Xintong "Sally" Zhao has been playing Guzheng since she was 5 years old. Through her youth she had been trained professionally by Guzheng coach Xiao Wei (肖薇), who also tutored now nationally renowned Guzheng player Gao Yang (高阳). By the age of seven, she was one of China's best Guzheng players in her age group, and won 2nd award in China Central Television's Guzheng contest. She had won several national and regional awards during the following years, and played as one of the lead players in her tutor's Guzheng ensemble.
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