Josie

Josie

Qiao Shan, female, studied Pipa since she was a child. At the age of 16, she was admitted to the middle school attached to the Central Conservatory of music and studied under Pipa Master Wang Fandi. After graduating at the age of 19, she was admitted to the Guqin major of China Conservatory of music and studied under Ms. Wang Di, the direct disciple of Guqin master Guan Pinghu of Jiuyi school. Under her careful guidance, Qiao Shan won the true story of Jiuyi school. Her performance style is both vigorous and graceful. After graduating from University, in order to further improve the performing arts of Pipa and guqin, she studied with Pipa master Lin Shicheng and Guqin Master Li Xiangting.

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As Wang Di, a teacher of China Music Research Institute, discovered and organized a large number of Qin songs, under her cultivation, Qiao Shan also made great efforts to study the singing art of Qin songs. Her Qin songs combine poetry and singing with the artistic realm of guqin, which has a unique style. Her piano songs are not only loved by the audience, but also highly praised by the music industry. She has performed with China Central Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Taiwan Kaohsiung National Orchestra, Macao Chinese Orchestra and Tianjin National Orchestra. He has visited Austria, Germany, the United States, Canada, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Macao, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Belarus and other places, and successfully held a number of Guqin solo and Concerto concerts.

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Josan, josan was born in Beijing. Guqin player, Qin song singer. In 1987, she recorded the world's first Guqin and Symphony Orchestra CD Lisao and Puan mantra for Philips records company, and also recorded empty mountain memories for Hugo records company. In the same year, the Chinese Musicians Association hosted the "Qiao Shan Guqin Pipa solo concert" at the Beijing Concert Hall, which was performed by the central orchestra. In 1989, she was invited by the Hong Kong Municipal Council to perform with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in three concerts of Qin Yun. In 1990, she moved to Hong Kong and taught Guqin and Pipa at the Hong Kong Academy for performing arts. In 1993, she presented the "Qiao Shan Guqin Pipa solo concert" in Taipei by the Taiwan Cultural Construction Committee. In 1994, she immigrated to Canada and performed with British Columbia Orchestra, Columbia Chamber Orchestra and Columbia Chinese Orchestra. He teaches Guqin in the Music Department of the University of British Columbia. In 2005, he founded "Canada Jiuyi Piano Club" to promote and inherit Guqin art. In 2003, she collaborated with Singapore Chinese Orchestra to perform Guqin and Qinge by famous composer Guan Naizhong, and the large-scale poem "QinYong Chunqiu" by Chinese Orchestra, which was recorded on CD and DVD by Hong Kong Longyin record company. As a result, she became the first performer and singer of the combination of piano, song and band. In 2004, FIM released her Guqin and Guqin Song Album new rhyme. In addition to the well-known Qin songs Guanglingsan, Liushui, meihuasannong and the Qin songs Hujia Shiba Pai, GuanShanYue and chaitoufeng, the album also includes Guan Naizhong's New Double Concerto Taiji for Guqin and piano, which shows the conflict and integration of Chinese and Western cultures and expands the expressive power of Guqin. This album has won high praise in terms of performance, singing and recording techniques, and won the "sky" Record Award of the United States. In January 2005, Qiao Shan performed the large-scale symphonic poem "Qin Yong Chun Qiu" at the "Chinese new year National Concert" held in the Golden Hall of Vienna, Austria. In October 2005, she performed the symphonic poem "spring and autumn chanted by Qin" again at the cinnapoli Memorial Concert Hall of Rome Park Music Center in Italy. Qiao Shan has been listed in the list of contemporary Chinese celebrities and the dictionary of Chinese musicians.

A bosom friend is hard to find

In 2005, Qiao Shan founded "Canada Jiuyi Piano Club" to promote and inherit Guqin art. In the past two years, she has shifted the focus of her development to China and served as the curator of Shanghai youhuangli Juntian Guqin hall, which integrates Guqin teaching, cultural exchange, tea and friends. She regards the dissemination of Chinese traditional civilization as her own responsibility and has become one of the largest professional Guqin learning and cultural communication centers in Shanghai. According to Ms. Qiao Shan, there are more than 100 students in the museum. They are all attracted by Guqin because of their love for guqin, including it elites, white-collar workers from foreign enterprises, media workers, etc. they are generally people with high accomplishments. In addition, some parents will encourage their children to learn Guqin. guqin, a national musical instrument that has been popular for thousands of years, has sprung up like mushrooms, and has been paid attention to by people again. The reason is that Ms. Qiao thinks: "due to the great social pressure, people have a need to return to nature. With the help of guqin, we can help people do this. In addition, guqin culture has a profound cultural heritage, through which we can find the resonance of our hearts. " However, Ms. Qiao Shan is not optimistic about the possibility of popularizing Guqin. In Ms. Qiao Shan's view, a real Qin player needs to make a lot of efforts, not only to accumulate life experience, but also to improve his literary attainments, which is determined by the characteristics of Guqin culture itself. Today, she still plays Guqin for an hour or two every day, which has become a way of life for her.

Chinese PinYin : Qiao Shan