Gao Hong (born 1964 in

Luoyang Luoyang ( zh, s=洛阳, t=洛陽, p=Luòyáng) is a city located in the confluence area of the Luo River and the Yellow River in the west of Henan province, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zheng ...

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) is a Chinese-American composer and performer of the Chinese

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(pear-shaped lute). She serves as the professor of Chinese Musical Instruments at

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. She is the recipient of multiple music awards and has been honored by the

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Mayor Melvin Carter, who declared April 3, 2022 to be Gao Hong Day. Gao has lived in the

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since 1994. She performs traditional and modern Chinese music, with her groups Spirit of Nature and Beijing Trio (a different group from the Beijing Trio which includes

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, and Jiebing Chen). She has also participated in cross-cultural musical collaborations, performing with

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musicians and musicians from other cultures, including

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, Issam Rafea and

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. She is a graduate of the

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, where she studied with the pipa master Lin Shicheng, of the Pudong School of pipa playing. She later became a pipa soloist for the Beijing Song and Dance Troupe. She is married to the American composer Paul Dice,https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-virtuoso-gao-hong-celebrates-50-years-of-playing-the-chinese-pipa-ordway-dessa-zeitgeist/600160955 and they live together in

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Discography

*''Hunting Eagles Catching Swans'' - Music for Chinese pipa featuring pipa master Lin Shicheng & Gao Hong *''Hui/Gathering'' - Belladonna Baroque Quartet and Gao Hong *''Flying Dragon'' - Gao Hong and Friends around world *''Buddhist Temple Music from Beijing'' - The Beijing Trio. *''First Word - Speaking In Tongues'' *''The Spirit of Nature'' *''A Peacock Southeast Flew'' - Concerto for Pipa and Orchestra *''Quiet Forest, Flowing Stream”- New Chinese Pipa Music by Gao Hong * ''Pipa Potluck - Lutes Around the World'' - with an international cast of musicians including two Grammy winners and master performers on the oud, slack key guitar, banjo, classical guitar and others. * ''Life As Is - The Blending of Ancient Souls from China and Syria,'' with Syrian oud player Issam Rafea. * ''From Our World to Yours with Syrian oud player Issam Rafea.'' * ''Terry Kunda with koro player Kadialy Kouyate''

Book

Chinese Pipa Method - published 2016 by Hal Leonard

References

External links

Gao Hong official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gao, Hong 1964 births Living people Musicians from Minnesota Musicians from Luoyang 20th-century Chinese composers Pipa players Carleton College faculty Educators from Henan Chinese emigrants to the United States People from Eagan, Minnesota

Discography

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