Min was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province in 1945.
Her father began teaching her to play the erhu when she was eight.
She studied at the Affiliated High School of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and then at the Department of Traditional Chinese Music of the Conservatory.
After graduation, she went to Beijing to train under Liu Mingyuan and Lan Yusong, two northern masters of erhu.
Her experience made her well versed in both the southern and northern traditions of the erhu.

In 1963, she won the national prize at the Shanghai Spring Arts Festival, and was subsequently recognized as the undisputed master of erhu for more than 50 years until her death.
After attending her performance in 1973, American music critic Harold Schonberg called her the "Heifetz of erhu".
As a member of the Chinese art delegation, she toured the United States in 1978.

Min was a member of the China National Art Troupe, and later became the solo erhu performer of the Shanghai Art Troupe.
After 1978, she performed with the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.

In 1989, Min famously performed in support of the Tiananmen Square protests.
After Beijing declared martial law on 20 May, she performed the melancholy Moon reflected on Erquan pond, for the student protesters in Shanghai supporting their Beijing colleagues.
Min was born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province in 1945. Her father began teaching her to play the erhu when she was eight. She studied at the Affiliated High School of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and then at the Department of Traditional Chinese Music of the Conservatory. After graduation, she went to Beijing to train under Liu Mingyuan and Lan Yusong, two northern masters of erhu. Her experience made her well versed in both the southern and northern traditions of the erhu.
In 1963, she won the national prize at the Shanghai Spring Arts Festival, and was subsequently recognized as the undisputed master of erhu for more than 50 years until her death. After attending her performance in 1973, American music critic Harold Schonberg called her the "Heifetz of erhu". As a member of the Chinese art delegation, she toured the United States in 1978.
Min was a member of the China National Art Troupe, and later became the solo erhu performer of the Shanghai Art Troupe. After 1978, she performed with the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.
In 1989, Min famously performed in support of the Tiananmen Square protests. After Beijing declared martial law on 20 May, she performed the melancholy Moon reflected on Erquan pond, for the student protesters in Shanghai supporting their Beijing colleagues.
Min Huifen