Guo Xiang, a national first-class actor, is a pipe player of the Beijing Radio Chinese Orchestra. He is also a superb saxophone player.
In 1964, Guo Xiang entered the middle school attached to the China Conservatory of Music and became the first group of people who learned to play the pipe with Mr. Hu Zhihou. Later, Guo Xiang successively learned to play the pipe from the old folk artists Zhao Chunfeng and Zhang Zongkong. After graduating from the High School Attached to the China Conservatory of Music, Guo Xiang joined the army and joined the Railway Army Art Troupe with a musical instrument. After the Cultural Revolution, he changed his career to the Chinese Film Orchestra Chinese Orchestra. It was with a pipe in his hand that Guo Xiang loudly opened a smooth path connecting life and art.
The bili, also known as the pipe, is one of the ancient wind instruments, mostly used in the military. Popular in northern my country. The timbre of the tube is loud, crisp, with strong personality, high volume, and strong imitation and expressiveness. This musical instrument has a wide range of uses and is mostly used in local opera, folk wind ensembles, and monastic music.
The timbre of the pipe is unique. It has been handed down from ancient times to the present, and its status in the performance of folk music in my country has been declining day by day, but it is extremely respected in Japan, South Korea and other countries. Guo Xiang said that the music in the north is majestic and simple, while the music in the south is ethereal and elegant. The oboe, bassoon and other musical instruments belong to the same kind of double-reed instruments as the guanzi, but their sounds are relatively delicate and beautiful; while the guanzi (bili) is rough and powerful, and its sound can best represent the temperament of the northern nation.
As a guanzi player, Guo Xiang is very worried and regretful about the current situation of guanzi in China. As a friend of Japanese kiji player Hideki Toi, he is very envious of kiji's development in Japan. However, the disadvantage of the pipe is that the volume is too loud and cannot be retracted freely. Guo purchased processing equipment from himself. Through about 10 years of exploration and research, he has made continuous experiments and selections from materials and mouthpieces. of new wind instruments.
As a guanzi player, Guo Xiang really wants the guanzi, a national musical instrument that is about to disappear, to be revived in China.