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Born in Beijing, Fan started to learn guzheng at the age of six from the
famous guzheng player Mr. Tang Jinchi. At the age of nine and ten, Fan
won 1st prize both in Beijing National Juvenile & Children Chinese
Traditional Music Solo Competition and the National Juvenile & Children
Chinese Traditional Music Solo Competition respectively.
Fan attended the primary school affiliated to China Central Conservatory
of Music in 1984, and entered the affiliated middle school in 1985. In
1991, she was admitted by the Department of Traditional Music of Central
Conservatory of Music with outstanding examination results. During Fan’s
four years study on the campus, she followed the instruction from Mr.
Wang Shihuang and Professor Li Meng, and has won numerous prizes.
In 1995, Fan graducated from the Conservatory with the highest grades
in the professional exam, and became a soloist in China Radio National
Music Orchestra.
Fan Weiqing’s performing style is a combination of primitive simplicity,
elegance and modernity. As a guzheng player, she is remarkably skillful
in performing contemporary works, and is especially capable of grasping
various characteristics of different genres, thanks to the instructions and
guidance by Mr. Lin Maogen (from the Chaozhou school), Mr. Ran Ninxin
and Mr. Shi Zhaoyuan (from the Hakka school) and Prof. Qiu Dacheng
from China Conservatory of Music.
In 1996, Fan won 2nd prize in National Competition of guzheng
Performance of Traditional Works, and participated in recordeing the
album “Selected Guzheng Works by Famous Composers”. Up to now,
Fan has performed in Europe, USA, and Southeast Asian countries. In
1996, she participated in the founding of “Love, Plum & Silent Moon”, an
influential ensemble in the circle of Chinese traditional music, which
recorded and published later on an album called “Poem of Sunset
Shadow”.
In 2000, Fan established Fan Weiqing Guzheng Classroom, drawing
attention and applause from the public. In 2001, Fan founded Beijing Fan
Weiqing Music Culture Center, recruiting students majoring in different
Chinese traditional music instruments, and has since then organized a
number of traditional musical instrument lectures and performances. In
February 2002, Fan hold a pedagogic and explanative concert performed
by some renowned artists, jointly with Bao Huiqiao, Liu Shikun and Yu
Hongmei, and a concert performed by Fan Weiqing Music Culture Center
in Jinfan Music Hall, Beijing. In July 2002, Fan was appointed by the
Ministry of Culture as judge in Chinese Juvenile & Children Art Contest—
1st Chinese Traditional Instrumental Music Solo Competition. Also, she
serves as judge in the Guzheng Grading Panel for China Central
Conservatory of Music and China Institution of National Orchestral Music.
famous guzheng player Mr. Tang Jinchi. At the age of nine and ten, Fan
won 1st prize both in Beijing National Juvenile & Children Chinese
Traditional Music Solo Competition and the National Juvenile & Children
Chinese Traditional Music Solo Competition respectively.
Fan attended the primary school affiliated to China Central Conservatory
of Music in 1984, and entered the affiliated middle school in 1985. In
1991, she was admitted by the Department of Traditional Music of Central
Conservatory of Music with outstanding examination results. During Fan’s
four years study on the campus, she followed the instruction from Mr.
Wang Shihuang and Professor Li Meng, and has won numerous prizes.
In 1995, Fan graducated from the Conservatory with the highest grades
in the professional exam, and became a soloist in China Radio National
Music Orchestra.
Fan Weiqing’s performing style is a combination of primitive simplicity,
elegance and modernity. As a guzheng player, she is remarkably skillful
in performing contemporary works, and is especially capable of grasping
various characteristics of different genres, thanks to the instructions and
guidance by Mr. Lin Maogen (from the Chaozhou school), Mr. Ran Ninxin
and Mr. Shi Zhaoyuan (from the Hakka school) and Prof. Qiu Dacheng
from China Conservatory of Music.
In 1996, Fan won 2nd prize in National Competition of guzheng
Performance of Traditional Works, and participated in recordeing the
album “Selected Guzheng Works by Famous Composers”. Up to now,
Fan has performed in Europe, USA, and Southeast Asian countries. In
1996, she participated in the founding of “Love, Plum & Silent Moon”, an
influential ensemble in the circle of Chinese traditional music, which
recorded and published later on an album called “Poem of Sunset
Shadow”.
In 2000, Fan established Fan Weiqing Guzheng Classroom, drawing
attention and applause from the public. In 2001, Fan founded Beijing Fan
Weiqing Music Culture Center, recruiting students majoring in different
Chinese traditional music instruments, and has since then organized a
number of traditional musical instrument lectures and performances. In
February 2002, Fan hold a pedagogic and explanative concert performed
by some renowned artists, jointly with Bao Huiqiao, Liu Shikun and Yu
Hongmei, and a concert performed by Fan Weiqing Music Culture Center
in Jinfan Music Hall, Beijing. In July 2002, Fan was appointed by the
Ministry of Culture as judge in Chinese Juvenile & Children Art Contest—
1st Chinese Traditional Instrumental Music Solo Competition. Also, she
serves as judge in the Guzheng Grading Panel for China Central
Conservatory of Music and China Institution of National Orchestral Music.
Sound of China
Guzheng Music Promotion Center
Guzheng Music Promotion Center
