Zhang Ruifeng
Lineage & School of Heritage
From 1983 to 1990 he studied under two teachers, Du Shoucheng and Du Enyu, and during that period he enrolled in a correspondence course in music composition in Gansu Province.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in 1964 in Linxian, Shanxi. Zhang Ruifeng joined the Linxian Daoqing Opera Troupe in 1983 and has remained there since, and he now serves as its Party secretary and deputy head. Since 1990 he has worked independently and in collaboration on performance, composition and other artistic work for Linxian Daoqing. He is skilled in performing Linxian Daoqing music on the huhu (bowed fiddle) and in musical design; he inherited the distinctive techniques for playing the genre's characteristic ornaments and the unique handling of empty syllables (xukiang) in vocal design, and on that basis formed a distinctive performing style and vocal effect. Among the works whose accompaniment and musical design he contributed to is The Garden Match (Cai Yuan Pei), and he took part in the composition of the Linxian Daoqing play The Ancient Town of Qikou (Qi Kou Gu Zhen) and designed its vocal lines.
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Daoqing Opera (Linxian Daoqing Opera), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a national third-class performer.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Daoqing Opera Ⅳ-71
- Daoqing Opera Ⅳ-71
- Daoqing Opera Ⅳ-71
- Daoqing Opera Ⅳ-71
- Daoqing Opera Ⅳ-71
- Daoqing Opera Ⅳ-71
- Daoqing Opera Ⅳ-71
- Daoqing Opera Ⅳ-71
- Daoqing Opera Ⅳ-71
Profile
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