Performers/Artists Flashcards
Wang Wei
famous painter/poet of the Tang dynasty credited with the development of the monochrome landscape painted in broken ink or “P’o-mo” style. Said that he found paintings in his poems, and poems in his paintings
Guan Pinghi
latest of the classic qin masters
Wu Wenguang
preserves qin music today, writes poetry/melodies
Li Xiangting
preserves quin music today, famous for writing about 50,000 songs
Wang Fei
chinese singer-songwriter and actress
Lui Pui-yuen
famous pipa master from shanghai
Wu Man
Chinese pipa player and composer
Cao Zheng
music educator who established guzheng in chinese music academies. taught at the chinese conservatory of music
Min Huifen
“queen of the erhu” nationally recognized performer
Liu Huifen
made video example
He Baoquan and Sun Wenyan
husband and wife guzheng preformers who studied with many folk masters as well as in music conservatories
A Bing
famous blind musician who was a daoist munk
Zheng Jimin
sang journey to suzhou
Shanghai Folk Orchestra
orchestra of chinese musical intruments, performed fabulous three six
Li Yi
brought sanxian as a solo instrument in the early 1900s
Zhou Xuan
member of group founded by father of popular chinese music. Very popular, represented when china represented jazz music and hollywood
Li Jinhui
known as the father of chinese popular music
Li Jinhui
known as the father of chinese popular music
Li Guyi
singer and dancer, known as mainland china’s teresa teng
Sam Hui
cofounder of cantopop, introduced western styles into Hong Kong, wrote for Michaels films
Leslie Cheung
famous cantonese actor from Hong Kong, first bisexual actor in Hong Kong
Jacky Cheung
4 heavenly kings, sang “goodbye kiss”, known for arm bartioen voice
Miriam Yeung
Hong Kong actress and singer in Cantopop
Cui Jian
considered the father of Chinese rock music yaogun yinyue, multi-instrumentalist (guiutar, vocals, trumpet, composer)
Tang Dynasty
first chinese heavy metal band
Hei Bao (black panther)
first album to sell 1 million copies, has the song “Wui Di Zi Rong”
Zhou Jielun
the music industry originally did not let in due to looks, fused rock rbnb and rap music with chinese lyrics
Faye Wong
“diva of asia” used western pop songs with new lyrics. Started in cantonese pop, then moved to mandarin
M.C. Hotdog
one of the first people to rap in mandarin. Adapted the style of american rap music
Jollin Tsai
singer, songwriter, actress whowon MTV singing competition
Re-TROS
underground music scene of Nanjing, China
Andy Lau
one of the heavenly kings. Singer, actor, producer who won 7x award for most popular male artist
Modern Sky (record label)
began to include indie and punk music
LMF
also known as Lazy Mutha Fucka, underground music scene of Nanjing, China
Long Sheng Dao
formed in Bejing of rock music scenes, represented growing reggae sounds in china
Yin Ts’ang
highly influential, multi-national Chinese hip-hop group from Beijing
Mei Lanfang
opera artist in Chinese theatre
