Zhixin Xu, composer, sound designer, music engineer and music performer, is currently a master student majoring in composition at University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music under the instruction of Dr. Mara Helmuth. Born in Shanghai, China, he holds an undergraduate degree from Shanghai Conservatory of Music in music designing and production. In 2012, he became the assistant music engineer at CIRM - Centre National de Création Musicale in Nice, France where he worked for MANCA Festival. His former teacher include Chen Qiangbin, Francois Paris and Qin Yi. As a composer, he is concentrating in composition of electronic music as well as commercial music. His music has been heard in China, the United States and Europe.