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List of contemporary Guqin players
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This is a list of contemporary Guqin players of the 20th and 21st centuries for the Guqin. It attempts to list all existing players (if they are publicly known, i.e. if one can find out about them).
UNDER PREPARATION
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 pinyin. For the sake of tidiness, the Family name will go first. If one has a Cantonese name, the pinyin takes priority over it. The names will be listed in alphabetical order.
- 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.
" --- " refers to not known, not yet currently known or possibly non-existant.
Unclassified as of yet
- Teo Kheng-chong : Guqin player and researcher, developed a bright style of guqin playing Participated in Digital Guqin projects (don't know the pinyin of his/her name so can't classify)
- If you want to be on the list but don't know how to edit it, please e-mail me.
| Personal Names (English) | Personal Names (Chinese) | Other Names, Titles and Styles | Dates | School or Base | Remarks |
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Cai Deyun (Cantonese Tsar Teh-yun) |
????????? |
Madame |
(act.) |
Hong Kong |
Head of the Yinyin Shi Qinshe of Hong Kong, oldest qin player alive today (100 years old in 2004) |
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Chen Changlin |
????????? |
--- |
(act.) |
Min (Fujian) |
Transmitter of the Min School |
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Cheng Gongliang |
????????? |
--- |
1940 - present |
Nanjing |
--- |
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Chen Leiji |
????????? |
--- |
1967 - present |
Zhucheng? Shanghai? |
Student of Gong Yi |
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Dai Xiaolian |
????????? |
--- |
(act.) |
Shanghai? |
A master guqin player and professor of guqin at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Grand daughter of Zhang Ziqian. Has published her solo CD album by Hugo |
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Gong Yi |
?????? |
--- |
1941 - present |
Shanghai |
Master from the Shanghai Conservatory |
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Guan Pinghu |
????????? |
--- |
1897 - 1967 |
--- |
Possibly the greatest qin player of the 20th century. 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 |
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Huang Huade |
--- |
--- |
1922 - present |
Shu (Sichuan) |
--- |
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Li Fengyun |
????????? |
--- |
(act.) |
Tianjin |
Concert guqin player from Tianjin. She has published a solo CD album by Hugo |
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Li Xiangting |
????????? |
Professor |
1940 - present |
Beijing |
Current president of the Bejing Guqin Society and master guqin player |
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Lin Youren |
????????? |
--- |
1938 - present |
Guangling |
Transmitter of the Guangling school |
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Liu Shaochun |
????????? |
--- |
1901 - 1971 |
Guangling |
--- |
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Mei Riqiang |
????????? |
--- |
1929 - present |
Guangling |
--- |
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Pu Xuezhai |
????????? |
--- |
(dec.) |
--- |
The brother of the last emperor of China, Puyi. An artist Chinese painting |
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Tang Jianyuan (Cantonese Tong Kin-woon) |
????????? |
--- |
(act.) |
Hong Kong |
Guqin player and teacher, chief editor of Qinfu ??????, a composite volume of ancient scores (not to be confused with the Qin Fu of Ji Kang). As well, a master of the guzheng and nanyin (a singing style) |
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Xu Jian |
?????? |
--- |
(act.) |
Beijing |
Qin scholar who wrote the Qinshi Chubian |
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Wang Di |
--- |
--- |
(dec.) |
--- |
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 |
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Wang Duo |
--- |
--- |
(act.) |
Suzhou |
Master guqin player of the Wumen Qinshe of Suzhou. Participated in Digital Guqin projects |
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Wang Jianxian? |
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Wang Wei |
--- |
--- |
(act.) |
Beijing |
Sister of Wang Fei |
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Wei Zhongle |
????????? |
--- |
(dec.) |
--- |
An orphan, but a master of many Chinese instruments, including pipa and dizi |
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Wu Jingl??e |
????????? |
--- |
1907 - 1987 |
Yushan |
Master of the Yushan School |
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Wu Wenguang |
????????? |
--- |
(act.) |
--- |
Son of Wu Jinglue and transmitter of the Yushan school |
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Wu Zhao |
?????? |
--- |
1935 - present |
Beijing? |
Former president of the Beijing Guqin Society |
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Wu Zhaoji |
????????? |
--- |
1908 - ???? |
--- |
Transmitter of the Wu style |
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Xie Xiaoping |
????????? |
--- |
(act.) |
--- |
--- |
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Yao Bingyan |
????????? |
--- |
1921 - 1983 |
--- |
Dapued (transcribed) the classic version of Jiu Kuang in triple-time rhytmn |
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Yao Gongbai |
????????? |
--- |
1948 - present |
--- |
Yao Bingyan's eldest son |
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Yao Gongjing |
????????? |
--- |
1955 - present |
--- |
Yao Bingyan's youngest son |
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Yu Bosun |
????????? |
--- |
1922 - present |
Shu (Sichuan) |
--- |
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Yu Shaoze |
????????? |
--- |
1903 - 1987 |
Shu (Sichuan) |
Transmitter of the Shu School |
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Zeng Chengwei |
????????? |
--- |
(act.) |
Shu (Sichuan), Chengdu |
Master guqin maker as well as transmitter of the Shu School |
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Zha Fuxi |
????????? |
--- |
1895 - 1976 |
Yushan |
Great researcher of qin music, specialising in qin songs |
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Zhang Ziqian |
????????? |
--- |
(dec.) |
Guangling |
Master of the Guangling School |
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Zheng Minzhong |
--- |
--- |
(act.) |
Beijing? |
Student of Guan Pinghu, master player, specialist in guqin connoisseurship in Palace Museum, Beijing |
| Personal Names (English) | Personal Names (Chinese) | Other Names, Titles and Styles | Dates | School or Base | Remarks |
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Binkley, Jim |
None |
--- |
(act.) |
Portland, Oregon |
Translating the Yugu Zhai Qinpu into English |
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Chang Peiyou |
--- |
--- |
(act.) |
New York, NY |
--- |
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Dydo, Stephen |
None |
--- |
(act.) |
New York, NY |
--- |
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Liang, David M. Y. |
--- |
--- |
(act.) |
Ellicott City, MD |
--- |
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Lieberman, Fredric |
None |
PhD? |
(act.) |
Santa Cruz, CA |
Translated the Mei'an Qinpu into English |
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Thompson, John |
????????? |
--- |
(act.) |
New York, NY |
American whose "historically informed performance" includes over 130 melodies he has reconstructed from early tablature |
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Wang Fei |
?????? |
--- |
(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. Also plays guzheng. Not to be confused with Faye Wong, the Cantonese pop singer |
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Yip Mingmei |
????????? |
PhD |
(act.) |
New York, NY |
Qin scholar, atudent of Cai Deyun |
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Yuan Jungping |
--- |
--- |
(act.) |
New York, NY |
Founder of the New York Qin Society |
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Zhu Nong |
--- |
--- |
(act.) |
San Francisco Bay Area, CA |
--- |
| Personal Names (English) | Personal Names (Chinese) | Other Names, Titles and Styles | Dates | School or Base | Remarks |
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Cheng Yu |
?????? |
PhD |
(act.) |
London |
Qin and pipa player from Beijing now resident in London. Founder of the London Youlan Qin Society. Obtained a PhD in Ethnomusicology at SOAS. |
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Evans, Christopher |
None |
--- |
(act.) |
--- |
--- |
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Joseph, Julian |
None |
--- |
(act.) |
--- |
--- |
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Tan, Chin W |
--- |
--- |
(act.) |
--- |
--- |
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Wang Tingting |
--- |
BA? |
(act.) |
Sheffield |
--- |
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Wu Dannong (Cantonese Ing Dan-nung) |
????????? |
PhD |
(act.) |
London, sometimes in Beijing |
--- |
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Xu Yongyu (Cantonese Tsua, Wing Yue) |
????????? |
BA; Charlie Huang; Style Longzheng ??????; Artistic name Youlan ??????; Manga pen name Sumeragi Tatsutadashi; Handles Cardcaptor Charlie, CCC |
1983 - present |
Birmingham |
--- |
| Personal Names (English) | Personal Names (Chinese) | Other Names, Titles and Styles | Dates | School or Base | Remarks |
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Wong, Tony |
--- |
--- |
(act.) |
Canada, BC |
Producer of the Taigu silk strings |
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