Born in Jiangsu province of China, Shengnan Hu showed an extraordinary talent in music in her early childhood and began to learn to play the piano at the age of five. Later on at the age of ten, she began to learn to play her second instrument xylophone. In 1996, Hu entered music school affiliated to the Central Music Academy of China in Beijing, where she majored in the performing art of percussion instruments with Mr. zhao ji. In 2002, Shengnan Hu was enrolled by China Central Academy of Music and at the same year, she entered Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz and studied with professor Gerald Fromme? principal timpani player of Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra? and professor Ulrike Stadler,. Shengnan Hu was awarded the highest scholarship by the Austrian government and hailed to be one of the excellent students and the most promising percussionist of the Universität. In 2007, Shengnan Hu was enrolled by Hochschule fuer Musik