Wenrui Shi CMC ‘24, born in Qingdao, started learning the guzheng when she was 9 years old. At 15, she fell in love with the guqin and was guided by Professor Zhao Jiazhen. She studied guqin with Xiao Xiao at East China Jiaotong University. In 2018, Shi won silver prize in the professional group of the first China-Canada Arts Festival and International Invitation Competition, gold prize in the Jiangxi Region of the Second Hongqin Cup, and first prize in the professional group of the first Folk Instrumental Music Art Exhibition in Jiangxi Province. In the 2019 Second Hongqin Cup, she won the gold prize for the Youth A Group. In 2022, she was awarded Outstanding Instructor of the Third Hongqin Cup. In addition, many of her students have won gold or silver medals.