Fan Shang-E, a world renowned virtuoso performer and prolific composer of Zheng music, was born in Shanghai, China.  She has performed extensively in China, Japan, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, the former Soviet Union, Canada, and the United States.

Madam Fan and family immigrated to Canada in 1992.  Since then, she has established the Fan Shang-E School.  Its mission is to educate people who will represent the very highest standards of excellence in their disciplines, to increase the participation of under-represented Chinese minorities in the performing arts and to provide talented Canadians the training they need without having to go abroad.  Many of the students have become cultural leaders in the community and they have won numerous individual awards and group ensemble championships at international competitions.