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The erhu. This is a list of erhu performers and contains a non-exhaustive list of notable players of the erhu, a bowed musical instrument with two strings.
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Erhu sound. The erhu (Chinese: 二胡; pinyin: èrhú; [aɻ˥˩xu˧˥]) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a southern fiddle, and is sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle.
Diverse Europeans critics particularly praise China's rare flower in the garden of traditional music. Nuremberg Daily said, "Erhu, an ordinary instrument in appearance, gains an incredible strength through the interpretation of Ma Xiaohui." Munich Times said "with nimble virtuosity… that we fully believed again in music as a universal language."
Stringed music is prominent in China, especially in the Jiangnan region, where it is the name of all the instruments made from wood and string. This form of performance started from the Jin dynasty (266–420) .
Tina Guo (Chinese: 郭婷娜; pinyin: Guō Tíngnà) (born 28 October 1985) is a Chinese-born American cellist and erhuist from San Diego.Her international career as a cellist, electric cellist, erhuist, and composer is characterized by videos featuring theatrical backdrops and elaborate costumes, a range of genres, and an improvisatory style in film, television, and video game scores.
Guo Gan [a] (Chinese: 果敢; pinyin: Guǒ Gǎn; born November 15, 1968) is an erhu master [1] from Shenyang, China, now based in Paris, France. [2] Gan was recognized as a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2016. [2] He is the world's first Chinese national folk musician’s recipient, and the world's first Chinese erhu performer to ...
At the very beginning, folk musician Liu Tianhua recomposed it as an Erhu composition based on Yuehu tune, and taught it to his students around the year 1929. Afterwards, many musicians developed it when they taught students and gave instrumental performances. Among them, Jiang was the most accomplished musician.