Qiu Xia He
Encyclopedia
He Qiuxia is a Chinese pipa
player.
Qiuxia was born in Baoji
, Shaanxi
, China
and she studied at the Xi'an Academy of Music. After graduating, she taught at the academy and toured with the Shaanxi Music and Dance Troupe. In 1989, she went to Canada
, and settled in Vancouver
, British Columbia
. Qiuxia was a founding member of the cross-cultural ensemble ASZA, which she left in 2001. As well, she founded the Vancouver based world music group, Silk Road Music. Her first recording with that group, entitled Endless, was nominated for a Juno Award
. Her CD Autumn Cloud was nominated for two Canadian Folk Music Awards
. The group has performed on CBC Radio 2.
Qiuxia is married to the Montreal
-born guitarist Andre Thibault.http://www.silkroadmusic.ca/sitefiles/andre.htm Now living in Vancouver, Thibault founded the group Jou Tou, in which Qiuxia plays pipa and other instruments. Thibault also plays in Silk Road Music with Qiuxia. Qiuxia and Thibault often tour as a smaller version of Silk Road called the Silk Road Duo.
She also plays the guqin
.
Qiuxia also performs from time to time with the Brazil
ian guitarist Celso Machado
.
In addition to the pipa, she also plays the ruan
, sings, and plays percussion.
Pipa
The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments . Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12–26...
player.
Qiuxia was born in Baoji
Baoji
Baoji is a prefecture-level city in Shaanxi province, China.-Geography:The prefecture-level city of Baoji has a population of 3,716,731 according to the 2010 Chinese census, inhabiting an area of . The city itself has a population of approximately 800,000. Surrounded on three sides by hills,...
, Shaanxi
Shaanxi
' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...
, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
and she studied at the Xi'an Academy of Music. After graduating, she taught at the academy and toured with the Shaanxi Music and Dance Troupe. In 1989, she went to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, and settled in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. Qiuxia was a founding member of the cross-cultural ensemble ASZA, which she left in 2001. As well, she founded the Vancouver based world music group, Silk Road Music. Her first recording with that group, entitled Endless, was nominated for a Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
. Her CD Autumn Cloud was nominated for two Canadian Folk Music Awards
Canadian Folk Music Awards
The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony, presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians...
. The group has performed on CBC Radio 2.
Qiuxia is married to the Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
-born guitarist Andre Thibault.http://www.silkroadmusic.ca/sitefiles/andre.htm Now living in Vancouver, Thibault founded the group Jou Tou, in which Qiuxia plays pipa and other instruments. Thibault also plays in Silk Road Music with Qiuxia. Qiuxia and Thibault often tour as a smaller version of Silk Road called the Silk Road Duo.
She also plays the guqin
Guqin
The guqin is the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family...
.
Qiuxia also performs from time to time with the Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian guitarist Celso Machado
Celso Machado
Celso Machado is a Brazilian world music guitarist, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who lives in Vancouver, Canada. For over forty years he has performed on concert stages throughout Brazil, Western Europe and Canada, as well as in the United States...
.
In addition to the pipa, she also plays the ruan
Ruan
The ruan is a Chinese plucked string instrument. It is a lute with a fretted neck, a circular body, and four strings. Its strings were formerly made of silk but since the 20th century they have been made of steel...
, sings, and plays percussion.
Discography
- 1995 - ASZA (Asza Music)
- 1998 - Jongo Lê (with Celso MachadoCelso MachadoCelso Machado is a Brazilian world music guitarist, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who lives in Vancouver, Canada. For over forty years he has performed on concert stages throughout Brazil, Western Europe and Canada, as well as in the United States...
) (Daquí) - 2000 - Endless (Jericho Beach)
- 2001 - Village Tales (Silk Road)
- 2002 - Jou Tou (Festival Distribution)
- 2006 - Autumn Cloud (Silk Road)
External links
- Qiuxia He page at Silk Road Music site
- About Qiuxia and Andre
Listening
See also
- PipaPipaThe pipa is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments . Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12–26...