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Xu Jiande, born in August 1938 in Beijing, is a national first-class performer.
In 1951, under the age of 13, she joined the ranks of the Chinese people's volunteers and went to North Korea as a young actress. In 1953, she was transferred to the song and dance troupe of the North China military region. She saved her living expenses and began to teach herself erhu. In 1958, Xu Jiangde solo Mr. Liu Tianhua's works, gradually formed a sincere and delicate feelings, pure and rich tone performance style. He became the first female erhu player who was self-taught and accomplished in our army. With the spirit of hard work and constant self-improvement, she has achieved fruitful results in Erhu performance, which has won the popularity of the masses and the praise of her peers.
He used to be a performer of the Beijing Military Region comrades in arms song and dance troupe. Now he is a member of the Chinese Musicians Association, a consultant of the erhu society of the Chinese Music Association, and the executive deputy director of the erhu Expert Committee of the instrumental performance (amateur) examination of the Chinese music Association. He enjoys the special allowance of the State Council.
personal works
Erhu plays "spring boudoir dream", "eight hammers", "empty city plan", "Hongniang" and so on;
Erhu playing "like a song into love, kind and beautiful"
Personal life
In nearly half a century of Erhu playing career, she has played many works, such as children soldiers and the common people, jinzhumamiyan, Xichang Fengshou, sanbaofo and so on. She gives the music a strong artistic appeal with her skillful playing skills, passionate, simple and fluent performance. In addition to her performance, many of her works have been broadcast or recorded on the radio. Most of these works are easy to understand, close to life, easy to popularize, but without losing the elegant taste of national music. It is not only a popular repertoire, but also a model for teaching and learning in art colleges and young Erhu performance professionals.
In 1990, China International Cultural Exchange audio and video publishing house recorded an album for her. In 2000, the people's music publishing house also recorded Xu's Erhu performance CD.
Chinese PinYin : Xu Jiang De
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