Tina Guo

Tina Guo
Guo in 2018
Guo in 2018
Background information
Born (1985-10-28) 28 October 1985 (age 38)
Shanghai, China
GenresClassical, classical crossover, new-age, heavy metal, industrial metal, blues
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Cello, erhu, vocals
Years active1994–present
Labels
Websitewww.tinaguo.com

Tina Guo (Chinese: 郭婷娜; pinyin: Guō Tíngnà) (born 28 October 1985) is a Chinese-born American cellist and erhuist from San Diego. Her international career as a cellist, electric cellist, erhuist, and composer is characterized by videos featuring theatrical backdrops and elaborate costumes, a range of genres, and an improvisatory style in film, television, and video game scores.

She has appeared as a soloist with the San Diego Symphony[1] the National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico), the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra in Greece ([[Κρατική Ορχήστρα Θεσσαλονίκης ]]), the Petrobras Symphony in Brazil, and the Vancouver Island Symphony in British Columbia. She also performed with violinist Midori Goto in Dvorak's American String Quartet at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and completed four national tours of Mexico and Italy performing the Shostakovich, Dvorak, Haydn, and Saint-Saëns Cello Concertos. She toured as a featured guest with Al Di Meola, Yoshiki of X Japan, and recently appeared with the Tenerife Symphony and Choir in the Canary Islands performing "Batman: The Dark Knight" Suite at the Tenerife International Film Festival, featured on Electric Cello. In February 2019, she toured with the Victoria Symphony. On August 1, 2019, she joined the German symphonic metal band Beyond the Black at Wacken Open Air Festival. She also performed with Swedish power metal band Sabaton on their headlining of the festival and recorded with them in 2021 the song “Steel Commanders”.

  1. ^ Tagami, Kirsten (2008-02-20). "Cobb Symphony stays put for at least another year". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2009-05-13.