Luo Xiaoci, born in 1974, is a zheng soloist of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, a national first-class performer, and a former deputy head of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra. He is currently the vice chairman of the Shanghai Musicians Association, the head of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, a member of the Shanghai Musicians Association, the executive director of the Guzheng Professional Committee of the Shanghai Musicians Association, and the vice chairman of the Shanghai Youth Literature and Art Federation.

On the basis of inheriting the tradition, she broke the mode of single performance, and tried to present the rich connotation of the zheng by using a variety of artistic means. Dreaming, Zheng song "Ink Opera", Zheng song "Fisherman's Pride" and other works have been well received in performances in Shanghai, Paris and Taipei.

development path

Learn from famous masters

Luo Xiaoci studied zheng under the guidance of her father Luo Dingwu when she was seven years old, and three years later she studied under Deng Jie and Yan Aihua of Nanjing University of the Arts. At the age of thirteen, he was admitted to the High School Attached to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Six years later, he was directly admitted to the Department of Ethnic Music of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with excellent grades. In the past ten years, he has successively studied with zheng educators and performers Guo Xuejun, He Baoquan and Sun Wenyan. During this period, he also received the teachings of He Zhanhao, Zhao Manqin, Wang Zhongshan and so on.

beheaded

During school, Luo Xiaoci showed outstanding artistic talent. In 1989, she won the second prize in the guzheng youth professional group of the "ART Cup International Competition of Chinese Musical Instruments", and in 1995, she won the third prize in the youth group of the "Oriental Cup National Guzheng Performance Competition held by the Ministry of Culture of China".

professional performer

After graduating from school and joining the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra in 1997, Luo Xiaoci started her career as a professional performer. In 1997, she was invited to participate in the "17th Shanghai Spring - Concert of Shanghai and Taipei Symphony Works", and her guzheng concerto "Lin'an Regret" received attention and praise from the music industry and the audience. In 1998 and 1999, she premiered the guzheng concerto "Lin Chong Night Run" and "The Overlord of Western Chu" respectively, which were successful. In 2000, he premiered the zheng·le·poem "Lu You and Tang Wan", which combined zheng performance, live calligraphy, symphonic chorus, and poetry recitation, creating a precedent in the Chinese folk music field. In November of the same year, Luo Xiaoci was invited to participate in the opening concert of the 2nd China Shanghai International Arts Festival with the guzheng concerto "Liang Zhu". In 2001, Luo Xiaoci successfully held the "Shanghai Spring International Music Festival - Luo Xiaoci Zheng Solo Concert and Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition", and held a personal painting and calligraphy exhibition at the same time. In 2003, she collaborated with Hong Kong Longyin Production Co., Ltd. to record the album "Lu You and Tang Wan". At the same time, she was invited to give a solo concert at the Hong Kong City Hall. In 2007, she was invited to hold a lecture on "Zheng and Calligraphy" at the "Chinese Cultural Center" in Paris, France. 

head to the World

Luo Xiaoci also visited Japan, Italy, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, France, Austria, Romania and other countries, as well as Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions. Her violin has been left in the Musikverein in Vienna, the Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Congress Center in Hamburg, and the Hong Kong Cultural Center, where she was warmly welcomed by the audience.

art achievement

style features

Over the years, Luo Xiaoci has broken the single-playing mode on the basis of inheriting the tradition, and has used a variety of artistic means to try to present the rich connotation of the zheng. Xiao "Like a Dream", zheng song "Ink Opera", zheng song "Fisherman's Pride" and other works have been well received in performances in Shanghai, Paris and Taipei. Her dabbling in Chinese painting and calligraphy, national vocal music, opera, guqin, etc. has fused her artistic pursuit of learning from the ancients and accepting all rivers. A young musician with great style. Luo Xiaoci's performance is euphemistic and gorgeous, combining hardness and softness, and swaying freely. Her musical performance is delicate and expressive, showing superior skill.

social honor

In view of her artistic achievements, in 2002, Luo Xiaoci was awarded the title of "The 4th Shanghai Cultural New Talent" and "Shanghai New Long March Assaulter"; in 2007, she was selected as "Shanghai Leading Talent", Shanghai Media Top Ten Young Talents, etc. . Luo Xiaoci is also a zheng soloist of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, a national first-class performer, and the vice president of the Shanghai Youth Literature and Art Federation.