— Grandfather Peng Yibin
“Born in a provincial city three years before the Cultural Revolution […] I’d never seen a foreigner […] the only live performance I’d ever heard was my parents - my mother copied most of the sheet music we played by hand.”
“It was forbidden to play Western music on stage […] I was not eligible to enter the conservatory being the child of two intellectuals. The idea of becoming a soloist was even worse as everyone should be treated equally.”
“It is unthinkable to see what has become of the Chinese music scene!”
— Hu Kun
“Chinese musicians, especially violinists, are establishing an increasingly high profile on the Western concert scene […] Hu Kun plays with technical assurance, a light but penetrating tone and dead-center intonation”
— The New York Times / International Herald Tribune, USA
“One of the most individual string players to burst onto the scene... the finest of the younger generation of violinists”
— The Strad
“Hu Kun…has a significant bow-hold, and impeccable technique, a fluent virtuosity; in addition he has a genuine excitement…”
— Le Figaro, Paris
“Undoubted power...Kun can also complement his glossy, big tone with straight-forward, honest musicianship..."
— The Times, London
“Hu's playing is full of poignant persuasion...Kun is quick-witted and charming; his easy grace and sweet but never cloying tone are a real boon...
— Gramophone, London
