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Qu Yun was born in Xi’an in 1946. In 1959 she entered to the middle school attached to
the Xi’an Conservatory and studied guzheng music under the coaching of Zhou Yan-jia
and Gao Zhi-cheng. During her shooling years she was regarded as promising student
by the teachers. After graduation she played guzheng in the Shanxi Folk Art Troupe.
During the period she went to the country to gather folk tunes and furthered her study
by learning from the folk artists. The well-known scholars Mr. Cao Zheng and Mr. Li Shi-
gen generously gave her the invaluable guidance. These combined laid the solid
foundation to her later performance, composing and theoretical research.
Qu Yun went with the Imitation Performance Troupe of Tang Music and Dance
throughout the country in which she played solo zheng. The guzheng song of
“Frangrant Hill Drums”, which she composed and performed, was awarded as the best
music both in the 6th Asian music forum and Chinese Nationwide “Cup of the Mountain
City” Folk Musical Instrument Contest.
After studying and learning from guzheng artists of different styles, Qu Yun has
developed her unique performing style during long time life and performance
experience. Her solo performance of Chinese zither in Hong Kong and Qin zheng
concert and lecturers in 2000 turned to be a big success, for which, she was acclaimed
as the scholar guzheng performance artist. Her gorgeous, fluent, implicit, and natural
performance was so impressive that Mr. Cao Zheng praised her as “the rebirth of Xue
Qiongqiong, the top one guzheng performer in Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty (A.D. 713)”.
In order to revitalize the Xi’an drum music, an excellent ancient musical heritage, she
studied, tested, and composed the music with lyrics and even sang herself. Her singing
was neat subtle, and elegant. She made a lot of experiments in maintaining the original
music style with combination of Kun Opera as a way to explore the root of Chang’an
ancient music and the origin of Chinese music.
As professor and graduate student supervisor of School of Art, Shangxi Normal
University, Qu Yun is mainly dedicated into studies and teaching of guzheng
performance. She also had many publications on the history of Xi’an drum music and
scores and was well received by the domestic and international academicians in this
field.
the Xi’an Conservatory and studied guzheng music under the coaching of Zhou Yan-jia
and Gao Zhi-cheng. During her shooling years she was regarded as promising student
by the teachers. After graduation she played guzheng in the Shanxi Folk Art Troupe.
During the period she went to the country to gather folk tunes and furthered her study
by learning from the folk artists. The well-known scholars Mr. Cao Zheng and Mr. Li Shi-
gen generously gave her the invaluable guidance. These combined laid the solid
foundation to her later performance, composing and theoretical research.
Qu Yun went with the Imitation Performance Troupe of Tang Music and Dance
throughout the country in which she played solo zheng. The guzheng song of
“Frangrant Hill Drums”, which she composed and performed, was awarded as the best
music both in the 6th Asian music forum and Chinese Nationwide “Cup of the Mountain
City” Folk Musical Instrument Contest.
After studying and learning from guzheng artists of different styles, Qu Yun has
developed her unique performing style during long time life and performance
experience. Her solo performance of Chinese zither in Hong Kong and Qin zheng
concert and lecturers in 2000 turned to be a big success, for which, she was acclaimed
as the scholar guzheng performance artist. Her gorgeous, fluent, implicit, and natural
performance was so impressive that Mr. Cao Zheng praised her as “the rebirth of Xue
Qiongqiong, the top one guzheng performer in Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty (A.D. 713)”.
In order to revitalize the Xi’an drum music, an excellent ancient musical heritage, she
studied, tested, and composed the music with lyrics and even sang herself. Her singing
was neat subtle, and elegant. She made a lot of experiments in maintaining the original
music style with combination of Kun Opera as a way to explore the root of Chang’an
ancient music and the origin of Chinese music.
As professor and graduate student supervisor of School of Art, Shangxi Normal
University, Qu Yun is mainly dedicated into studies and teaching of guzheng
performance. She also had many publications on the history of Xi’an drum music and
scores and was well received by the domestic and international academicians in this
field.
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