Beijing-born Guo Chang Suo has a love for music since young.

He started learning sheng from Wu Xin Shui at the age of nine, and with excellent results, he gained entry into the affiliated secondary school of the Central Conservatory of Music and studied under the tutelage of Lin Fu Gui.

He was later transferred to the affiliated secondary school of the China Conservatory of Music in 1981.

Guo entered the Chinese Music Department of China Conservatory of Music the following year and studied under Professor Zhang Zhi Liang.

Chang Suo joined the China Central Chinese Orchestra as a sheng performer in 1986. In 1997, he scored the highest mark in the woodwind and percussion category in the arts examination conducted by the China Cultural Department and joined SCO soon after.

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