、6th in the Series
Date: February 26, 2006
- Place: Chinese Culture Center
- 750 Kearny St., 3/F
- San Francisco
Guest speakers: Prof. Ding Chengyun and Prof. Fu Lina
Topic: Guqin and Se
(Co-sponsored with the Chinese Culture Center)
Professor Ding Chengyun was from Dengzhou, Henan Province. He is a famous music scholar and is most noted in the realm of “Guqin”. From a very early age, professor Ding developed his love for Chinese arts and culture and started playing qin and zheng under the tutorage of his elder sister Ding Boling. Later he became a pupil of guqin masters, Gu Meigeng and Zhang Zeqian. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Instruments in 1969, and taught in Henan University (lecturer, 1972, associate professor, 1986, professor / head of department, 1992, Director of Graduate School, 1998). Currently he is a professor of Wuhan College of Music, and Director of Changjiang Traditional Musical Culture Center. He is also a visiting professor of Taiwan Nanhua University, and Chinese College of Music. He is a member of Chinese Musician’s Association, Association of Famous Chinese, and Director of Boya Qin Association.
Guqin, also known as qin or seven stringed instrument, is one of China’s oldest string instruments. It was already popular among ancient gentlemen, scholars, and saints over 2500 years ago. It was said Confucius consoled himself singing and playing this instrument during his low and sad period roaming the kingdoms of Chen and Cai.
Se dates back to even before the guqin, and is considered an extinct instrument. Prof. Fu is one of only a handful of people in the world who know how to play the se. This will be a rare opportunity to experience the legendary harmony attributed to the guqin and the se.
7th in the Series
Date: April 1, 2006 (Saturday)
Place: S.F. Main Library
100 Larkin (at Grove)
San Francisco
Time: 4 - 5:30 pm
Guest speaker: Weishan Liu
Topic: gu-zheng (Part 3)