Yin Rongzhu
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1956 she entered the pipa programme of the Secondary Specialized School of Music affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, studying under Professor Fan Boyan, a transmitter of the Yingzhou ancient melodies school, and specializing in Yingzhou ancient melody pipa pieces; after graduation she stayed on to teach the pipa and devoted herself to the study of Yingzhou ancient melody materials.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
In 1984, together with Fan Boyan and Chen Gongze, she compiled and edited Selected Pieces of Yingzhou Ancient Melodies, which enabled Yingzhou ancient melody pipa pieces to circulate throughout the country and become important material for pipa teaching and performance. Her playing is delicate and soft in timbre, adept at expressing serene and quietly elegant feelings, and possesses a leisurely and finely wrought charm. Her representative works include Feihua Diancui (Flying Blossoms Touching the Emerald) and Zhaojun Yuan (Zhaojun's Resentment).
Honors & Recognition
Female, Han ethnicity, born in March 1941, died in November 2009, a native of Shanghai. National representative bearer of Pipa Art (Yingzhou Ancient Melody School), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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