WU Zhaoji

about

Wu Zhaoji (Chinese: 吳兆基) also known as Xiangquan was a guqin player. He was born in 1908 in Hunan, China. At the age of 4, his family moved to Suzhou, where he lived the rest of his life until his death in 1997. Raised in a musical family, he learned the guqin from his father, and in 1921 became a student of Wu Jinyang[.artist] (Chinese: 吳浸陽). From a young age, he enjoyed sports and martial arts. In 1928 he began studying the Yang Style of Tai-chi with Chen Weiming. One year later, he became a student of Li Shangyuan, who is a student of Hao Weizeng a descendent of the Wu (Martial) Style Taichi family. After many years of study he created his own style of tai-chi based on Daoism. Wu Zhaoji is popularly revered as an archetypal "literatus" qin player; his smooth, detached, intellectual, yet vigorous style made him one of the most highly-regarded amateur players in the late 20th century. The "Wu" school of qin playing currently centered in Suzhou takes him as a leading figure; noted players to transmit his style include Wang Duo and Yuan Jung-ping. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

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Chinese Traditional and Folk Music: Guqin Vol. 7

Wumen Qin Music

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Anthology of Chinese Traditional & Folk Music Played on Guqin: Vol.7

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Chinese Traditional and Folk Music: Guqin, Vol. 7

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Anthology of Chinese Traditional & Folk Music - Guqin 7

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A Collection of Music Played on the Guqin (set 2 disc 3)

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Wumen Qin Music II

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A Collection Of Music Played On The Guqin Vol.7

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Autumn Moon over the Han Palace

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An Anthology of Chinese Traditional and Folk Music

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Wumen Qin Music CD2

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China Record Shanghai Co.: A Collection of Music Played on the GuQin

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