Zhang Tongxia

Zhang Tongxia, Hui nationality, native of Guan County, Shandong Province, was born in 1942 in Tongliang County, Sichuan. Currently, he is a guqin player of the "Shu School" of the Central Song and Dance Drama Troupe, an associate professor, and a national second-level performer. Editor-in-chief of China's "Lyre Music Art" and head of the office of the Chinese Guqin Art Friendship Center.

Chinese name: Zhang Tongxia

Nationality: Chinese

Ethnicity: Hui

Birthplace: Tongliang County, Sichuan

Date of Birth: 1942

Occupation: Musician

Graduation School: Sichuan Conservatory of Music

Main Achievements: Current Central Song and Dance Troupe "Sichuan" Pai" guqin player, associate professor, national second-level performer

Representative works: Editor-in-chief of China's "Lyre Music Art"

Character experience

She has been with My father practiced martial arts and loved music even more. In 1959, he graduated with honors from the Guqin major of Sichuan Conservatory of Music. He studied under Mr. Yu Shaoze, a master of guqin art of the Shu School, and laid a good foundation for guqin performance, guqin performance and guqin song singing. Inheriting the true essence of Shu School Guqin art. Over the years, I have received careful guidance from Professor Liu Zhenhan, a famous vocal expert in my country, and Professor Wei Mingquan, a famous vocal expert in China. Engaged in opera performing arts in the 1960s. Systematically studied Si's performance system, starred in China's outstanding national operas "Red Guards of Honghu Lake", "White-Haired Girl", "Two Generations", etc. and won the Outstanding Performance Award.

In 1994, he participated in the "International Exchange Meeting of Celebrities and Famous Songs" held by the Beijing Music Research Institute and other units. On December 18, 1995, he went to Hong Kong to participate in the performance of "North and South Famous Guzheng Masters Gathering in Hong Kong". With the unique two different traditional art forms of Guqin, she has held many colorful ethnic instrumental music concerts at the "International Art Garden" in Beijing in recent years, which has been loved by the domestic audience.

Zhang Tongxia studied under Yu Shaoze, a guqin master of the "Shu School", and graduated from the guqin major of Sichuan Conservatory of Music in 1959. While at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, he studied vocal music under the famous vocal experts Professor Liu Zhenhan and Professor Wei Mingquan. In the 1960s, he engaged in opera performing arts and starred in operas such as "The Red Guards of Honghu Lake" and "The White-Haired Girl".

In 1990 and 1995, she participated in the "Guqin International Exchange Meeting" held in Chengdu twice; in 1994, she participated in the "Celebrities and Famous Songs International Exchange Meeting" held by Beijing Music Research Institute and other units; Invited to perform in other countries; in 1998, he was selected into the "Dictionary of Chinese Musicians" published by People's Publishing House.

Character Achievements

Since she was appointed as the director of the "Chinese Guqin Art Friendship Center" office of the National Music Committee of the Chinese Musicians Association, she has actively participated in academic exchanges and activities of Chinese Guqin art. In February 1998, "Lyre Music Art" was created and directed by Mr. Lu Ji, the honorary chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association and a leading figure in Chinese music, with Ms. Zhang Tongxia as the chief editor. This publication has received strong support and welcome from piano players at home and abroad. In 1998, Zhang Tongxia was included in the "Dictionary of Chinese Musicians" published by the "People's Publishing House".

Artistic Characteristics

After more than 40 years of artistic practice and hard study, she has mastered the fields of "Guqin Performance", "Guqin Playing and Singing"; "Guqin Notation"; She has comprehensive development in various arts such as "film song composition". She is skilled in playing, singing, and singing. She combines bel canto and national singing. She has a deep understanding of the works and is simple in her performance. She is outstanding in the art of singing and singing. It inherits the tradition and has many innovative explorations, which better organically combines guqin music with modern consciousness. At the same time, the ancient art of lyre is facing the times and serving the real society. In 1990 and 1995, he participated in the "Guqin International Exchange Conference" held in Chengdu twice.

After decades of practice, Zhang Tongxia has made comprehensive development in various arts such as guqin playing, playing and singing guqin songs, and notation. His performance and singing are both emotional and emotional, organically blending guqin music with modern consciousness.