List of erhu players

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The erhu
The erhu

This is a list of erhu performers and contains a non-exhaustive list of some of the more notable players. The erhu, sometimes referred to as the Chinese violin, is a bowed musical instrument with two strings.

The erhu produces a characteristic sound due to the python skin covering its resonator. As with all bowed string instruments, sound is produced by a bow pulled across the strings to vibrate the soundbox. The erhu does not have a fingerboard as on a violin, stopped notes are produced by the left hand fingers pressing on the strings.

The erhu is most popular in Chinese societies and cultures, therefore, many notable erhu players are ethnically Chinese.

[edit] Erhu performers

The list is organized alphabetically, by surname.

  • Chen Chunyuan (陈春园)
  • Jiebing Chen (陈洁冰 or 陳洁冰)
  • Chen Zhenduo (陈振铎)
  • Deng Jiandong (邓建栋 or 鄧建棟) (b. 1963)
  • Ding Lufeng (丁魯峰)
  • Duan Aiai (段皑皑)
  • Gan Bolin (b. 1933)
  • George Gao (高韶青)
  • Karen Hua Qi Han
  • Jack Hsu (許正杰) “Hsu-nami”
  • Hua Yanjun (A Bing) (华彥君 or 華彥君 - 阿炳) (c. 1893-1950)
  • Huang Haihuai (黄海怀)
  • Jia Peng Fang
  • Jiang Fengzhi (蔣风之 or 蔣風之) (1908-1986)
  • Jiang Jianhua (姜建华) (b. 1961)
  • Jiang Qing (蔣青)
  • Eyvind Kang
  • Lang Guoren
  • Viviane Lee (Yang Lee)
  • Lei Qiang
  • Li Chi (李琦)
  • Liu Beimao (刘北茂 or 劉北茂) (1903-1981)
  • Liu Changfu (刘长福 or 劉長福) (b. 1944)
  • Liu Mingyuan (刘明源 or 劉明源) (1931-1996)
  • Liu Tianhua (刘天华 or 劉天華） (1895-1932)
  • Lu Xiutang (陆修堂) (1911-1966)
  • Ma XiaoHui
  • Min Huifen (閔惠芬) (b. 1945)
  • Mukai Chie (向井千惠)
  • Meg Okura (大倉めぐみ）
  • Shen Qi
  • Shen Sinyan (沈星扬 or 沈星揚)
  • Sing Su
  • Song Fei (宋飞）
  • Song Guosheng
  • Sun Wenming (孙文明) (1928-1962)
  • Sunung, "The Bloody String" (ChthoniC)
  • Tang Liangde (Tong Leung Tak, 汤良德) (b. 1938)
  • Tan Yan Cong (陈彦璁)
  • Wang Guotong (王国潼) (b. 1939)
  • Wang Guowei
  • Francis Wong
  • Sunny Wong Sun Tat (黃晨達)
  • Xiao Baiyong (萧白镛) (b. 1941)
  • Xu Chao (b. 1985) - cello and erhu player for Argentine neo tango band Tanghetto
  • Xu Ke
  • Yan Shi
  • Yang Ying
  • Yu Hongmei (于红梅) (b. 1971)
  • Yu Qiwei (余其伟) (b. 1953)
  • Zhang Shao (张韶)
  • Zhang Yu Ming
  • Zhao Hanyang (赵寒阳)
  • Rongchun Zhao
  • Zhou Shaomei (周少梅) (1885-1938)
  • Zhou Yaokun (周耀锟)
  • Zhu Changyao