Jiang Zongde
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1982 he became a pupil of the local folk singers Zhang Mingde, Su Gui and others.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Bai ethnicity, born in July 1965 in Jianchuan County, Yunnan Province. He began learning Bai qu singing at the age of five. He has consistently devoted himself to the singing of Jianchuan Bai qu and to training and transmission work, travelling from village to village to collect and collate Bai qu that were on the verge of being lost. He has also been invited to take part in exchanges on Bai qu singing and on the playing of the Bai long-headed sanxian at art institutions such as the Central Conservatory of Music and the Yunnan Arts University.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Jianchuan Bai Qu, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He began performing Bai qu in 1985 and has been invited to song contests throughout the country on many occasions, winning awards. The more than twenty apprentices he has trained are well known in the locality. In 2004 he won the Best Singer Award at the Second China North-South Folk Song Contest.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Jianchuan Baiqu Ⅱ-164
Profile
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