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He returned to the Central Conservatory of Music in 1983 as head of the Chinese music department. He has written many books and articles on erhu playing and has performed in many countries. Wang also worked with the Beijing National Instruments Factory to further develop erhu design. Min Huifen (閔惠芬; 1945–2014) was born in Yixing ...
The premiere of the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto took place at the Shanghai Music and Dance Festival on May 27, 1959, featuring 18-year-old violinist Yu Lina, as part of the celebration of the tenth anniversary year of the founding of the People's Republic of China. [6]
Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories (classified by the material from which the instruments were made) known as bā yīn . [1] The eight categories are silk , bamboo , wood , stone , metal , clay , gourd and skin ; other instruments considered traditional exist that may not fit these groups.
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). [citation needed] The most common Chinese stringed instruments are the guqin, zheng, erhu, and pipa. These instruments were developed ...
Together with the erhu and gaohu, it is a member of the huqin family. It was developed in the 1940s as the alto member of the huqin family (similar in range to the European viola) to increase the pitch range of the instruments used in a Chinese orchestra. [1] The zhonghu is analogous with the erhu, but is slightly larger and lower pitched. Its ...
Zhongguo feng pop music typically involves the use of traditional Chinese instruments, such as the pipa (stringed Chinese lute), guzheng (Chinese zither), erhu (Chinese two-stringed fiddle), dizi (Chinese bamboo flute), yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), dagu (Chinese bass drum), gong, paiban (clapper) and others. Zhongguo feng music can also ...
Erhu – two-string vertical fiddle, standard erhu D4, A4 tuning. A second erhu is sometimes used, known as fanhu (反胡) or fan erhu (反二胡), meaning "counter fiddle" or "cross fiddle"; it has thicker strings tuned a minor third (B3, F4#) or fourth (A3, E4) below the leading erhu
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 ...