Wu Zhao
Lineage & School of Heritage
After graduating from university in 1959 he joined the Research Institute of Ethnic Music of the Central Conservatory of Music, where he studied Chinese music history under the music historian Yang Yinliu.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1935 in Suzhou, Jiangsu. From childhood he was steeped in Chinese traditional arts such as Kunqu opera and the guqin. In 1953 he studied the qin under Zha Fuxi. In 1955 he entered the Department of History of Nankai University, continuing to study the qin under Wu Jinglue. He is currently a research fellow of the Music Research Institute of the Chinese National Academy of Arts and president of the Beijing Guqin Research Association. He has reconstructed (da pu) such pieces as Han Gong Qiu Yue (Autumn Moon over the Han Palace), Shanju Yin (Chant of Mountain Dwelling) and Liangxiao Yin (Prelude to a Fine Night), and, following Zha Fuxi, published a facsimile edition of the Qin Qu Jicheng (Complete Collection of Qin Pieces). His principal publications include Zhongguo Guqin Zhencui (Treasures of the Chinese Guqin), Jueshi Qingyin (Peerless Pure Tones), Zhuixun Shiqu de Yinyue Zuji: Tushuo Zhongguo Yinyue Shi (Tracing the Lost Footsteps of Music: An Illustrated History of Chinese Music), Zhongguo Yinyue Shilue (A Brief History of Chinese Music, co-authored), the Guqin Jichu Jiaocheng (Basic Guqin Course, VCD) and the guqin recital albums Yi Guren (Remembering an Old Friend) and Han Gong Qiu Yue.
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of Guqin and Its Music, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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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