Shen Tiemei
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, of Han ethnicity, born in 1965 in Yuzhong, Chongqing. Shen Tiemei came from a family of theatre artists: her father, Shen Fucun, is a Peking opera performer renowned throughout the country. She became a disciple of the celebrated Chuanju performing artist Jing Hua and received her true transmission, and later studied under such Chuanju masters as Hu Yuhua and Gao Fenglian. Drawing widely on the strengths of others, she formed a style of her own, with consummate skill and a beautiful voice, and is acknowledged by the theatrical world as the foremost female exponent of Chuanju vocal music. Her representative works include Jin Zi (Gold), Li Yaxian, San Ji Jiang (Three Offerings to the River) and Si Fan (Yearning for the World).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Chuanju (Sichuan Opera), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; president of the Chongqing Chuanju Theatre; a first-class actor; a two-time winner of the China Drama Plum Blossom Award; and a recipient of the special government allowance of the State Council.
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