Xu Xiaoying
Lineage & School of Heritage
Born into a scholarly family, she was immersed in music from childhood and studied under several guqin masters, including Xu Yuanbai and Zhang Weizhen.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
In more than fifty years of practice she has both inherited tradition and developed it, and her playing is free, delicate, understated and fresh, forming a style that combines the characteristics of Zhejiang school guqin with her own individuality. She worked successively at the Hangzhou Song and Dance Troupe and the Hangzhou Art School, performing and teaching the guqin and the guzheng. Her playing is highly expressive, and she is known for refined singing to the qin. Her writings include A Guqin Course by Xia Ying and The Art of Zhejiang School Guqin, the latter co-authored. Her reconstructions of early notation include Guan Ju (Crying Ospreys), Zhi Chao Fei (The Pheasant Flies at Dawn), Wu Ye Ti (Crows Cry at Night) and Lou Shi Ming (The Humble Cot).
Honors & Recognition
Female, Han ethnic group, born in October 1937 and died in August 2016, a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. She is a representative bearer of guqin art of the Zhejiang school, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 2001 she founded the Xiaying Qin Studio and taught guqin art widely.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
- Guqin and its Music Ⅱ-34
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