Huang Yixiao
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1947 Huang Yixiao was apprenticed to Qiu Houshang, a renowned master of Chaozhou gong-and-drum music, and came to command a large body of traditional large gong-and-drum suites and drumming techniques. His playing is natural and unadorned, with well-judged force, and he is especially noted for the fan-shou drum technique and for four-drum alternating performance.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1935 in Chaozhou, Guangdong. He served successively as composer and performer with the Shantou Folk Music and Ballad Troupe and the Chaozhou Acrobatic Troupe, became director of the Chaozhou Folk Music Troupe in 1983, and in 1992 was transferred to the Publicity Department of the Xiangqiao District Committee in Chaozhou. He also trained more than one hundred drummers of Chaozhou large gong-and-drum music. His representative compositions include Gangshui Benliu (Molten Steel on the Flow) and Qiangdu Wujiang (Forcing the Wu River), and his performances of traditional pieces were recorded and released by the China Record Corporation.
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of Chaozhou Music, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, a member of the Guangdong Musicians Association, a standing council member of the Percussion Committee of the Chinese Nationalities Orchestra Society, and vice chairman of the Chaozhou Musicians Association.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Chaozhou Music Ⅱ-50
- Chaozhou Music Ⅱ-50
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