Guqin music on CD
Friends of Guqin or Amics del Guqin is a virtual space about the chinese traditional music instrument Guqin, or just Qin.
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The Last of China's Literati is a biography of Tsar Teh-yun. Written by Bell Yung, it will be published in fall 2008.
DVD focused on Chinese traditional music recorded in 1984 and published by Shanachie. Includes a qin performance by Wu Wenguang.
An unique chance to learn qin music directly from a qin master. Prof. Zeng Chengwei will teach qin from 30th July to 3rd August.
Links to several audio broadcasts from the radio program China Roots, all focused on ancient Chinese music, from Tang dynasty through Qing dynasty.
He was an extraordinary human being, biologist and musicologist. An interview recorded in 1983 is available from the University of Cambridge digital archive.
Also kwown as World Book Day, it is a yearly event on April 23th. If you want to enjoy yourself with a worth reading, we have compiled a list of english books related to the guqin, including all-time classics and also exciting news ... read more
The symposium will be for oral presentation of academic papers related to the qin. Moreover, a qin concert will take place in the evening of 18th April 2008 in Lee Hysan Concert Hall, as a memorial concert for the late Madam Tsar Deh-yun.
After the last market releases The Fisherman and the Woodcutter (Sou Si-tai) and The Flowing Waters (Liang Mingyue), Lyrichord releases on CD Chinese Classical Masterpieces.
Also, Jim Binkley has published his Yu gu zhai Qinpu translation.
Master of many arts, including poetry, calligraphy, painting and music, Uragami Gyokudō was one of the few Japanese who studied the qin. Listen to the music he composed!
List of four books published in Europe about the Chinese instrument.
Our information section is focused on qin handbooks, qin exhibition catalogues, qin history, people like van Gulik, qin tuning, ... Don't miss it!
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Guqin music on CD
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