Yang Xuefei, a famous classical guitarist, is one of the representatives of Chinese classical musicians on the international stage. When he was a student, Yang Xuefei attracted much attention for his superb talent. At the age of 18, John Christopher Williams, a famous Australian guitarist, presented him with his precious Smallman guitar. In 25, he was elected as an academician by royal academy of music and signed a contract with EMI Records. Being active in the international mainstream music stage for many years, Yang Xuefei was rated as "one of the 1 most outstanding classical musicians of our time" by the classical music station ClassicFM.

Chinese name: Yang Xuefei

Nationality: China

Birthplace: Beijing, China

Date of birth: March 15th, 1977

Occupation: classical guitarist

Representative works: Four Seasons

Major achievements: Second place in Beijing Mubei Youth Guitar Competition

Special Prize of Tokyo International Guitar Competition < Musical Instrument: Guitar

Personal Experience

Yang Xuefei, as a rare China guitarist who is active on the international stage, is regarded as one of the most remarkable musicians in the contemporary era.

At the age of p>1, the Spanish ambassador watched her guitar premiere. At the age of 12, despite her parents' objections, she refused the invitation of the best middle school in Beijing and entered the Conservatory of Music. At that time, the conditions were so difficult that she couldn't even find a good guitar until Williams left her guitar to Yang Xuefei after her tour in China in 1995. At the age of 14, she came to Madrid and played his immortal masterpiece "Alain Juez Concerto" for Rodrigo, an old blind composer.

in June p>2, Yang Xuefei became the first guitar undergraduate in China to get a bachelor's degree. In September of the same year, as the first China student and the first guitar student in the world, she won a full scholarship from the royal academy of music Committee and went to Britain to study postgraduate courses with MichaelLewin and JohnMills. In 22, he was awarded the Academy's Diploma of Performer, Postgraduate Diploma and Dean's Special Award by members of the British Royal Family, and was invited to perform the Alan Juez Concerto with the Symphony Orchestra of the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 212, he was awarded the honor of being an academician of the Royal Conservatory of Music for his outstanding achievements.

Becoming attached to guitar

Speaking of his original intention of learning guitar, Yang Xuefei's first sentence was, "I didn't choose the guitar, but the guitar chose me". At the age of seven, Yang Xuefei's parents wanted her daughter to learn some musical instruments to sharpen her naughty and naughty. It was 1984, and the accordion was the most popular musical instrument. My parents chose the accordion without hesitation. Unfortunately, the accordion class is full, and the teacher thinks that she is too young and tired to hold the accordion. Coincidentally, a music teacher, whose parents knew each other, set up a guitar interest group and asked Yang Xuefei if he wanted to learn guitar, but his parents didn't mind.

The first time I heard a guitar, Yang Xuefei not only didn't even know what it looked like, but even forgot its name. She told her mother that I was going to practice that instrument. Dad took Yang Xuefei to the then Beijing Department Store and bought the first guitar in her life, which was specially used for children. Yang Xuefei remembered clearly that she spent 2 yuan, which was a lot of money at that time. Yang Xuefei's famous guitar is a handmade guitar specially made for her by the guitarist Smallman himself in 23, which costs at least 1, RMB. Under normal circumstances, it takes ten years to queue up to buy one. But she still has that 2 yuan guitar. When buying that guitar, no one thought that Yang Xuefei would be with the guitar all his life.

Yang Xuefei showed great talent on the guitar. She said that practicing the piano is not so hard. "I have never hated the guitar since I was a child. Now many piano players will say that I hate the piano. This idea has never occurred to me, but it is common not to practice." At the age of 1, Yang Xuefei participated in the China International Guitar Art Festival and performed for the Spanish Ambassador. At that time, she won praises from all sides. Yang Xuefei said that at that time, she knew that playing the guitar could also be a guitarist, but she had no idea about how to be a guitarist, that is, at that time, she knew that she could not live without the guitar.

Growing experience

Born in Beijing, she began to contact guitar in an after-school guitar group hosted by teacher Chen Changling at the age of seven, and formally studied classical guitar with Chen Zhi at the age of ten. Soon after, she first showed her talent at the China International Guitar Art Festival, which won unanimous praise from experts and listeners from all over the world, and even the Spanish ambassador gave her a Spanish concert guitar. At the age of eleven, as the only child player, she won the second place in the Beijing Peony Cup Youth Guitar Competition. At the age of twelve, she performed in Tokyo and won a special prize awarded by the Japan Guitar Federation. Masaru Kohno, a famous Japanese guitarist, gave her a guitar made by herself. At the age of thirteen, he won the Silver Sail Award awarded by the mayor of Beijing. In the same year, he entered the middle school attached to Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, becoming the first student majoring in classical guitar playing in China. During his middle school years, Yang Xuefei has performed in many countries and cities such as Spain, Portugal, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan Province and Australia, and has also appeared on TV and radio programs many times. When she was a teenager, she had amazing skills and distinctive musical personality and appeal, which left a deep impression on the audience. After attending her Madeleine concert, the famous composer JoaquinRodrigo said, "I can't believe that this is a performance by a young man who is only fourteen years old." In 2, her first solo album came out, which won high praise all over the world. In June of the same year, she graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, becoming the first undergraduate guitar graduate in China to get a bachelor's degree. In September, as the first China student and the first guitar student, she won a full-fee scholarship from the Royal Conservatory of Music, and went to royal academy of music to study postgraduate courses with MichaelLewin and JohnMills.

In p>22, he graduated with a rare high score, and was awarded the highest DipRAM performer diploma by members of the British royal family. He only nominated one dean award every year, and many other awards.

Musical achievements

Yang Xuefei's performance not only has the delicacy and poetic feeling peculiar to the orientals, but also has the courage and passion rarely seen by female performers. With her profound understanding of music and superior skills, she has established her international performance career in Britain at an amazing speed. Her performances and interviews often appear in various media in different countries, and she has performed solos, concertos and chamber music concerts in many countries and important music festivals, including Britain, the United States, Singapore and Singapore. Important venues include Wigmore Concert Hall in Britain, National Portrait Gallery, Fairfield Concert Hall, Piccadilly Cathedral, Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall, Hanburg Concert Hall, Amsterdam Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, Taiwan Province National Concert Hall and San Francisco Herbst Theatre. In Queen Elizabeth Concert Hall, she performed Rodrigo's Guishen Concerto with BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Alan Hues Concerto with Duke Concert Hall and RAM Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the centenary of Rodrigo's birth. At Purcell Concert Hall, the world premiere of the famous PLG group (ParkPlaneGroup) commissioned TimothySalter to create it for her. At the BBCProms (the world's largest music festival) in Britain, BBC Radio 3 broadcasted her successful performance live. At the end of 23, she participated in the NightoftheProms as the only solo performer, and toured 54 countries in Europe, with an audience of about 8,. The live performance was broadcast on European TV, and the recording was released by BMG for the world.

Her outstanding performance has inspired many composers to write music for her. In November, 213, she gave a solo concert at the famous WigmoreHall in London, and for the first time performed the classical guitar work Rap composed by Chinese composer Rola Chen, which contained China elements, played the rhythm of China folk drumming and rap, and showed the changeable guitar playing style.

At the end of 25, Yang Xuefei joined EMI Records, becoming the first Asian guitarist to sign an international contract with four major record companies in the world, and one of the few classical guitarists in the world with an international contract with a major record company. In 25, he recorded and released Four Seasons, and in 26, The Romantic History of Love won a gold record in Hong Kong. In 28, 4 degrees north latitude was recommended by the British gramophone magazine as an editor. In 212, the "Love Baroque" was personally manipulated by Yang Xuefei, which changed the well-known Bach violin and lute concerto into classical guitar works, which was of pioneering significance. In 212, she also released the album Britten: China Songs with the famous British tenor IanBostridge, and won the annual classic record of British phonograph. The first album "Sojourn" in 213 included Yang Xuefei's landmark classical works in his musical journey across China and the West.

Music works

Records and examples

Introduction to the album

When Yang Xuefei was invited to play in Madrid at the age of fourteen, he met Rodrigo, the composer of Alain Huez's guitar concerto. For all guitarists, this is a very extraordinary experience, an affirmation of their performance and great luck. Shortly after Rodrigo's death, Yang Xuefei was even more motivated to play Rodrigo's guitar works and Alan Huez's guitar concerto.

In addition, Yang Xuefei hopes that this new album will be more than this. She hopes to introduce more new guitar works to everyone. Therefore, in this album, she has brought two other brand-new guitar works. The first one is the Albertnis Guitar Concerto by British composer Gauss, which was specially created by EMI and entrusted to Gauss, and named the works premiered by Yang Xuefei and the Catalan and Barcelona Municipal Symphony Orchestra. As the name suggests, this work is adapted from Albertnis's piano works to become a guitar concerto. The adapted music includes Albertnis's Iberian Suite and Spanish Suite. There have been orchestral and guitar adaptations in the past, but the adaptation method of selecting specific pieces from them to form a guitar concerto has never been seen before. Another new set of guitar works in the film is Yang Xuefei's own adaptation of the Spanish suite by Albertnis, which she adapted into a guitar solo, including Albertnis's most famous tango. At the end of the film, she played Rodrigo's "Prayer and Dance", which she played in front of Rodrigo when she was fourteen years old.

track list:

JoaquínRodrigo Rodrigo

1-3. Concerto by Concierto de Ranjuez, Alan Juez

-Allegro Allegro Allegro

-Allegro p>-Adagio

-Allegrogentile's elegant Allegro

StephenGoss's score Gauss

4. HeAlbénizConcerto

-ElAlbaicín Albaxin

-Catalua Cataluna

-Evocación Thinking

-Cadenza Solo Huacai

-Aragón Aragon

IsaacAlbéniz Albeniz

9-14.Espaa, Op.165(arr.XuefeiYang) Spanish Suite, Op.165 (adapted by Yang Xuefei)

-Preludio

-Tango Tango

-Malaguea Marasina

-Serenata

-CaprichoCatalán Catalan Catalan Capriccio

-Zortzico Sotico

JoaquínRodrigo. Ydanza Prayer and Dance

Character Evaluation

"Yang Xuefei premiered Rap written by Rola Chen, a famous Chinese composer, in the United States, which blended the folk drumming and rap style of China into the classical guitar and had a unique charm." The New York Times, December, 213

"Yang Xuefei's enthusiasm for music is not only reflected in her music, but also in her views on music." -hifi sound, August, 213

"Classical music has always given people an elegant image of obedience, but Yang Xuefei, who shines in the classical guitar world, originated from his own rebellion and opened up a unique new world in the classical music world." Today's news network, November, 213

"I look forward to hearing Yang Xuefei explain the melody of pipa and sanxian in Chinese folk music with classical guitar, and show the changeable style of guitar playing!" AlanChapman, American KUSC Classical Music Station, North American News Network, 213

"The road that classical guitar has to go in China may still take a long time, or it may never reach the brilliance of piano. But as a performer, Yang Xuefei plays guitar not for fame, but for music. " China Business News, November, 212

"Yang Xuefei not only has skillful playing skills, but also vividly shows the colorful side of the classical guitar to the audience, sometimes the gentle version is romantic and exquisite, and sometimes the dynamic version is powerful in drumming." "phonograph" magazine, November, 21

"Her solo part is beautifully handled and expressive, which perfectly expresses the essence and feelings of typical Spanish music ..." Scottish Daily, September 1, 27

"A great performance, China guitarist Yang Xuefei played in a clean, detailed and decisive way. Bring out the calm and passionate Alain Huez Concerto by Rodrigo "Herald, June 29, 27, Michael Dumelli

" Yang is one of the first successful examples from China Conservatory of Music. From his co-performance with Chasler, we can feel her strong and outstanding musical personality, which will be recognized continuously "Irish Times, June 2, 27, Andrew John Stone

"Yang Xuefei, a classical guitarist, raised the mood of the crowd in the hall ..." The Royal Festival Concert Hall reopened, and the Daily Telegraph reported on June 11th, 27. "She is an impeccable guitarist with a fresh and unique voice. In her colorful performances, it is natural, and there is no feeling of calculation and excess. Xueyan is characterized by clear, gentle and meticulous timbre, and she can also play quickly and accurately, or extremely romantic and fluid. " May 27 prelude magazine

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