Zhao Chanyuan

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Zhao Chanyuan (* 1979 in Xi'an ) is a Chinese guzheng player. She is a qualified pedagogue, composer, singer and freelance musician for guzheng and harp . She completed an international concert career as a solo artist and in various ensembles in Germany, France, Egypt, Morocco, Italy, the Netherlands and China.

biography

education

At the age of six, Zhao Chanyuan began playing the guzheng, a vaulted board zither with 21 strings, which is one of the oldest instruments in traditional Chinese music . Zhao Chanyuan took part in national competitions at a young age and won numerous prizes. She gave solo concerts in China, but also took part in traditional music ensembles.

From 1997 to 2001 she studied the Chinese traditional instruments Guzheng at the Conservatory in Xi'an with Zhou Yanjia, Gaozicheng, Zhaomanqin Fanzifeng and Yinqun, among others. She also received piano lessons from Huangruike and composition courses from Lujinyong, Zangxuru, Licun. She completed her studies with a Bachelor of Arts .

From 2002 to 2007 she majored in harp with Monika Wischnowski and harp didactics with Han-An Liu at the Cologne University of Music , Wuppertal (degree: Dipl. - Instrumental pedagogue). From 2008 to 2011 he studied composition at the Folkwang University of the Arts.

Musician and teacher

In 2011, she was a lecturer at the Confucius Institute in the Ruhr Metropolis and a research assistant at the Institute for Lifelong Learning in the partnership program with Tsinghua University . She received a lectureship at the Folkwang University of the Arts for intercultural competence and diversity competence. She founded the concert series Klangraum - Welten: Podium for ethnic art encounters & improvised music with Benjamin Leuschner . Since 2012 she has been the producer and managing director of the music publisher Ars Metaphonia . In 2014 she was a teacher at the City Music School Ratingen and a doctoral candidate for Sinology at the University of Heidelberg .

Since 2016 she has been studying musicology at the Folkwang University of the Arts in the Ruhr area.

Chanyuan Zhao has a diverse repertoire of contemporary and traditional Chinese music for her instrument. She currently lives in Essen and works with percussionist Benjamin Leuschner in the duo Seidenstrasse .

Prizes and awards

  • 1993 Second prize in the Nanjing Invitation Competition for National Instrumental Music , China
  • 1995 First prize in the 7th competition for traditional musical instrumental playing at the Xi'an University of Music, China
  • 2001 First Prize for Interpretation and Composition of the Zheng Instrument (Chinese National Orchestra Music Association, New Works and Symposium), CD and DVD recording and sheet music publication
  • 2004 Scholarship holder of the Bayreuth Festival 2004
  • 2006 Award with Duo SeidenStrasse at the Eurofestival Zupfmusik, 2006, Bamberg
  • 2006 Audience Prize with Duo SeidenStrasse at the Creole Competition NRW ( World Music Competition )
  • 2008 State Prize NRW with Duo SeidenStrasse at the Creole competition

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival K 67 - Duo Seidenstrasse. Schleswig-Holstein News, August 2, 2012
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhao is the family name here, Chanyuan is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Zhao, Chanyuan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese Zheng virtuoso
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Xi'an , China