Chinese ehru master Guo Gan has released an album with Italian multi-instrumentalist Fabio Turchetti titled The Silk Way. On The Silk Way, international Italian songs…
Guo Gan & Fabio Turchetti present The Silk Way
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Moon over City Ruins, an Extraordinary Musical Bridge Between China and Japan
Various Artists – Moon over City Ruins (Rhymoi Music, 2019) Chinese producer Ye Yunchuan brought together some of the finest musicians from China and Japan…
Guo Gan Trio’s Stunning Collaboration
Guo Gan Trio – Gobi Desert (Felmay, 2019) Musical collaborations hold a particular fascination for me. I assume that many start in the simplest ways…
Fiddles of the World Come Together
French guitarist Mathias Duplessy put together a fascinating project called the Violins of the World. The current version of the ensemble was showcased at the…
Artist Profiles: Zhipeng Shen
Zhipeng Shen joined Liaoning Song & Dance Company in 1959. Because of his extraordinary musical talent, he was appointed as the “First Violinist” in the…
Artist Profiles: Xu Ke
Xu Ke was born in 1960 in Nanjing, China. He received his B.M. in 1982 with honor from the Department of National Music at the…
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: 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…