Lingling Yu was born in the south-western part of China, near Shanghai, beautiful city Hangzhou, starting point Silk Road. She took up music at age…
Artist Profiles: Lingling Yu
Tag: Chinese music
Artist Profiles: Li Xiangting
Li Xiangting was born in 1940 in Liaoyuan, China. Li Xiangting is a world-class guqin (Chinese 7 string zither) and xiao (Chinese vertical bamboo flute)…
Artist Profiles: Lei Qiang
Lei Qiang is a master player of the erhu. Born in 1960 in Shaanxi province in the People’s Republic of China, Lei began to play…
Artist Profiles: Jia Peng Fang
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…
Artist Profiles: Hu Bin
Hu Bin plays erhu fiddle and gaohu (Cantonese fiddle). She is a former lead musician in Xi’an Classical Chinese Music Ensemble and a graduate of…
Artist Profiles: Hong Ting
Hong Ting had extensive training in performance, theory, composition and improvisation. She started playing the piano at age six and later studied the zheng under…
Artist Profiles: Guo Yue
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: 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…