Han Xiao-Ming has worked with many famous conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Sir Georg Solti, Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons, and Christoph Eschenbach.
As a solo hornist, he has given numerous guest performances with German radio, symphony, and opera orchestras, such as the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, the Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Broadcasting, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, and the orchestras of the opera houses in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, and Düsseldorf. In addition, he has given solo and chamber music concerts as well as horn master classes throughout the USA and Europe. His artistic career is completed by numerous invitations to internationally renowned festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, the Mozart Festival in Würzburg, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the BBC Proms in London, and the Marlboro Festival.
For many years, Han Xiao-Ming has been committed to training Chinese music talents. He works with various German conservatories and has enabled numerous talented Chinese young musicians to pursue further education abroad.
In China, he organized a series of large music festivals with the World Chinese Festival Orchestra and from 2004 to 2010, he organized the Music Festival of the Central Conservatory of Music.
In 2016, he was a member of the horn jury at the ARD Music Competition in Munich.