Jia Peng Fang was born April 1958 in Jiamusi, China. He is a virtuoso of the erhu (Chinese fiddle), and has played in hundreds of live concerts throughout China and Japan, as well as recording for movies, television and radio. He has also performed in the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, and in Carnegie Hall, playing with the Tokyo Pops Orchestra and New York Pops Orchestra.
In 1988, Jia moved to Japan and enrolled in the Master of Arts Degree Program in Music at the Tokyo University of Arts.
Jia Peng Fang teaches erhu, composes soundtracks and continues to perform.
Discography:
River (Pacific Moon, 1998)
Rainbow (Pacific Moon, 1999)
Faraway (Pacific Moon, 2001)
Sho (Pacific Moon, 2006)
Moonlight (Pacific Moon, 2006)
Nocturne (2007)
Jia Peng Fang: Best (Pacific Moon, 2007)
Tomorrow (Pacific Moon, 2010)
Seasons: Jia Peng Fang Plays Haruki Mino (Pacific Moon, 2011)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
I wanted to say I love Jai Peng Feng and wish I can e mail him to tell him how much i enjoy his music. He puts a lift in my life. His music touches my heart.
I heard his music when I was little and it left a deep impact. Since then I have been finding his music as I didn’t knew his name or anything about his music. Finally today I found his music and listening to it takes me back to the days when I was little. I am so happy I can hear his music again.
I am fond of New Age music. When I came across the ‘A Water Lily’ by Jia PengFang in one of various artists album I was stucked. I googled the artist and here I am –
I love the purity of the spirit of his music. It is touching me deep inside, and uplifts my spirit to the beauty of novel simplìcity of pure melodies. Awesome!
I’ve just found his music. It’s so so beautiful. I can’t describe how wonderful it is. I’m big into Asian piano music and anything Ghibli sounding-ish but this is next level.
I have only just learned that my surname “Chia” was originally “Jia”. Maybe by some ancient miracle we are related, as I too was a professional musician many moons ago. Thank you for making available the music of my father’s beautiful country.
I must say that i just love your music. It’s in my hart and soul. I love to go on your concert if you come to Europe.