Chen Leiji – The Sound of Guqin (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:18 minutes | 845 MB | Genre: World
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Chen Leiji studied guqin at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and was the first student of the guqin master Gong Yi. The seven-stringed fingerboard zither is an instrument of Chinese classical music that is essentially played as a solo instrument. The art of Guqin music is a UNESCO cultural heritage and has existed for more than 3,000 years. The original repertoire included several thousand compositions, of which a few hundred are still preserved today and are played and performed regularly. Leiji travels the world as a solo guqin player and was chosen in 2008 to play the most famous guqin piece – “Lost Sound of Antiquity” – at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
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