Yao Gongbai
Lineage & School of Heritage
As a transmitter of the Yao lineage, Yao Gongbai was steeped in a deep family tradition and inherited the principal style and inner sensibility of the Yao school: lively rhythm, delicate precision, fresh restraint, and motion held within stillness, with a right hand that is light, clean, and utterly free. He is renowned at home and abroad for performing more than twenty qin pieces transcribed by Mr. Yao Bingyan, among them Xiao Hu Jia (The Little Barbarian Reed Pipe), Guangling San (The Guangling Melody), Wu Ye Ti (Crows Crying at Night), and Gu Guan Yu Shen (The Lonely Inn Meets a Spirit).
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1948 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. He began studying the qin with his father, Yao Bingyan, in childhood and also received instruction from Mr. Wu Zhengping and Mr. Zhang Ziqian. He has likewise conducted substantial research on qin fingering, the evolution of qin repertoire, and temperament theory, and has released recordings including The Charm of Yao School Qin Music.
Honors & Recognition
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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