Zhang Xubin
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1980 he became a disciple of Bai Dianxuan, a second-generation transmitter of Sipingdiao in Fan County and a renowned gaohu accompanist, and he is now a third-generation transmitter of Fan County Sipingdiao, chiefly engaged in composing Sipingdiao music and in gaohu performance.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1964 in Fan County, Henan. Zhang Xubin joined the Fan County Sipingdiao Opera Troupe as an accompanying musician in 1975, was admitted to the Puyang Opera School of Henan Province to study music in 1986, returned to the troupe after graduating in 1989 as a Sipingdiao composer and principal string player, and transferred to the Fan County Cultural Centre in 1993. Zhang Xubin's compositions draw on both northern and southern idioms: they retain the grace of the south without losing the high-pitched, rugged character of the north, remaining modest without being rustic, refined within the popular, and pleasing to cultivated and ordinary audiences alike. His representative works include Yang Bajie Dao Dao (Yang Bajie Steals the Blade), Sanzi Zheng Fu (Three Sons Contesting a Father) and Poxi Qing (The Affection of Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Sipingdiao, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
- Sipingdiao Ⅳ-50
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