Gao Hong (born 1964 in Luoyang, Henan) is a Chinese-American composer and performer of the Chinese pipa (pear-shaped lute).
She serves as the professor of Chinese Musical Instruments at Carleton College.
[1] She is the recipient of multiple music awards and has been honored by the Saint Paul, Minnesota Mayor Melvin Carter, who declared April 3, 2022 to be Gao Hong Day.
[citation needed] She performs traditional and modern Chinese music, with her groups Spirit of Nature and Beijing Trio (a different group from the Beijing Trio which includes Max Roach, Jon Jang, and Jiebing Chen).
[citation needed] She is a graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she studied with the pipa master Lin Shicheng, of the Pudong School of pipa playing.