Lin Youren
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Lin Youren is a noted player of the Chinese musical instrument
guqin
. He famous for his unaffected playing style. Lin also taught guqin at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music
, but has since retired.
Lin was born in 1938 in Shanghai
, China, but was brought up in nearby Nanjing
. Early on in his musical development, Lin studied with Liu Shaochun (1901–71). He enterd the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1958 to study the guqin. He was influenced by the playing styles of Liu Jingshao, Gu Meigeng, Shen Caonong, and Wei Zhongle in particular. He graduated in 1963 and stayed at the Conservatory and began research on guqin history and Chinese music.
Lin has given guqin recitals in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, France, the UK and the US.
Traditional Chinese musical instruments
-The Eight Sounds or Eight Tones :The eight categories are: silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd and hide. There are other instruments which may not fit these classifications. This is one of the first musical classifications ever.-Silk :...
guqin
Guqin
The guqin is the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family...
. He famous for his unaffected playing style. Lin also taught guqin at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
The Shanghai Conservatory of Music , as the first music institution of higher education in China, was founded on November 27, 1927. The teachers and students have won numerous awards both home and abroad, thus earning the conservatory the name, “the cradle of musicians”.-History:The Shanghai...
, but has since retired.
Lin was born in 1938 in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China, but was brought up in nearby Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
. Early on in his musical development, Lin studied with Liu Shaochun (1901–71). He enterd the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1958 to study the guqin. He was influenced by the playing styles of Liu Jingshao, Gu Meigeng, Shen Caonong, and Wei Zhongle in particular. He graduated in 1963 and stayed at the Conservatory and began research on guqin history and Chinese music.
Lin has given guqin recitals in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, France, the UK and the US.
Partial discography
- Appreciation of Tang Poetry Quatrains 1995
- Music For The Qin Zither 2000 (recorded in the UK)