As a pediatrician,Dr. Shaoping Zhang (张绍坪）has played gaohu and erhu for more than a half century, but he did not start solo performance until he received instructions from a China well known great erhu-master Min Huifen 19 years ago. In 2018, Dr. Zhang was awarded certificate of erhu education from the China Erhu Academy by participating training class and examinations. Dr. Zhang joined Huayun Band in 2016 as a Gaohu player. using gaohu he hads lead 5 Huyun emsemples (“Bu Bu Gao” , “Yao Dancing”, “Beautiful South”, “Rain drops on Banana Leaves” and “Early Springs in a Mountain Village”. In January 2020, Dr Zhang was invited to lead the ensemble ”Early Springs in a Mountain Village” in the annual concert of Houston Chinese Traditional Music Group, and gained the reputations of “bright and sonorous tone, full of flavor”. Dr Zhang’s erhu solo “Once Upon a Time in America” is very popular among American audience.
儿科医生张紹坪拉高胡和二胡已经超过半个世纪了。19年前张医生得到中国著名的二胡演奏家大师闵惠芬的授课，经过努力开始了独奏演出实践。在过去数年中，张医生得到四川音乐学院李韦教授的无数面授指导。在2018年张医生得到中国二胡协会授予二胡教师证书，是通过在北京参加中国二胡学会举办的学习班和考试才获得的。张医生在2016年参加华韵乐团，从那时候开始他用高胡领奏曲目步步高，瑶族舞曲，江南好，雨打芭蕉和山乡春早。在2020年1月，张医生和休斯敦中华民乐团合作领奏了山乡春早，大获成功。张医生除了高胡音色明亮饱满，非常具有特色之外，二胡的技艺也可圈可点，他的的二胡独奏”美国往事“非常受美国朋友的欢迎。