Lin Youren
Lineage & School of Heritage
He began learning the qin in 1956 under the Jinling school player Xia Yifeng, and in 1958 entered the guqin programme of the Chinese Music Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he studied under Liu Shaochun, Wei Zhongyue, and Liu Jingshao.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1938 in Shanghai, with ancestral roots in Taiwan. He subsequently worked throughout his career at the Music Research Institute of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music as an associate research fellow. His playing is plain and natural, with a mellow, full-bodied tone and a far-reaching artistic conception. He is co-author of A Catalogue of Twentieth-Century Writings on the Qin and has published articles including Reflections on the Archaeology of Qin Music and Chinese Guqin Art in the Conflict and Confluence of Eastern and Western Cultures in the Twentieth Century; he has recorded solo albums including The True Flavour of the Mean, Guangling Qin Melodies (VII), and Qin Melody and Xiao Sound Playing with Flowing Water.
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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