Yan Jiemin

Yan Jiemin

Yan Jiemin, born in Hangzhou in 1968, is a Chinese Erhu player.

In 1982, he won the first prize in the National Junior National Instrumental Solo competition; in 1989, he won the second prize of the erhu youth professional group in the "art" Cup "international competition of Chinese musical instruments; in 1991, he held a symphony concert in Beijing Concert Hall; in 1994, he won the first prize in the Taipei International instrumental concerto competition; in 1999, he held Yan Jiemin's erhu solo concert in Beijing Concert Hall.

In March 2000, he was invited to Australia to participate in Adelaide Art Festival; in October 2006, he cooperated with Shanghai National Orchestra in Oriental Art Center to participate in "fire sacrifice - Classic Concerto Concert of national instrumental music"; in September 2008, he participated in "string burning III - dialogue between Chinese and Western string music" concert in Shanghai Concert Hall; in 2011, he participated in Chinese modern works in concert hall of National Grand Theatre In 2015, he participated in the opening concert of 2015-16 music season of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; in 2019, he participated in the concert to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of Erhu performing artist min Huifen in Shanghai.

Character experience

In 1978, he was admitted to erhu major of Shanghai Conservatory of music. In 1980, he was promoted to the high school attached to Shanghai Conservatory of music and studied under Professor Chen dacan and Wang Yi.

In 1982, he won the first prize in the National Junior National Instrumental Solo competition. In 1986, he was admitted to the Department of folk music of the Central Conservatory of music and studied under Professor Wang Guotong.

In 1988, he was admitted to the composition department of the Central Conservatory of music and studied under Professor Xu Zhenmin. He became the first national instrumental music player and composer in China.

In 1989, he won the second prize of Erhu youth professional group in the "art" Cup "Chinese musical instrument international competition. In 1990, he won the Art Song Creation Award of the Central Conservatory of music.

In 1991, a symphony concert was held in Beijing Concert Hall. In 1994, he won the first prize in the Taipei International instrumental concerto competition. In 1999, Yan Jiemin's erhu solo concert was held in Beijing Concert Hall.

In March 2000, he was invited to Australia to attend Adelaide Art Festival. In 2002, he won the Eighth National Young Teachers award of higher education by Huo Yingdong education foundation.

In 2004, he was selected into the "new century talents support program" of the Ministry of education. In October 2006, he cooperated with Shanghai National Orchestra in Oriental Art Center and participated in the "fire sacrifice - national instrumental Classical Concerto Concert".

In December 2008, in cooperation with conductor Tan Lihua and Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the erhu solo concert was held in Zhongshan Park Music Hall. In May 2009, he held a concert with Xiamen Youth National Orchestra.

In September 2008, he participated in the concert of "string burning III - dialogue between Chinese and Western string music" at Shanghai Concert Hall. In 2011, he took part in the concert of Chinese modern famous composers at the concert hall of National Grand Theater. In 2013, a concert of Erhu teachers and students was held in the concert hall of Hefei Grand Theater.

In March 2015, he performed "Capriccio of the Great Wall" and "Northwest suite" at Chen's performance center of University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada; in October, he attended the opening concert of 2015-16 music season of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

In November 2016, he participated in the concert of national musicians in Zhejiang Conservatory of music, playing "two springs reflecting the moon" and "river water". In May 2019, he will perform in a concert to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of Erhu performing artist min Huifen in Shanghai.

Music Album

Performance style

Style features

Yan Jiemin not only inherits Wang Guotong's rigorous and delicate performance characteristics, but also can accurately consider the syntactic characteristics of the sentences and the special charm of folk music when dealing with the works. Yan Jiemin received regular Erhu performance training since childhood. Later, he obtained a degree and Certificate in piano, composition, electronic organ and other aspects. He also studied Banhu, Gaohu, Jinghu, guqin and other musical instruments. Scientific Erhu performance training, broad and rich artistic accomplishment, coupled with excellent artistic talent, make her performance reflect a high-level new concept. In terms of playing techniques, Yan Jiemin is standard but not inflexible, natural and natural; the use of techniques has reached a state of perfection. Playing different styles of traditional erhu works, Yan Jiemin plays with authentic and methodical style, without any sense of similarity. In the art of music, the melody is smooth, each sound is exquisitely carved, and there is no trace of artificial carving. The music flows out from the bottom of my heart completely. It seems that there is no deliberate performance, but the emotion is very touching.

Track range

Yan Jiemin's performance repertoire is diverse, the traditional repertoire includes "Xingjie", "Mihu tune", "Jianghe", "Henan Xiaoqu", "Capriccio of the Great Wall", etc.; the modern repertoire includes erhu and Cello "Hequ", "erhu and three pieces of huqin adagio", "erhu and String Quartet" pakchoi "," huqin suite "and" the third and second Hu Rhapsody ", etc.

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Yan Jiemin's success lies in her comprehensive artistic accomplishment and extensive involvement in the field of music. (on Pu Dongsheng, conductor and composer)

Yan Jiemin's performance shows her ability to control the sound quality and timbre of erhu, and her ability to control drama and contrast. (review of Lyon progress)

Like other performers, Yan Jiemin not only shows the beauty of traditional music to the western world with exquisite performance skills, but also endows the traditional silk and bamboo with new vitality because of more complete music training and modern humanistic quality. (comments by Taiwan's Liberty Times)

Chinese PinYin : Yan Jie Min