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Gao Hong (composer)
Gao Hong (born 1964 in Luoyang, Henan) is a Chinese-American composer and performer of the Chinese pipa (pear-shaped lute). She serves as the professor of Chinese Musical Instruments at Carleton College. She is the recipient of multiple music awards and has been honored by the Saint Paul, Minnesota Mayor Melvin Carter (politician), Melvin Carter, who declared April 3, 2022 to be Gao Hong Day. Gao has lived in the United States since 1994. She performs traditional and modern China, Chinese music, with her groups Spirit of Nature and Beijing Trio (a different group from the Beijing Trio which includes Max Roach, Jon Jang, and Jiebing Chen). She has also participated in cross-cultural musical collaborations, performing with jazz musicians and musicians from other cultures, including James Newton, Issam Rafea and Shubhendra Rao. She is a graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she studied with the pipa master Lin Shicheng, of the Pudong School of pipa playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gao (surname)
Gao () is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be literally translated as "high" or "tall". There are approximately 17 million living people with this surname. Some places, such as Taiwan, usually romanise this family name into "Kao". In Hong Kong, it is romanized to "Ko". In Macau, it is romanized to "Kou". In English, it is romanized to "Kauh". In 2019 it was the 19th most common surname in Mainland China. The Korean surname, "Ko (Korean surname), Ko" or "Koh", is derived from and written with the same Chinese character (高). Romanisation and pronunciation Origin According to ''Lüshi Chunqiu'', the earliest figure with the Gao surname was Gao Yuan (高元) who created dwellings in antiquity. Zhuanxu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, was also known as Gao Yang (高陽). Another origin of Gao is the Jiang (surname 姜), Jiang (姜) surname. According to the Song dynasty encyclopedia ''Tongzhi (encyclopedia), Tongzhi'', an early ancestor was Gao Xi (高傒) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |