Cheng Jiankun
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1942 in Neixiang, Henan. At seventeen Cheng Jiankun was admitted to the Neixiang Quju Troupe and became a disciple of Shang Yuanjin, learning to play the sheng and the di. In 1960 he joined the Zhengzhou Municipal Quju Troupe and studied guzheng performance under Cao Tielin and He Yizhi. In 1980 he became a disciple of the renowned Wanbang artist Cui Xifu and others, undertook a comprehensive collection and collation of Wanbang vocal music, and published a number of compositions and research findings. Since 1980 he has trained a series of talented Wanbang music composers, contributing to the transmission and development of Wanbang.
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Wanbang, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a National Third-Grade Composer.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Wanbang Ⅳ-24
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