He is also the director and violinist for 6-WIRE, the University of Delaware's ensemble in residence.
[3] Gao’s skill led him to finish first in a national violin contest held in China later in his adolescence.
[4] There he attended the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
[3] Gao is currently the UD Trustees Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Delaware, which he moved to in 2001.
[5] Maggie Large of The Telegraph worte that Gao is "one of the first Chinese soloists to hit it big on the international scene".