Yuanyuan Zhao was born in Henan, China in 1995, and now living in Leeds, England. She is an Erhu player and a researcher in music psychology. She started to learn Erhu at the age of 6, under the tutelage of several well-known erhu performers such as Yanfang Bai, Xiaomei Li, Huang Sun and Fei Song. In 2013, she was admitted to the music performance major of Zhengzhou University Conservatory of Music with the first score in Henan Province. Served as the chief of the Erhu Second Voice in the National Orchestra of Zhengzhou University, and collaborated with well-known conductors Xinmin Zhang and Jiapeng Peng to participate in a large number of orchestra performances and competitions. In 2017, she obtained a bachelor of arts degree. In the same year, a solo erhu concert was held. In 2018, she went to the UK for a master's degree in musicology and music psychology, and obtained a double master's degree in 2021. Yuanyuan Zhao is proficient in playing traditional and modern music, especially combining traditional music and modern electroacoustic bands, and has made a large number of adaptations and performances, such as "Gun gun chang jiang dong shi shui rock version" and "Game of Thrones Theme Song Folk Music version" and so on. In 2021, began pursuing a PhD in ethnomusicology under the supervision of Prof. Jonathan Stock and Dr. Alexander Khalil, focusing on the stereotype and historical impact of the erhu.

In August 2021, she was invited in Asian Art Association Singapore (Music).

Because of my parents, I learned erhu from a young age. As I grow older, my feelings for erhu have changed from being forced to learn to a deep love. Especially after visiting the United States on behalf of the school to exchange music and culture, I discovered the difficulty and importance of the inheritance of traditional Chinese music. Erhu and violin are string music, however, compared with violin, the situation of erhu teaching in China is that the training of basic skills lacks the uniformity of professional standards. And the erhu music has polarized. On the one hand, it is too old to attract young people today. On the other hand, the new music too emphasizes the professionalism of the performance technique, and lacks aesthetics and dissemination. These problems have caused a series of obstacles to the future dissemination and teaching of erhu. This is also the problem I hope to solve through the efforts of myself and more erhu art practitioners. Fundamentally spread the art of erhu farther, so that the world can hear the voice of erhu, the voice of China.

From 2013 to 2017, she served as the chief of the Erhu Second Voice in the National Orchestra of Zhengzhou University.
In August 2016, on behalf of the Music School of Zhengzhou University, she visited the University of California for cultural exchange activities, including erhu performance and popularization of erhu knowledge, and performed cooperative performances with Jermie Steven Arnold of the Orchestra of the University of California Music School.
In September 2017, the Provincial Military Region condolences performance "War Horse Galloping"
Since 2018, erhu performances have been performed in major cities in the UK, attracting a large number of audiences to stop and carry out the exchange and popularization of musical instrument knowledge.
In January 2019, Leeds Chinese Spring Festival Gala Erhu Solo "The Sound of Falling Snow".
In May 2019, as a guest performer at the World Music Concert hosted by Vans.
In May 2020, acted as a guest performer at the "Music Culture Bridge" Chinese Classical Music Concert in Leeds, UK
In 2021, performed as a guest artist at the Leeds City Charity Gala.
In 2022, performed as a guest artist at the Chinese Spring Festival Gala in Dublin, Ireland.
In 2023, performed as a guest artist at the Chinese Spring Festival Gala in Cork, Ireland.
In 2023, I participated in the ICTM international conference and deliver an academic speech