Contemporary guqin players

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This is a list of contemporary players of the guqin of the 20th and 21st centuries. It attempts to list all existing players (if they are publicly known, i.e. if one can find out about them either through literature or the internet).

1 Table guide
2 China
3 United States of America
4 United Kingdom
5 Canada
6 Germany
7 Others
8 See also
9 References

[edit] Table guide

Personal Names (English): Gives name(s) of person in English. If that person was born with a Chinese name, it is listed in Mandarin pinyin. If one has a Cantonese or other Chinese dialect name, the Mandarin pinyin takes priority over it in order listing. The names will be listed in alphabetical order. For the sake of tidiness, the Family name will go first.
Personal Names (Chinese): Given name(s) of the person in traditional full Chinese characters. If that person does not have a Chinese name, it would be marked 'None'.
Other Names, Titles and Styles: Any other names or handles the person has used, such as pen names, painting names, styles, etc. This includes any titles or letters decreed upon the person, such as Professor or PhD.
Dates: Gives the year of birth and death of said person. If not known, then deceased (dec.) or active (act.) will be used instead.
School or Base: The person's school or where they are currently active if known.
Remarks: Any important information about this person, e, g. their occupation, experience, etc.

[edit] China

Personal Names (English)	Personal Names (Chinese)	Other Names, Titles and Styles	Dates	School or Base	Remarks
Tsar Teh-yun (Mandarin: Cai Deyun)	蔡德允	Madam	1905 - present	Hong Kong	Head of the Yinyin Shi Qinshe of Hong Kong, oldest qin player alive today (100 years old in 2004)
Chen Changlin	陳長林		1932 - present	Min (Fujian)	Transmitter of the Min School. As computer scientist and well-respected guqin player, he participated in the early phase of a "Digital Guqin" project and presented a version using C++, demonstrated a software for generating guqin notations on PC286 which runs on DOS, created in the early 1980s.
Chen Leiji	陳雷激		1967 - present	Zhucheng? Shanghai?	Student of Gong Yi
Chen Wen	陳雯		1961 - present	Taiwan
Cheng Gongliang	成公亮		1940 - present	Nanjing
Dai Xiaolian	戴曉蓮		(act.)	Shanghai	A qin player and professor of guqin at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Grand-niece of Zhang Ziqian. Has published her solo CD album by Hugo.
Ding Chengyun	丁承運		1944 - present	Shu
Ding Jiyuan	丁紀園		1942 - present	Shu
Gong Yi	龔一		1941 - present	Shanghai	Professional qin player previously from the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra
Guan Pinghu	管平湖	名平, 字吉廠	1897 - 1967	Jiuyi	Highly-regarded qin player. Dapued many qin scores such as Liu Shui and Guangling San. In 1977, his recording of Liu Shui (Flowing Water) was chosen to be included in the Voyager Golden Record, a collection of world music sent into space on the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecrafts
Guan Zhenning	管??		(act.)	Wuhan
Guan Zhonghang	關仲航		1900 - 1970	Jiuyi
Gu Meigeng	顧梅羹		1899 - 1990	Shu, Huayang
Gu Zechang	顧澤長		1941 - present	Shu
Huang Mianzhi	黃勉之		1853 - 1919	Jiuyi
Le Ying	樂瑛		1911 - ?	Jiuyi
Li Fan	李璠		1913 - present	Shu
Li Feng	李楓	字哲芬	(act.)	Taiwan
Li Fengyun	李鳳雲		(act.)	Tianjin	Concert guqin player from Tianjin. She has published a solo CD album by Hugo
Li Mingzhong	李明忠		(act.)	Shanxi	Qin scholar and maker
Li Xiangting	李祥霆	Professor	1940 - present	Beijing	Professional qin player. Current president of the China Guqin Committee
Li Yuxian	李禹賢		1937 - present	Mei'an
Lin Youren	林友人		1938 - present	Guangling	Transmitter of the Guangling school
Liu Chicheng	劉赤城		1938 - present	Mei'an
Lau Chor-wah (Mandarin: Liu Chuhua)	劉楚華		(act.)	Hong Kong
Liu Jingshao	劉景韶	字琴子	1903 - 1987	Mei'an
Liu Shaochun	劉少椿		1901 - 1971	Guangling
Liu Zhengchun	劉正春		1935 - present	Jinling
Lo Ka Ping (Mandarin: Lu Jiabing)	盧家炳	Philip	1896 - 1980	Hong Kong
Long Qinfang	龍琴舫		1888 - ?	Shu
Mei Yueqiang	梅曰強	字南移	1929 - 2002	Guangling
Pang Yuzhu	龐雨珠		1935 - present	Mei'an
Pei Tiexia	裴鐵俠	字雪琴	1884 - 1950	Shu
Peng Zhiying	彭祉卿		1891 - 1946	Shu
Pu Xuezhai	溥雪齋		(dec.)		The brother of the last emperor of China, Puyi. An artist Chinese painting
Rao Zongyi	饒宗頤	字適堂, 號固庵	(act.)?	Lingnan
Rong Tianqi	容天折	號琴禪	1936 - 1994	Guangdong
Shen Caonong	沈草農		1891 - 1973	Hong Kong
Sun Shaotao	孫紹陶		1879 - 1949	Guangling
Sun Yuqin	孫毓琴		1915 - 1990	Taiwan
Tong Kin-woon (Mandarin: Tang Jianyuan)	唐健垣	PhD	(act.)	Hong Kong	Guqin player and teacher, chief editor of Qinfu 琴府, a composite volume of ancient scores (not to be confused with the Qin Fu of Ji Kang). As well, a virtuoso of the guzheng and nanyin (a singing style)
Wang Di	王迪		(dec.)	Jiuyi	Female student of Guan Pinghu, did a cross country survey of qin players in 1956, tape recorded qin players using magnetic tapes. These recordings are now in Shanghai.
Wang Duo	汪鐸	名珍昌	1938 - present	Suzhou	Guqin player of the Wumen Qinshe of Suzhou. Head of Guqin Research Centre of Suzhou University of Science and Technology. Special research topics include: silk strings, Dapu, Taoist Guqin music, Guqin master player and musician in the "Digital Guqin" project entitled "Zebrafish".
Wang Huade	王華德		1922 - present	Shu (Sichuan)
Wang Lu	王露	字心葵	1879 - 1921	Zhucheng	Founder of the 德音琴社 in Jinan.
Wang Shengxiang	王生香	原名敬亭, 號賣履翁	1902 - 1975	Jinling, Shandong
Wang Yanying	王燕卿	名賔魯	1867 - 1921	Zhucheng and Mei'an	Founder of the Mei'an School
Wang Yongchang	王永昌		1940 - present	Mei'an
Wang Wei	王葳		(act.)	Beijing	Sister of Wang Fei
Wei Zhongle	衛仲樂		1908/9 - 1998	Shanghai	A virtuoso of many Chinese instruments, including the pipa and dizi, and important figure in Jiangnan Sizhu.
Weng Yucang	翁瘦蒼	名之潤	1916 - 2002	Yushan
Wu Jinglüe	吳景略	名韜, 號縵叟	1907 - 1987	Yushan	Highly-regarded player from the Yushan School
Wu Jinyang	吳浸陽	字觀月, 號純白	1882 - ?	Sichuan
Wu Lansun	吳蘭蓀	名建	1883 - 1960	Yushan
Wu Wenguang	吳文光		(act.)	Yushan	Son of Wu Jinglue and transmitter of the Yushan school
Wu Zhao	吳釗		1935 - present	Beijing	Former president of the Beijing Guqin Society
Wu Zhaoji	吳兆基	字湘泉	1908 - 1997	Hunan	Transmitter of the Wu style
Wu Zonghan	吳宗漢	字滙江	1902 - 1991	Mei'an
Xia Yifeng	夏一峰		1872 - 1963	Jinling
Xie Daoxiu	謝導秀		1940 - present	Lingnan
Xie Junren	謝俊仁		(act.)	Hong Kong
Xie Xiaoping	謝孝萍		? - 1998	Yushan
Xu Jian	許健		(act.)	Beijing	Qin scholar who wrote the Qinshi Chubian
Xu Kuanghua	徐匡華		1917 - 2007	Zhejiang	Founder of the Xihu Qin Society. Appeared in the film, Hero. Recently passed away Feb 13, 2007
Xu Lisun	徐立蓀	名卓, 號笠僧	1897 - 1969	Mei'an
Xu Shaoying	徐曉英		1937 - present	Zhe
Xu Yuanbai	徐元白		1893 - 1957	Zhe
Xu Zhongwei	徐忠偉		1920 - present	Yushan
Yang Chunwei	楊春薇		(act.)		Student of Wu Wenguang
Yang Xinlun	楊新倫	字克定	1898 - 1990	Lingnan
Yang Zongji	楊宗稷	字時百, 號九嶷山人	1865 - 1931	Jiuyi	Founder of the Jiuyi School, compiler of the Qinxue Congshu.
Yao Bingyan	姚丙炎		1921 - 1983	Zhe	Dapued (transcribed) the classic version of Jiu Kuang in triple-time rhytmn
Yao Gongbai	姚公白		1948 - present	Zhejiang	Yao Bingyan's eldest son
Yao Gongjing	姚公敬		1955 - present		Yao Bingyan's youngest son
Ye Mingpei	葉名佩		1929 - present	Zhe
Yeh Shih-hua	葉時華	MA (Sheff.)	(act.)	Taiwan?
Yu Bosun	俞伯蓀		1922 - present	Shu (Sichuan)
Yu Shaoze	喻紹澤		1903 - 1987	Shu (Sichuan)	Transmitter of the Shu School
Zeng Chengwei	曾成偉		1958 - present	Shu (Sichuan), Chengdu	Highly-regarded guqin maker as well as transmitter of the Shu School
Zha Fuxi	查阜西		1895 - 1976	Yushan	Great researcher and player of qin music, specialising in qin songs
Zhan Chengqiu	詹澂秋	名智睿, 字水雲, 號襄陽學人	1890 - 1973	Zhucheng
Teo Kheng-chong (Mandarin: Zhang Qingchong)	張慶崇	Professor	(act.)	Hong Kong	Guqin player and researcher from Singapore, musician in sound properties of the guqin instrument, has developed a bright style of guqin playing. Participated in the "Digital Guqin" project entitled: "Pale Ink". Teacher of guqin, and scholar researcher of guqin music.
Zhang Qingji	張清治	字理玄	1940 - present	Taiwan
Zhang Youhe	張友鶴		1895 - 1940	Zhucheng
Zhang Zhisun	章志蓀	字梓琴, 齋名『研易習琴齋』	1885 - ?	Taiwan
Zhang Ziqian	張子謙	原名張益昌	1899 - 1988	Guangling	Highly-regarded player of the Guangling School
Zheng Minzhong	鄭泯中		(act.)	Jiuyi, Beijing	Student of Guan Pinghu, well-respected player, specialist in guqin connoisseurship in Palace Museum, Beijing.
Zheng Yunfei	鄭雲飛		1939 - present

[edit] United States of America

Personal Names (English)	Personal Names (Chinese)	Other Names, Titles and Styles	Dates	School or Base	Remarks
Binkley, Jim	畢克禮	M.S.C.S.	(act.)	Portland, Oregon	Translated the Yugu Zhai Qinpu into English, amateur qin maker. Website
Dydo, Stephen	戴德		(act.)	Yonkers, NY	Co-founder and current president of New York Qin Society; also makes guqin. Website
Liang, Mingyue	梁銘越	David	(act.)	Ellicott City, MD	Son of the renowned Taiwanese guzheng player/scholar Liang Tsai-Ping
Lieberman, Fredric	None	PhD	(act.)	Santa Cruz, CA	Translated the Mei'an Qinpu into English
Liu Li	劉麗		(act.)	New York, NY	A graduate in Guqin performance at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, taught by renowned players such as Wu Jinglüe, Wu Wenguang as well as Li Xiangting. An Associate Professor in Guqin at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing before moving to the US. Collaborated with composer Tan Dun and violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman on recording the soundtrack for the movie Hero
Yung, Bell (Mandarin: Rong Hongzeng)	榮鴻曾	PhD	(act.)	Pittsburgh
Thompson, John	唐世璋	BA, MA	(act.)	New York, NY	American whose "historically informed performance" includes over 130 melodies he has reconstructed from early tablature, translation work on the Shenqi Mipu
Walker, Stephen C.	None	BA?	1984 - present	Cambridge, MA
Wang Fei	王菲	MA; Emily	(act.)	San Francisco Bay Area, CA	A qin player (taught by Li Xiangting) based in the United States, founder of the North American Guqin Association, published writer and an international award winner digital artist. Also plays guzheng. Not to be confused with Faye Wong, the Hong Kong based pop singer
Wong Gleysteen, Marilyn (Mandarin: Wang Miaolian)	王妙蓮		(act.)	New York, NY
Yang Shin-yi	楊信宜		(act.)	Boston, MA
Yip Mingmei (Mandarin: Ye Mingmei)	葉明媚	PhD	(act.)	New York, NY	Qin scholar, a student of Cai Deyun
Yuan Jungping	袁中平		(act.)	New York, NY	Founder of the New York Qin Society
Zhang Peiyou	張培幼	Judy Chang	(act.)	New York, NY
Zhu Nong	朱農?		(act.)	San Francisco Bay Area, CA

[edit] United Kingdom

Personal Names (English)	Personal Names (Chinese)	Other Names, Titles and Styles	Dates	School or Base	Remarks
Cheng Yu	程玉	BMus (Xi'an), MMus (Londin.), PhD (Londin.)	(act.)	London	Qin and pipa player from Beijing now resident in London. Founder and president of the London Youlan Qin Society. Obtained a PhD in Ethnomusicology at SOAS.
Du Hai	杜海	David	(act.)	Coventry
Evans, Christopher	艾文思	BA (Leodis), LLB (Leodis)	(act.)	West Yorkshire	Works primarily as a Chinese to English translator
Joseph, Julian	周聚鰱	BSc (Londin.)	(act.)	Wiltshire	Secetary of the London Youlan Qin Society
Tan Chin Wee (Mandarin: Chen Jinwei)	陳錦偉	PhD	(act.)	London	Also plays guitar
Wang Tingting	王亭亭	BA (Sheff.), (MPhil/PhD)	(act.)	Sheffield	A student of Wu Wenguang, currently doing her PhD on qin songs at Sheffield University
Ing Dan-nung (Mandarin: Wu Dannong)	伍丹農	BSc (Londin.), ACGI, MSc (Hamwic), PhD (Hamwic), CEng, FRAeS	(act.)	London, sometimes in Beijing	An engineer. Also plays guitar
Xu, Charlie Yongle	徐永樂	BA (Wulfrun); Charlie Huang; 字龍正, 尊號矗昊, 琴號龝䨻, 文號遯卋山人; Pen name: Dōmeki Tsubasa 百目鬼　翼; etc	1983 - present	Birmingham	Main compiler of the guqin article and all relating articles. See Charlie Huang for other information

[edit] Canada

Personal Names (English)	Personal Names (Chinese)	Other Names, Titles and Styles	Dates	School or Base	Remarks
Wong, Tony (Mandarin: Huang Zhishu)	黃志樹		(act.)	BC	Producer of the Taigu silk strings. Editor of modern qin book series, Qinxue Congkan
Kiu Shan (Mandarin: Qiao Shan)	喬姍		(act.)	Vancouver, ON	Founder of Jiuyi Qin Association
Yeung, Jonathan Leo (Mandarin: Yang Junli)	楊儁立	字燕梵, 號西原; Pen name: Satsuki Shizuka 五月　靜	1987 - present	Toronto, ON	Founder & President of the University of Toronto Guqin Association
Yu Yuda	余侑達	John	1986 - present	Toronto, ON	Co-Founder of University of Toronto Guqin Association

[edit] Germany

Personal Names (English)	Personal Names (Chinese)	Other Names, Titles and Styles	Dates	School or Base	Remarks
Bayer, Benedickt	None		(act.)	Germany
Dahmer, Manfred			(act.)	Germany	Qin and guitar player, book author ("Qin - die klassische chinesische Griffbrettzither"), scholar in Chinese culture.
Stoevesandt, Ingo			(act.)	Ritterhude, Germany	Maintainer of "The music of Southeast Asia".
Ziegler, Henning	奇和寜	MA	(act.)	Berlin, Germany	Website

[edit] Others

Personal Names (English)	Personal Names (Chinese)	Other Names, Titles and Styles	Dates	School or Base	Remarks
Gulik, Robert Hans van	高羅佩	PhD	1910-1967	Netherlands	Dutch writer who wrote the important Lore of the Chinese Lute, also famous detective novelist, Ming style woodblock print specialist, diplomat. Erudite scholar in Chinese culture.
Chow, Shuen-git (Mandarin: Zhou Xuanjie)	周旋捷	Natasha	(act.)	Canada/France	Chinese Canadian, created video documentary of Master guqin players, and children players - largest collection outside of China. Initiated the "Digital Guqin" projects to introduce guqin sounds to a wider, youthful audience as a lead in for authentic guqin culture and practice. Designed new guqin forms, research-creations using CAO (computer assisted composition) to explore possibilities of guqin sound wave treatments in contemporary art and culture. Created new designs in traditional guqin instruments, i.e. the "Half HunDun 2006". Website