Xia Laofei
Lineage & School of Heritage
A lifelong devotee of music, he studied under Xia Xizhang, learned the entire repertoire in his teens and could perform all of it proficiently, being especially accomplished on the guan and the sheng.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
His fingering is light and ingenious, his articulation clear, his intonation correct and his melodic idiom beautiful; he made skilled use of tongue, struck, vibrato, lip and stopped notes to striking effect. His whistling technique was also superb, unmatched among several generations of guan players. In 2004 he took part in recordings and video recordings of Jizhong sheng-and-guan music, making albums of short pieces, lesser and greater suites and guan solos, ten items including Xiao Jian Qu (Little Sharp Tune) and Lang Tao Sha (Waves Washing the Sand), which have been archived as teaching material.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Han ethnicity, born in February 1934, died in August 2015, a native of Anxin County, Hebei Province. A national representative bearer of Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Music (Quantou Village Music Society of Anxin County), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He persisted in taking on disciples, and many of them have become the mainstay of the music society.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
- Jizhong Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-59
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