Liu Xin: A fingertip artist who keeps moving forward

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First met Guzheng, fell in love at first sight

As an ancient national musical instrument of the Chinese Han nationality, the guzheng is popular all over China. "Slowly bounce back to break the wild goose, rush to turn the fly." "The bead couplet is broken with a thousand beats, and the knife is cut." While attracting the attention of countless people, because of its beautiful and beautiful timbre and rich playing skills, it also enjoys the "Oriental" Guzheng is one of the unique and important national musical instruments in China.

When Liu Xin talked about her feelings when she first saw the guzheng, she said, "I fell in love with it at first sight, and I couldn't help but want to approach it and explore it." After more than 20 years of indissoluble bond, her love for guzheng has not faded with the passage of time, but has deepened. Through ten years of diligent study and refinement, Liu Xin has become proficient in his skills, and his playing skills have been continuously improved through long-term practice bit by bit. She not only obtained a master's degree certificate from the China Conservatory of Music, but also founded the Qishui Zheng Troupe, a performance group mainly composed of first-line guzheng teachers, in December 2016, and performed in many concert halls in China. In 2018, she led the Qi Shui Zheng Troupe to hold a special concert at the Eastman Conservatory of Music in the United States, and was interviewed by the American "Along" magazine. In addition, in 2018, Liu Xin collaborated with Spanish ancient music master Judi Zaval on music projects such as "IBNBATTUTA" and "IITeuzzone", and toured in France, Switzerland, Spain, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and other countries. Outwardly acclaimed. Liu Xin promoted Chinese traditional culture and art on the world stage through the guzheng, a traditional Chinese national musical instrument, and made more and more people fall in love with the guzheng and the music flowing through it.

Liu Xin: A fingertip artist who keeps moving forward

Approaching the guzheng, enjoy the charm

"Singing the zheng is a wonderful hand, and the jade string is clear." Liu Xin's love for the zither has grown day by day, and she has experienced the charm and shock that the zither has brought to herself. After years of precipitation and accumulation, Liu Xin has a deep understanding of the profound connotation and artistic charm of the guzheng art. She also hopes that more and more people can experience the artistic charm of the guzheng. "A Brief Talk on Several Issues for Beginners of Guzheng to Pay Attention to in the Early Stage" written by Liu Xin, helps beginners to understand the guzheng culture and discover the charm contained in the guzheng culture from shallow to deep and step by step. In the article "On the Training Method and Specific Application of the Wheel Finger in Guzheng Playing", Liu Xin combined his years of experience in zheng practice, and focused on explaining the training steps of the skillful fingering with higher playing difficulty. In "Protection and Inheritance of Traditional Guzheng Art in the Era of "Intangible Cultural Heritage", Liu Xin analyzes the protection of this traditional art under the premise of inheriting traditional Guzheng culture, and proposes to establish a new direction for the dissemination of Guzheng culture , protect the guzheng art inheritors, cultivate professional guzheng performers, and expand the publicity of guzheng art. For many years, Liu Xin has been devoted to the teaching, research and discussion of guzheng, hoping to let more people know about traditional guzheng art, in order to broaden its influence at home and abroad.

Go deep into the guzheng, shoulder the responsibility

The vitality of art lies in inheritance. After years of experience accumulation, Liu Xin summarizes the knowledge and learning process she has learned over the years to form a scientific and effective teaching method system. The original teaching method she summarized—Liu Xinyi·Ten teaching method includes not only her own professional learning, but also practical teaching skills. , so that teachers participating in the study can not only get personal professional improvement, but also significantly improve their classroom teaching efficiency. Liu Xin's teaching courses and methods have benefited many students and teachers a lot. Through this teaching method, students and teachers can better improve the quality of their performances, and can properly display the emotion and beauty of music. Inherit the beauty of Chinese culture and art, and let the world listen to the Chinese zither. As an artist at her fingertips, Liu Xin not only shows the charm of traditional guzheng art with her unique playing method, but also cultivates professional guzheng performers and expands the influence of guzheng culture. Liu Xin is well aware of the great responsibility she shoulders, and she has been advancing on the road of promoting guzheng culture and art.

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刘欣:指尖上的艺术家

Involving musical instruments

Guzheng (pinyin: Gǔ Zhēng), also known as Hanzheng and Qinzheng, is an ancient national musical instrument of the Han nationality and is popular all over China. It is often used for solo, duet, instrumental ensemble and accompaniment of song and dance, opera and folk art. Because of its wide range, beautiful timbre, rich playing skills and strong expressiveness, it is known as the "King of Music", also known as "Oriental Piano", and is one of the unique and important national musical instruments in China.

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