Biography of li xiang ting
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Prof. Li Xiangting
Biography
Professor Li Xiangting is acknowledged as one of the most important guqin players of his generation and a distinguished Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing.
The guqin, a seven-stringed zither-like instrument producing over a hundred harmonics, dates back well over 3,000 years to the origins of Chinese music.
Biography of li xiang ting
By the middle of the twentieth century the guqin had become relatively unknown, with fewer than three hundred living guqin musicians. Since then, and due in large part to Li Xiangting’s teaching and performing, the ancient art of seven-stringed guqin playing has re-emerged.
He began his qin studies in 1957 as a student of the qin master Zha Fuxi and was accepted as a student at the Central Conservatory in 1958, studying under the qin master Wu Jing-lue.
Both Zha Fuxi and Wu Jinglue are considered to be two of the greatest qin players of their generation.
Upon graduating in 1963, Professor Li began teaching at the Conservatory,