Diao Dengke
Lineage & School of Heritage
Born into a family of folk wind-and-percussion music, he learned the craft from his father from childhood.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
In 1958 he became a performer with the song and dance troupe of the Guangzhou Military Region; his composed and performed shuangguan piece The Motor Transport Soldier was praised by Marshal Ye Jianying. In 1964 he was transferred to the production team of the large-scale music and dance epic The East Is Red in Beijing, serving as leader and principal player of the folk orchestra; his performance of Jianghe Shui (River Waters), a famous shuangguan piece popular among the people of northeast China, met with an enthusiastic response. Through decades of study and accumulation his tonguing technique reached the height of perfection, and his chordal playing is regarded as peerless within the profession.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1923, died in August 2011, a native of Wafangdian City, Liaoning Province. National representative bearer of Sheng and Guan Ensemble Music (Fuzhou Shuangguan Music), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. After retiring in 1978 he settled in Fuzhou Town and trained a large group of shuangguan artists, including Diao Fengge, Hu Chunbo, Qiao Zhongxin, and Li Chao.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-121
- Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-121
- Sheng and Guan Ensemble Ⅱ-121
Profile
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