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Chen Zhi (guitarist)
Chen Zhi () is a Chinese guitar teacher (pedagogue) and promoter, who is today known for the exceptionally high level that his classical guitar students reach. He is one of China's best-known personalities of the guitar in general (not just the classical guitar). Chen Zhi studied Mathematics and Chemistry.Guitarists strike the right chord at SZ (News Guangdong) Chen Zhi learned to play the guitar privately from two Russian immigrants who came to Shanghai from Belarus. He did not receive a formal ''institution-based'' (e.g. conservatory) musical education/training. Chen Zhi played acoustic "Western" and electric Hawaii guitar and made some recordings e.g. in the early 1980s. Only thereafter, since approx. 1982 did he begin to ''dedicatedly focus'' on teaching the classical guitar, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen (surname)
Chen () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and Hong Kong. It is the most common surname in Xiamen, the ancestral hometown of many overseas Hoklo. Chen was listed 10th in the '' Hundred Family Surnames'' poem, in the verse 馮陳褚衛 ''(Féng Chén Chǔ Wèi)''. In Cantonese, it is usually romanized as Chan (e.g., Jackie Chan), most widely used by those from Hong Kong, and also found in Macau and Singapore. It is also sometimes spelled Chun. The spelling Tan usually comes from Southern Min dialects (e.g., Hokkien), while some Teochew dialect speakers use the spelling Tang. In Hakka and Taishanese, the name is spelled Chin. Spellings based on Wu include Zen and Tchen. There are many spellings based on its Hainanese pronunciations, including Dan, Seng, and Sin. In Viet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitar
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or Plucked string instrument, plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand. A guitar pick may also be used to strike the strings. The sound of the guitar is projected either Acoustics, acoustically, by means of a resonant hollow chamber on the guitar, or Amplified music, amplified by an electronic Pickup (music technology), pickup and an guitar amplifier, amplifier. The guitar is classified as a chordophone, meaning the sound is produced by a vibrating string stretched between two fixed points. Historically, a guitar was constructed from wood, with its strings made of catgut. Steel guitar strings were introduced near the end of the nineteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Guitar
The classical guitar, also known as Spanish guitar, is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string (music), string instrument with strings made of catgut, gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the modern steel-string acoustic guitar, steel-string acoustic and electric guitars, both of which use metal string (music), strings. Classical guitars derive from instruments such as the lute, the vihuela, the gittern (the name being a derivative of the Greek "kithara"), which evolved into the Renaissance guitar and into the 17th and 18th-century baroque guitar. Today's ''modern classical guitar'' was established by the late designs of the 19th-century Spanish luthier, Antonio Torres Jurado. For a right-handed player, the traditional classical guitar has 12 frets clear of the body and is properly held up by the left leg, so that the hand that plucks or strums the strings does so near the back of the sound hole (this is called the classical p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Conservatory Of Music
The Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM; ) is the national music academy of China, located in Beijing. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The academy is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction. Overview Founded in 1950 the conservatory offers courses to both citizens and foreign students. The school caters to all levels from primary to postgraduate. Undergraduate programmes of four or five years are offered in composition, conducting, musicology, voice and opera, piano, orchestral instruments and traditional Chinese musical instruments. There is a six-year middle school with courses in piano, orchestral instruments, traditional instruments and music theory and two primary schools cater to full-time and evening students. There is also an evening university for mature students. In recent years, the conservatory has developed strong relationships with overseas institutions and individuals. Foreign musicians and scholars are frequently inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as China's List of cities in China by population, second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in North China, Northern China, and is governed as a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality under the direct administration of the Government of the People's Republic of China, State Council with List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji, Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Beijing is a global city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China International Culture Exchange Center
The 12th Bureau of the Ministry of State Security, known publicly as the China International Culture Exchange Center (CICEC; ) under an arrangement called "one institution with two names", is a set of research institutes operated by the Chinese Ministry of State Security (China), Ministry of State Security (MSS), the principal civilian intelligence agency of the China, People's Republic of China as a front organization. CICEC was founded in 1984 and is active in operations to influence foreign think tanks, academics, and other high-profile foreigners. In addition to the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, CICEC is considered one of the main front organizations utilized for foreign influence operations by the MSS. China scholar Miwa Hirono stated that the idea for the CICEC began when then-paramount leader Deng Xiaoping wanted to advance Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s interests through more so-called "people's diplomacy" in addition to the official diplomati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Central Television
China Central Television (CCTV) is the State media, national television broadcaster of China, established in 1958. CCTV is operated by the National Radio and Television Administration which reports directly to the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. CCTV has a variety of functions, such as news communication, social education, culture, and entertainment information services. It is a key player in the Chinese government's Propaganda in China, propaganda network. Freedom House and The Guardian commented that CCTV's reporting about topics sensitive to the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is distorted and often used as a weapon against the party's perceived enemies. History In 1954, CCP Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, chairman Mao Zedong put forward that China should establish its own TV station. On 5 February 1955, the central broadcasting bureau reported to the State Council of the People's Republic of China, State Council and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Zhi (guitarist)
Chen Zhi () is a Chinese guitar teacher (pedagogue) and promoter, who is today known for the exceptionally high level that his classical guitar students reach. He is one of China's best-known personalities of the guitar in general (not just the classical guitar). Chen Zhi studied Mathematics and Chemistry.Guitarists strike the right chord at SZ (News Guangdong) Chen Zhi learned to play the guitar privately from two Russian immigrants who came to Shanghai from Belarus. He did not receive a formal ''institution-based'' (e.g. conservatory) musical education/training. Chen Zhi played acoustic "Western" and electric Hawaii guitar and made some recordings e.g. in the early 1980s. Only thereafter, since approx. 1982 did he begin to ''dedicatedly focus'' on teaching the classical guitar, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Xuefei
Xuefei Yang (; born March 15, 1977) is a Chinese classical guitarist acclaimed as one of the world's finest classical guitarists. Classic FM named her one of the 100 Top Classical Musicians of Our Time, and BBC Music Magazine ranks her among the Top Six Guitarists of the Century. The first internationally recognized Chinese guitarist, she has captivated audiences in more than 50 countries and is praised by Gramophone magazine as one of the leading innovators of her generation for expanding the classical guitar repertoire. Early years Xuefei Yang was born in Beijing, China, on March 15, 1977, during a period of cultural transition following the Cultural Revolution, when Western musical instruments, including the guitar, were largely prohibited. Yang made her public debut at age ten at the First China International Guitar Festival, where her performance earned widespread acclaim. The Spanish Ambassador to China, impressed by her talent, gifted her a concert guitar. At fourteen, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Yameng
Wang Yameng (; born 1981 in Qingdao, Shandong) is a Chinese classical guitarist. She has studied with Chen Zhi. She has also performed in a quartet formation, Four Angels, with Su Meng, Li Jie and Chen Shanshan Chen Shanshan (; born November 21, 1983) is a Chinese classical guitar The classical guitar, also known as Spanish guitar, is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string (music), string instr .... Discography *Caprice 1999 (GHA) *Classic Guitar - Aquarelle, Un Sueno en la Floresta 2004 (JSCP) *Guitar Concert in Korea by Four Angels Quartet, 2006 (Alma Guitar) External links HomepagesBeijing Guitar Duo(Duo: with Meng Su) BiographicalBiography(Peabody Institute)Biography(www.almaguitar.com)(www.zhguitar.com) OtherJonathan Palevsky interviews the Beijing Guitar Duo (Meng Su & Yameng Wang) and their mentor Manuel Barrueco(March 20, 2010)ref 1981 births Living people Chinese classical guitarists Musicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su Meng
Su Meng (; born 1988) is a classical guitarist. She was born in Qingdao, Shandong. She started studying classical guitar in 1997 under the tuition of Chen Zhi of the Central Conservatory of Music. In 2006 she was under full scholarship of Manuel Barrueco of the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. She has also performed in a quartet formation with Wang Yameng, Li Jie, and Chen ShanshanFour Angels. Currently she is concertizing as a soloist and also in duo with Wang Yameng, as thBeijing Guitar Duo Competitions *2002: first prize in the 5th Vienna International Guitar Competition.*2005: first prize in the 48th Tokyo International Guitar Competition*2006: winner of the first Parkening Young Guitarist Competition*2006: winner of the first Iserlohn Guitarist Competitio*2014: Maryland State Art Council's Individual Artist Award in Classical Solo Performanc*2015: winner of the fourth Parkening Guitar Competitio DiscographyGuitar Concert in KoreabFour AngelsQuartet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Jie (guitar Player)
Li Jie (; born 1981) is a Chinese classical guitarist. Biography She began studying the classical guitar at the age of 11 ( Chinese age) under Professor Chen Zhi. One year later, she appeared as a performer on the television program "Classical Guitar's Technique and Performance" broadcast on China's official national television station CCTV. In 1995, she enrolled in Middle School (high school) at the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music (CCM) in China. Li Jie won the 2nd International Guitar Competition in Hong Kong in August 1998. Li Jie was among the group of three girls, consisting of Li Jie, Wang Yameng, and Chen Shanshan, named "God's Favored Girls - Super Trio". Their consummate skills and enthusiastic attention to detail were warmly welcomed at the Beijing Music Hall and other concert venues all over China. She has also performed in a quartet formationFour Angels with Wang Yameng, Su Meng, and Chen Shanshan. Videos of Li Jie performing highly difficult classica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
