The Art of Playing Famous Erhu Pieces

Author: Gao Lin
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Gao Lin is a young erhu player who has been active on the music stage in recent years. She received a good and systematic music education from an early age. In 1979, she was admitted to the erhu major of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Preparatory School with outstanding results. In 1985, she was admitted to the Chinese Music Department of the Central Conservatory of Music with excellent results. After graduating in 1989, she was assigned to work in Tianjin. In 1990, during the professional art academy's performance review in Tianjin, she was praised by experts for her solid artistic foundation, skilled techniques, beautiful tone, and good stage presence, and won the Newcomer Award with outstanding results. From then on, she performed as a solo erhu player on the stage. In 1993, she was transferred to the Tianjin Song and Dance Theater, where she has worked until now. This manuscript is the result of Gao Lin's 30 years of hard study, serious research, and bold practice. In the section, she presents the basic knowledge and performance techniques of the erhu in concise language, clear and straightforward, easy to understand. The analysis and research in the second part, "Transformations in Erhu Performance Art," and the third part, "The Performance Art of 23 Famous Erhu Pieces," offer her unique insights, which have certain reference value for erhu musicians and amateur enthusiasts in understanding, researching, and artistic practice. The fourth part consists of some of the pieces she frequently performs on stage in recent years. Especially noteworthy is her approach to adapting popular songs into erhu solo pieces, which is a beneficial attempt.