Li Xiangting

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Personal experience

In 1957, he studied Guqin under the guidance of Zhafu, and Chinese painting under the guidance of Pu xuezhai and pan su. In 1958, he was admitted to the Central Conservatory of music and studied Guqin under the guidance of Wu JINGLUE. He graduated in 1963 and stayed in school to teach. In 1989, he went to Cambridge University to do research on Guqin improvisation. He was also a visiting researcher at the Asian African music research center of London University, teaching Guqin and Dongxiao. He continued to teach in the Central Conservatory of music in October 1994. He is now a professor of the Central Conservatory of music, vice president of the Beijing Guqin Research Association, member of the Oriental Artists Association of the United Kingdom, member of the National Music Committee of the Chinese Musicians Association, member of the China International Cultural Exchange Center, member of the Buddhist Music Committee of the Buddhist cultural industry in Hong Kong (Buddhist instrumental music committee group), consultant of the Hezhen piano society of Taipei, and honorary consultant of the Yingzhou society of the Japanese chanting daobazhou village And North American Piano Club consultant.

Since 1963, Professor Li Xiangting has studied Guqin with more than 400 students, distributed in many places at home and abroad. In addition to performing in China, he has also performed in Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, Finland, Austria, Italy, Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Taiwan for many times, including more than 40 solo concerts and academic speeches in some universities.

In 1988, Li Xiangting participated in the annual exhibition of Beijing Branch of China Artists Association.

In 1989, he held a personal exhibition at the Chinese Art Museum of the University of London.

In 1991, he gave a speech on the beauty of traditional Chinese painting and guqin music at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. His biographies were included in the dictionary of Chinese artists, the celebrity list of contemporary Chinese art circles, the world celebrity list of Hong Kong (China volume), etc. and he was selected as the outstanding person of the 20th century by Cambridge International biography center.

In 1990, his Guqin album won a prize in Taipei.

In November 1994, he won the award of "national excellent calligrapher and painter" awarded by the State Ethnic Affairs Committee, Chinese Artists Association and Chinese Calligrapher Association.

In 1999, he also won the international gold medal of honor of the world Chinese Art Award for his landscape painting "high mountains and flowing water falling into a dream".

As the most influential Guqin player, Professor Li Xiangting has been committed to the promotion and dissemination of Guqin art

In 1982, the recital held at the Oriental Music Festival in Durham was the first recital in the history of Guqin. In 1992, the 1000 seat recital at La Vera theatre in Paris was full, which was the largest Guqin solo concert ever. China Central People's radio, China Central Television, national radio of Britain and France have broadcast their guqin music programs for many times. They have played Guqin solo for many films and TV dramas such as "bosom friend", "ZHUGE Liang" and "Ode to Qin".

In November 2003, a personal painting and calligraphy exhibition was held in Fuzhou Painting Academy. In 1991, he gave a speech on the beauty of traditional Chinese painting and guqin music at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, and briefly loaded the dictionary of Chinese artists, the celebrities of contemporary Chinese art and the 21st century world celebrities in Cambridge, UK.

In 1990, the Guqin album "sunset and flowing water" won the "Golden Tripod Award" in Taipei. In November 1994, it won the "national outstanding calligrapher and painter" award from the national affairs committee, Chinese Artists Association and Chinese Calligrapher Association.

In 2007, he was awarded the "expert with outstanding contribution" of the "special allowance of the State Council".

In June 2007, he was invited to serve as a member of the Buddhist Music Committee (Buddhist musical instrument group) of the Buddhist cultural industry in Hong Kong.

In May 2009, it was named "advanced individual of national intangible cultural heritage protection" by the Ministry of culture, and in the same year, it was named "representative inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage (Guqin art)" by the Ministry of culture.

Since 2004, he zuoru's 756 year old Tang Dynasty Guqin "jiuxiao huanpei" has been used for many solo concerts and major performances. China Central People's radio, national radio of Britain and France broadcast their guqin music programs for many times, and recorded and broadcasted their guqin music programs in CCTV's influential columns such as "the son of the Orient", "people", "going behind the scenes", "music life", "everyone", "people's new weekly".

Main works

Music Album

Personal album

He has published his own albums at home and abroad: "Li Xiangting Guqin art" (published by French music station), "Seclusion" (published by Hong Kong's "dragon sound" record company), "Li Xiangting" (published by Hong Kong's "Hugo" record company), "poetry of the Tang Dynasty", "Ci of the Song Dynasty", "ancient rhyme of Yuanqu" (published by China national record company), "sleepinglotus" (beautiful) More than ten kinds of records, audio tapes and video tapes, such as Tao of healing, Tao of peace, and so on, have been produced with American musicians, including the art education film Qin, the TV series Feng QiuHuang, and the TV feature film Qin Qu He and Qin song, appreciation of Chinese famous music, etc. were broadcast on CCTV, and wrote Qin entries for Encyclopedia of China. Published papers mainly include "a brief talk on guqin music art", "Mr. Wu JINGLUE Guqin performance art", "Mr. Cha Fuxi Guqin performance art", "Guqin improvisation art research outline", "Guqin records", etc., score "Youlan", "Guyuan", new and old style poem "self mockery", etc., and guqin music "Three Gorges boating song", "wind and snow road". He is the author of research on aesthetics and music thought of Guqin performance in Tang Dynasty (published in Taipei) and practical course of Guqin (published by Shanghai Music Publishing House).

Art feature film

At home and abroad, he has published more than ten kinds of records, audio tapes and video tapes, compiled and shot the art education film Qin, TV series Phoenix courtship, TV feature films, etc. Write the entry of Qin for Encyclopedia of China. Representative works of Guqin Album: Poetry of Tang Dynasty, ancient rhyme of Yuanqu, Ci of Song Dynasty, water lily, guqin music, seclusion, etc.

Papers and works

Published papers mainly include "a brief talk on guqin music and art", "Mr. Wu JINGLUE Guqin performance art", "Mr. Cha Fuxi Guqin art", "research outline of Guqin improvisation art", "records of playing Guqin" and the old and new style poem "self mockery" and guqin music "Erxia boage", "wind and snow build road". He is the author of research on the aesthetics and musical thought of Guqin performance in Tang Dynasty, which was published in Taipei, China.

People's point of view

When Li Xiangting attended an activity in Shaolin Temple, the ancient temple of the millennium, he put forward a view that learning Guqin is the same as learning Arabic numerals such as 1, 2 and 3 for children. If you are interested in it, you can learn it. If you are fascinated, you can learn it well. If you are crazy, you can learn it well. "In the future, we should let every middle school student know guqin, just as we know the Great Wall, Li Bai and Du Fu." Li Xiangting also said that Guqin is not unattainable and unfathomable. It should be said that it is high and accessible and deep and measurable. You can't play, but you have to know, just as you can't write poetry, but you have to know "the bright moon in front of the bed". Just like Buddhism, it's very sacred, but it doesn't want to be intimidating. For the popularity of guqin, Li Xiangting suggested that Guqin DVD should be played in the middle school classroom, so that students can know what Guqin looks like and what sound it makes.

Characters and deeds

Make your own piano

Once upon a time, he heard that the mining club was showing a short film about Guqin player Guan Pinghu's playing skills. He went to the mining area and saw the posture and way of Guqin playing for the first time. He is very eager to have a guqin, but it is difficult to find it in the small town of Liaoyuan. He had no choice but to draw cakes to satisfy his hunger. He stretched a few paper ropes on his father's desk as a piano. While listening to the sound of the piano on the radio, he imitated playing on the paper ropes to comfort his thirst. Later, he bought a book called "the wonders of modern and ancient times" at the old book stand, and saw a detailed description of the image, characteristics and structure of the Guqin in the story of "Yu Boya throwing the Guqin and Xie Zhiyin". He was determined to make the Guqin himself as described in the book.

He found out the wooden signboard used in his father's clinic, changed it into a Qin body, replaced the Qin string with erhu string, and made the Qin emblem with thumbtack. Without a sound box and no pronunciation, he put on his father's stethoscope and listened to the music. Even if he could only hear a faint voice, he was very happy.

Write to the teacher

In 1957, when Li Xiangting was a sophomore in senior high school, in order to acquire knowledge of guqin, he summoned up the courage to write a letter to the famous guqin player Cha Fuxi, telling about his love for guqin, his wish to learn guqin, and the difficulty of making Guqin. He asked for the method of playing Guqin and asked to send one or two Guqin scores. Because he didn't know Mr. Cha's correspondence address, he had to send the letter to the Central People's broadcasting station. After that, he was looking forward to his reply every day. I don't know how many sleepless nights he spent. Finally, he was looking forward to the reply that determined his future and destiny.

Mr. Cha Fuxi, President of Beijing Guqin Research Association, was very moved when he received a letter from Li Xiangting from the radio. He was determined to help this young man become a talent. While replying to the letter of encouragement, Mr. Cha asked him several questions: first, what is the occupation of your parents? Can he afford you to graduate from university? Do you agree to devote yourself to music and art in the future? Second, do you want to learn Guqin just for a hobby, or do you want to learn it well? Third, to learn Guqin well, you must have a certain accomplishment in classical literature and mathematics. Do you also like classical literature and mathematics?

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