Chang Kuan
essential information
Early experience
Chang Kuan received strict music education since childhood, and studied piano, Oboe performance and music theory with three professors (Xu Jingxing, Zhong Hui and Lei Rong) of the Central Conservatory of music.
At the age of 14, he was enlightened by Su Yue, a young composer, and studied guitar with Hou Dejian, a Taiwan music master. At the age of 15, he began to compose his own lyrics and music. At the age of 16, he performed on the stage.
Acting experience
Period of songwriter (1984-1999)
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In September 1984, at the age of 16, Chang Kuan published his first album "towards life", which included 15 songs.
In 1985, he participated in the 16th "World Music Festival" held in Tokyo, Japan. He wrote his own lyrics and composed a piece of "towards the embrace of love". Among the more than 2000 pieces from 58 countries, after five times selection by the judges, he won the "chief conductor" award in the final and became the first mainland Chinese singer to win the grand prize on the international stage. In December of the same year, he released his personal album "running to the embrace of love", with the main song of the same name "running to the embrace of love".
In July 1987, the album "go away, Takakura" was released, and the title song "go away, Takakura" is a song that pays homage to the idol Takakura. In December of the same year, he released his album wild wind, which included 12 songs.
In August 1988, he released his album monologue at the age of 20, including 12 songs and the main song children's songs. As of December 1988, the cumulative sales of Changkuan's five albums reached 7 million.
In 1989, the rock band "baby brothers" was set up to create rock music and perform on a national tour.
In 1990, he took part in China's first rock concert "90 modern concert" and acted as the opening band. This is the first time that all rock bands have performed in public in the form of rock music special show. In November of the same year, he participated in the "creators concert" of Hong Kong commercial radio. After that, he went to Tokyo to study music production for one year, and served as a guest of performance for Guo Feng's Japanese solo concert.
In January 1991, he participated in the NHK new live broadcast of Japanese satellite TV in July. In July, he signed the Hongkong EMI EMI record company, becoming the first Chinese mainland artist to re sign the 100 million discs in 1949 Chinese mainland. After that, he published his personal album "plan now again". The accompaniment band of the album is "baby brothers", and the main song "reggea for you" ranked fourth in Hong Kong.
In July 1992, the band "baby brothers" held its first solo concert "Chang Kuan's supreme concert" in Hong Kong, and performed together with band beyond at the "everything music festival" in Ocean Park, Hong Kong. In August, he published his personal album "everything today", which includes 9 songs. The main song "everything today" has become one of Chang Kuan's representative works. In October, he became the program host of Beijing music station for the first time and created the "Chinese song ranking list" together with Mr. Jiang Gongmin.
In June 1993, he joined Hong Kong Huaxing record company. In the same year, the band "baby brothers" was dissolved.
In January 1994, he published his personal album "Kuan" and co recorded with Hong Kong and Canadian musician Tommy Mandel.
In April 1996, he went to Hong Kong to participate in the "I love ordinary people Spring Concert"; in September, he participated in the performance of the visiting European art troupe; in November, he won the "ten year achievement award of Chinese pop music".
The period of all-round development of song, film and television (2000)
-2005
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In 2000, he went to London to record his own album, which was the first singer and producer in China to record the whole album in the UK. From June to September, he shot 20 episodes of TV series "heartnet", playing the hero "detective horsepower", and performed with Mei Ting, Zhou Xun and other stars, which premiered in December of the same year. Chang Kuan
In 2001, he was the host of Phoenix Satellite TV's talk show "chicken soup of the soul"; in November, he signed up for the "M2" brand of Modern Sky record company and began to produce the album "this year has passed".
In February 2002, I released the album "this year has passed", which is composed and produced by myself. The album includes original works represented by "this year has passed" and other classic folk songs re composed and performed by Chang Kuan. In March, I won the "outstanding performance award" of the second music style cloud list and the "mainland singer honor" of Sprite China original music pop list in 2001 In December, the double CD album "Changkuan 1985-2002 selected commemoration" was released, bringing together 26 original tracks and one song released for the first time from the previous five albums. He took part in 101-115 episodes of men's 40 running and renting, and played a down and out singer.
In August 2004, he participated in "Helanshan · China rock music festival" and performed outdoors for the first time. At the same time, he took part in the shooting of the unit series "vinegar Liu clan", playing Xiao Qi, the hero of one of the units, and playing the opposite role with Su huilun. The role is the "love weight" between the two sisters.
Variety judge period (2005)
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In 2005, he learned crosstalk from Hou Yaowen and performed "we are new people" in Hebei TV station in the same year. In June of the same year, he began to serve as the judge of "super girl" and wrote the song "my nose, your mouth".
In January 2006, he played "super music 8 o'clock" and sang "my nose, your mouth" live. In March, Chang Kuan, as the only spokesperson of fender China, attended the opening concert of the Beijing flagship store of tomlee music company in Hong Kong. In April, he was the judge of the second campus band competition. In September, he began to serve as the judge of "absolute singing" and later released the song "as long as I feel no regret".
In May 2007, he continued to serve as the judge of absolute singing.
In 2008, he joined the variety show "Xiaoao Lake" of Tianjin satellite TV and played crosstalk with Guo Degang. After the May 12 earthquake, he took part in the special program of "smiling and proud of the river's Lake -" light up hope "disaster relief performance, which was also the first disaster relief performance of crosstalk circles after the earthquake. In June, he participated in the recording of the charity song "love wish" for earthquake relief. In October, a solo concert was held in Beijing Xingguang.
In April 2009, the concept concert of "welve" was held. Since April, a performance with the theme of "welve" has been held at Xingguang live every month, hoping to bring the music back to the scene.
In 2010, thanks to storyteller Shan Tianfang, he signed a contract with Baiyu entertainment agency to become its artist.
In March 2011, the music guest of "zhilehui" stage play "single men and women" presented the song "love you the first day" to "single men and women" as the theme song for free, and performed the song at the end of the premiere. In June, he served as the judge of Anhui Satellite TV variety show "Tian Sheng Wang Pai".
In March 2012, participated in Shenzhen satellite TV variety show "time show". In May of the same year, he served as the judge of 2012 University Singing area.
In 2014, the album Changkuan 2014 was released, including six songs, including three songs published for the first time.
Personal life
Chang Kuan's father is the head and conductor of the song and dance troupe of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, and his mother is an actor of the Bayi film studio of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. Chang Kuan's father died when he was 17, and his mother remarried six years later. Chang Kuan lived with his stepfather for eight years until his father died in his eighties.
In June 2008, Chang Kuan divorced his wife, ending a ten-year marriage.
Main works
Take part in TV series
Music Album
variety show
social activities
In 2002, Chang Kuan took the post of public welfare ambassador for drug control and participated in the anti drug public welfare activity of "cherishing life and rejecting drugs" held by "Beijing anti drug Commission" in Xidan Cultural Square.
In 2009, Chang Kuan launched the "2009 onelove, I love Sichuan, rebuild a beautiful home" charity concert. Chang Kuan sang with many friends in the circle and raised more than 29 million yuan for the earthquake stricken area.
In March 2014, he devoted himself to supporting public welfare undertakings, participated in the "dream set sail - public welfare action" and gave his voice to the theme song.
Award winning record
Character evaluation
Chang Kuan is one of the oldest qualified pop music artists in China, and the earliest practitioner and promoter of Chinese original music. As early as the 1980s, he has become a front-line artist in the Chinese original music camp. In his later performing career, Chang Kuan has been more active in expanding his career. In addition to publishing a number of personal albums and winning a number of music awards, he also participated in the performance Many films and TV series have gradually developed their potential as a variety show host and become a rare all-round artist. (Sina entertainment review)
Chang Kuan, who is not handsome, is generally regarded as a charming male singer. As a rock singer, Chang Kuan is both civil and military. His famous song "Gao cangjian, go away soon" made him famous. In recent years, Chang Kuan began to return to the mainstream more frequently, not only as a singer, musician, but also as a quite successful music producer. (Sina entertainment review)
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Chang Kuan
