Contemporary guqin players

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Contemporary guqin player Guan Pinghu.
Contemporary guqin player Guan Pinghu.

This is a list of contemporary players of the guqin of the 20th and 21st centuries. It attempts to list most notable players (i.e. if they are publicly known and/or have made a significant contribution to qin music).

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  • 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, chivalric orders or degree ranks decreed upon the person, such as Professor, PhD, MBE, etc.
  • 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; SBS (銀紫荊星章) 1905—2007 Hong Kong Head of the Deyin Qinshe of Hong Kong, oldest qin player in the last generation
Chen Changlin 陳長林 1932— 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— Zhucheng? Shanghai? Student of Gong Yi
Chen Wen 陳雯 1961— Taiwan
Cheng Gongliang 成公亮 1940— Nanjing Notable researcher and composer of guqin music
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— Shu
Ding Jiyuan 丁紀園 1942— Shu
Gong Yi 龔一 1941— 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 Zhonghang 關仲航 1900—1970 Jiuyi
Gu Meigeng 顧梅羹 1899—1990 Shu, Huayang
Gu Zechang 顧澤長 1941— Shu
Huang Mianzhi 黃勉之 1853—1919 Jiuyi
Le Ying 樂瑛 1911—? Jiuyi
Li Fan 李璠 1913— Shu
Li Feng 李楓 字哲芬 (act.) Taiwan Plays on silk strings; has released a CD
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— Beijing Professional qin player. Current president of the China Guqin Committee
Li Yuxian 李禹賢 1937— Mei'an
Lin Youren 林友人 1938— Guangling Transmitter of the Guangling school
Liu Chicheng 劉赤城 1938— Mei'an
Lau Chor-wah (Mandarin: Liu Chuhua) 劉楚華 (act.) Hong Kong One of the top players in Hong Kong
Liu Jingshao 劉景韶 字琴子 1903—1987 Mei'an
Liu Shaochun 劉少椿 1901—1971 Guangling A player of the Guangling School, noted for his eccentric style and interparation
Liu Zhengchun 劉正春 1935— Jinling
Lo Ka Ping (Mandarin: Lu Jiabing) 盧家炳 Philip 1896—1980 Hong Kong Has released a CD of his recordings
Long Qinfang 龍琴舫 1888—? Shu
Mei Yueqiang 梅曰強 字南移 1929—2002 Guangling
Pang Yuzhu 龐雨珠 1935— 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.) Beijing The brother of the last emperor of China, Puyi. An artist of Chinese painting
Rao Zongyi (Jao Tsung I) 饒宗頤 字固庵, 號選堂 1917— 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 孫毓芹 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— 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— 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— 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 PhD (act.) Yushan Son of Wu Jinglue and transmitter of the Yushan school
Wu Zhao 吳釗 1935— Beijing Former president of the Beijing Guqin Society; has published books and research on the qin
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— Lingnan
Xie Junren 謝俊仁 (act.) Hong Kong One of the top players in 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— Zhe
Xu Yuanbai 徐元白 1893—1957 Zhe
Xu Zhongwei 徐忠偉 1920— Yushan
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— Zhejiang Yao Bingyan's eldest son
Yao Gongjing 姚公敬 1955— Yao Bingyan's youngest son
Ye Mingpei 葉名佩 1929— Zhe
Yu Bosun 俞伯蓀 1922— Shu (Sichuan)
Yu Shaoze 喻紹澤 1903—1987 Shu (Sichuan) Transmitter of the Shu School
Zeng Chengwei 曾成偉 Associate Professor 1958— 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— 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—

[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., FXKQS (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. 華廷峰 MA(Columbia) 1984— Chicago Student of Shin-yi Yang. Pursues fusion with Indian classical music. Has a critical approach to qin music. Website
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 and Director 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.
Wickerham, Joshua 喬舒華 BA(Michigan), FXKQS (act.) Michigan Writer and researcher of various subjects including Chinese international affairs, guqin, HIV/AIDS and Chinese sexuality.
Wong Gleysteen, Marilyn (Mandarin: Wang Miaolian) 王妙蓮 (act.) New York, NY
Wu Ziying 吳自英 Professor 1943— Seattle, WA Former director of the Shanghai Qin Association
Yang Shin-yi 楊信宜 (act.) Boston, MA Student of Wang Haiyan (Mei'an school) and Tang Jianyuan
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 Student of Sun Yuqin and Wu Zhaoji; founder of the New York Qin Society
Zhang Peiyou 張培幼 Judy Chang (act.) New York, NY A qin player and teacher (former student of Yuan Jungping) based in the United States.

Website

[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, PhD(Lond.) (act.) London Qin and pipa player from Beijing now resident in London. Founder and President of the London Youlan Qin Society and several Chinese music ensembles in Britain.
Evans, Christopher 艾文思 BA, LLB(Leeds) (act.) West Yorkshire Works primarily as a Chinese to English translator
Joseph, Julian 周聚鰱 BSc(Lond.) (act.) Wiltshire Secetary-Chairman of the London Youlan Qin Society
Xu, Charlie Rupert Yongle 徐永樂 BA(Wulfrun), FGMS, FXKQS; Charlie Huang; 字長韻, 號遯卋山人; etc. 1983— Birmingham Founder and Registrar of the Xi Kang Qin Society. Former compiler of the guqin and most relating articles on Wikipedia.

[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.) Coquitlam, BC Producer of the Taigu silk strings. Editor of modern qin book series, Qinxue Congkan
Kiu Shan (Mandarin: Qiao Shan) 喬姍 (act.) Vancouver, BC Founder of Jiuyi Qin Association
Yeung, Juni L. (Mandarin: Yang Junli) 楊儁立 FXKQS; 字燕梵, 號西原; Pen name: Satsuki Shizuka 五月　靜 1987— Toronto, ON Founder and President of the University of Toronto Guqin Association and Chinese Cultural Aesthetics Society. Rector of the Xi Kang Qin Society.

[edit] Germany

Personal Names (English) Personal Names (Chinese) Other Names, Titles and Styles Dates School or Base Remarks
Dahmer, Manfred None (act.) Germany Qin and guitar player, book author ("Qin - die klassische chinesische Griffbrettzither"), scholar in Chinese culture.
Stoevesandt, Ingo None (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
Chow, Shuen-git (Mandarin: Zhou Xuanjie) 周旋捷 PhD (act.) Canada/France/China-HK 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, [1],[2]
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.
Vigo, Joan M 易兆安 Dipl.-Inform(Catal.), FXKQS (act.) Spain Founder and webmaster of the Friends of Guqin website.

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[edit] References

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Guqin
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Cheng Yu | Gong Yi | Guan Pinghu | Li Xiangting | Lin Youren | Wang Fei | Wu Jinglüe | Wu Zhaoji | Zeng Chengwei | Zha Fuxi | Zhang Ziqian