Liu Dehai

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Liu Dehai

Liu Dehai (刘德海* 13. August 1937 in Shanghai ; † 11. April 2020 in Beijing ) was a Chinese pipa player, composer and music educator .

Career

Liu learned to play various instruments of classical Chinese folk music such as pipa , erhu and sanxian in his childhood . From 1954 he was a student of the pipa player Lin Sicheng . From 1957 to 1961 he continued his education at the Central Music Conservatory in Beijing with Lin, as well as with Cao Anhe , Sun Yude and Yang Dajun . At Wu Junglue he learned to play guqin and banhu , and he also got to know western music. After graduation, he stayed as a teacher at the conservatory. From 1984 he taught at the Chinese Conservatory, where he received a professorship in 1987 and became vice-president.

In 1970 Liu Pipasolist of the Chinese Central Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to arrangements of classical Chinese songs and pipa compositions, he also composed his own works for the pipa ( Chapter of Life , Chapter of Pastorale , Chapter of Religion ). His arrangement of Surrounded on All Sides became internationally known . With the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berliner Symphoniker he played the pipa concerto Little Sisters of the Grassland under Seiji Ozawa from 1980–81 .

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  1. ↑ obituary Liu Dehai
personal data
SURNAME Liu, Dehai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese pipa player and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Shanghai
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2020
Place of death Beijing