings Department and Gregor Piatigorsky Chair of Violoncello. After Prof. Schoenfeld passed away, Sifei moved from Los Angeles to New Haven to attend the Yale School of Music under the guidance of Professor Mr. Aldo Parisot. Sifei currently is a member of the American String Teachers Association, the Los Angeles Violoncello Society, and the Chinese Bowed Instruments Association.

In year 2008, Sifei became a private student of the Bulgarian Violinist Daniel M. Tringov, who developed her hybrid instrumental (in-between cello and violin) technique, which built Miss Wen’s signature way of personal artistic approach, turning her into a brilliant performer with unique and rare tone quality.

Under Daniel’s guidance, Sifei engaged with the ambitious project to interpret the cycle of the Four Seasons of Antonio Vivaldi in its Original Version, premiering the four concertos with the chamber orchestra Sofia Soloist at Bulgaria Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria in year 2014. The concert was a huge success, as the seats in the hall couldn’t handle the number of the audience. After gaining wide recognition from the enthusiastic European audience, Sifei had the opportunities to perform a series of concerts with Bulgarian orchestras all over the country. During year 2016-2017, Sifei had a series of chamber music concert with the Bulgarian pianist Georgii Tcherkin, and initiated the String Art Quartet with violinist Daniel M. Tringov, where Sifei played all the viola parts on violoncello, as the Quartet consisted of two violins and two cellos.

From year 2018 – 2020, Sifei collaborated with one of the most well-established music recording studio Dorian Gray to record 3 albums: 

Vivaldi - Four Cello Seasons, Bach - Six Cello Solo Suites, Brahms - Two Cello and Piano Sonatas, and Schumann - Cello and Piano Pieces. She was then being invited to perform at the Mondo Musica International Exhibition in Cremona, Italy, and to collaborate with the fashion brand PLAKINGER in Germany.

Sifei officially became a YouTube Artist in 2021 after releasing her solo album, Noel Cello Angel, which also gets to be published on Apple Music and other digital platforms. She presented this album at the Arsenal Hall in Kazanlak, Bulgaria as part of the annual Rose Festival Program. 

Apart from her music career, together with violinist and entrepreneur Daniel M. Tringov, Sifei Wen co-founded the German record label Deutsche Classical in Munich-year 2019, and is being appointed a Director of the platforms GOD Art Universe, Global APP Network, and Global ART Entertainment.

In year 2025, Sifei will release a music video playing British composer Nimrod Borenstein’s Soliloquy.

Praised for her "flawless technique, expressive musicality, and a wide spectrum of tonal nuances", American cellist SIFEI WEN is a versatile musician whose artistry is recognized by many awards and international audiences. She is experienced as a recitalist, orchestra soloist, and chamber musician, who performed on the internationally televised program, the Hour of Power; on the broadcast of the most prominent classical radio station, K. Mozart in the US; at the Forbes Annual Gala in Bulgaria; together with solo appearances with the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, with the University of Southern California Thornton Symphony, and with the Sofia Soloists in Bulgaria Hall, of which was a huge success as the concert hall couldn’t seat the number of audience. Sifei's mature phrasing, virtuosic playing, and beautiful tone have led music authorities to regard her as "one of the most talented and promising cellists."

A native of Shanghai, China, Sifei has studied with Prof. MeiJuan Liu in Shanghai, Prof. Eleonore Schoenfeld of University of Southern California, and Prof. Aldo Parisot of Yale University. 

In year 2008, Sifei became a private student of the Bulgarian Violinist Daniel M. Tringov, who developed her hybrid instrumental (in-between cello and violin) technique, which built Miss Wen’s signature way of personal artistic approach, turning her into a brilliant performer with unique and rare tone quality.

Before her album Noel Cello Angel at Arsenal Hall in Kazanlak, Bulgaria as part of the International Rose Festival Program in year 2021, Sifei collaborated with Dorian Gray Studios in Munich, Germany to record three albums: Vivaldi – Four Cello Seasons, Brahms Sonatas and Schumann Pieces, and Bach Six Suites for Solo Cello, which are yet to be released in 2025.

As the co-founder and director of Deutsche Classical, GOD Art Universe, Global APP Network and Global ART Entertainment. In year 2025, Sifei will release a music video playing British composer Nimrod Borenstein’s Soliloquy.