Guo Yue is a world-renowned virtuoso of the Chinese bamboo flute. As a child Guo Yue learned how to put not just his breath but…
Artist Profiles: Guo Yue
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: He-Cheng Liu
Beijing native He-Cheng Liu has been a musician for over 30 years. Liu is a pipa (lute) and gu-qin (ancient zither) virtuoso of remarkable experience.…
Artist Profiles: George Gao
George Gao born in 1967, in Shanghai, China. He started his erhu studies at the age of six. A few years later, he won First…
Artist Profiles: Cheng Yu
Cheng Yu is an internationally famous pipa and guqin virtuoso. At the age of 13 she won first prize in the National Youth Competition for…
Artist Profiles: Chen Jie-bing
Chen Jie-bing is considered by many to be the foremost erhu virtuoso in the world. Before graduating from Shanghai Music Conservatory in 1982, she twice…
Artist Profiles: Anna Guo
Anna Guo (Guo Min-qing), a former professor at the renowned Shanghai Conservatory of Music, has been teaching and playing the yang-qin for over 30 years.…
Artist Profiles: 12 Girls Band
12 Girls Band was formed in 2001, after its accomplished players, all of whom studied music at the most prestigious conservatories and schools across the…
Artist Profiles: Quilapayún
Quilapayún first started in Chile in 1965 and is now one of the most famous Andean musical bands in the world. Its main artistic value…
Artist Profiles: Matato’a
Matato’a is a Chilean music and dance group from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the Pacific. The name of the group means The Warriors. It…
Artist Profiles: Mariana Montalvo
Mariana Montalvo studied guitar at the Conservatorio Nacional de Santiago, Chile. Like many of her compatriots from Chile, Montalvo was forced into a life of…