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Introduction to Guzheng Music and Typhoon Introduction to the author of Guzheng Music and Typhoon

1. Wang Changyuan composed a zither solo in 1965 when she was still a student at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She was inspired by the workers fighting typhoons while experiencing life at the Shanghai Port Terminal. This song is another epoch-making masterpiece after Zhao Yuzhai's "Celebrating the Harvest Year". At the beginning, Ms. Wang Changyuan named the work "Emergency", but later changed it to "Fighting Typhoon" during a music review. The author thought that naming "Emergency" seemed passive. After changing it to "Fighting Typhoon", it changed from passive to active. Wang Changyuan felt that this change was really different and was very happy, so the title of the song was changed to "Fighting Typhoon".

2. Wang Changyuan, female, from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Born in 1945, Chinese-American living in the United States. Famous guzheng player. His father is Wang Xunzhi, a famous guzheng educator, a descendant of the contemporary Zhejiang style guzheng, and a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. At the age of nine, Wang Changyuan followed his father to learn Zhejiang style zheng. He debuted as a soloist at the age of 12. In 1960, he entered the High School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He later entered the undergraduate program and studied under Professor Wang Xunzhi and Guo Ying, a guzheng player of the Chaozhou Zheng School. He graduated with honors and served successively as director of the Shanghai Opera House, the Shanghai Orchestra, and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. Guzheng soloist in Dance Theater Company, China Art Troupe, and Shanghai Chinese Orchestra. His playing style is vigorous, steady and dignified, his tone is mellow, his flavor is rich, his spirit is powerful, and his technical skills are very high. Wang Changyuan is not only accomplished in the art of performance, but also good at creation. The famous Zheng music "Zhan Taifeng", which is well-known at home and abroad, was composed and performed by her. In addition, she also created a large-scale vocal work "Pipa Xing" and the Zheng music "Dongting New Song" Waiting for more than ten songs. In 1984, Wang Changyuan went to the University of Kent in the United States to study world music, and toured and gave lectures in New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago, Hawaii, Indiana and other places. In 1988, she held a solo concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. In the same year, she was invited to perform in Israel. In 1990, she held a recital in Hong Kong and was hailed as a world-class performer.